Agricultural Advisory Committee – Commissioner Dunn
"I don't think there's a silver bullet or single solution for what ails the market place. And certainly the solutions that come up cannot be implemented overnight. But I firmly believe that the market participants are the best qualified to come up with solutions that will ensure that we have viable, fair agricultural futures markets that will provide for price discovery and risk mitigation."— Commissioner Dunn
CFTC Commissioner Michael V. Dunn chairs the Agricultural Advisory Committee. Committee members include representatives of national farm organizations, major commodity groups, agribusiness concerns, and agricultural bankers.
"I don't think there's a silver bullet or single solution for what ails the market place. And certainly the solutions that come up cannot be implemented overnight," said Commissioner Dunn. "But I firmly believe that the market participants are the best qualified to come up with solutions that will ensure that we have viable, fair agricultural futures markets that will provide for price discovery and risk mitigation."
The Agricultural Advisory Committee was created in 1985 to advise the Commission on issues involving the trading of agricultural commodity futures and options and facilitate communications between the CFTC, the agricultural community, and agriculture-related organizations.
Recent meetings of the Agricultural Advisory Committee addressed various topics, including: agriculture and the Dodd-Frank Bill; implementation of variable storage rates on the Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures contract; convergence trends in the Kansas City wheat futures contract; the delivery point study commissioned by ICE Futures U.S. for the Cotton No. 2 Contract; and issues in livestock reporting.
Michael V. Dunn, Commissioner
Michael V. Dunn was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 21, 2004, as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He was sworn in on December 6, 2004, to a term expiring June 19, 2006. On June 16, 2006 Commissioner Dunn was nominated by President Bush to a second term as Commissioner of the CFTC and confirmed by the Senate on August 3, 2006. This marked the sixth time Mr. Dunn had been nominated by a President and confirmed by the Senate for public office.
From January 20, 2009 – May 25, 2009, Commissioner Dunn served as Acting Chairman for the Agency.
Commissioner Dunn additionally serves as Chairman and Designated Federal Official of the Commission's Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC). The AAC was created to advise the Commission on agricultural issues surrounding the trading of commodity futures and options and to serve as a communications link with the agricultural community.
Prior to joining the CFTC, Mr. Dunn served as Director of the Office of Policy and Analysis at the Farm Credit Administration (FCA). Prior to this position, Mr. Dunn served as a member of the FCA Board.
Mr. Dunn has also served as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Acting Under Secretary for Rural Economic and Community Development, and as Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Mr. Dunn has had a long involvement in agricultural credit dating back to the late 1970s, when he was the Midwest Area Director for the FmHA. He has been a loan officer and vice president of the Farm Credit Banks of Omaha and has served as a member of the Professional Staff of the Senate Agriculture Committee, specializing in agricultural credit. At the USDA, Mr. Dunn also served as a member of the Commodity Credit Corporation Board of Directors and President of the Rural Telephone Bank Board. He is a past member of the Iowa Development Commission and has served as the Chairman of the State of Iowa's City Development Board.
A native of Keokuk, Iowa and a current resident of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, Mr. Dunn received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of New Mexico. Mr. Dunn and his wife Brook, have four sons and two grandsons.