Meet the Team
Your Partners in Sustainable Solutions
Bart Schilling
Bart Schilling grew up on his family’s Iowa farm, a typical Midwest operation that grew corn and soybeans while raising cattle, hogs, and chickens. This upbringing instilled in him invaluable life lessons that are common to those raised on farms or ranches. He later attended Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a minor in finance in 1992.
After graduation, Bart began a career in banking. His love for agriculture, combined with his upbringing, led him to specialize in agricultural lending. Over the next 23 years, he worked with several banks in Lubbock, Texas, serving a broad range of clients within the agricultural sector. These include row crop farms, ranches, feedyards, dairies, stocker cattle operations, as well as grain elevators and gins, manufacturing & processing plants, seed companies, and cotton merchandising firms.
In 2017, Bart transitioned out of the banking industry to establish his own consulting and insurance company, enabling him to work more directly with agricultural producers. His goal was and is to help them strengthen their businesses’ financial health. Since founding the company, he has assisted over a dozen livestock and farming operations with budgeting, recordkeeping, resource management, balance sheet restructuring, and insurance solutions.
Alongside his consulting work, Bart owns and operates a small farm and cattle operation. The operation serves as a testing ground for new or innovative practices. This allows him to apply practical, real-world solutions that can be shared with clients.
Bart is married to Laura, a dedicated geriatric social worker. They have four grown children—Bryce, Brady, Brandt, and Brooke—and three grandchildren.
Tracy Mack
Tracy Mack grew up in Lubbock, Texas on a family farm that grew cotton, grain sorghum, peanuts, strawberries, wheat, and raised cattle. He received his BBA in Finance from Abilene Christian University in 1987 and his MBA from Texas A & M University in 1989. In his first career move he joined Conoco Inc. working as a Treasury Analyst in the Finance division, working with domestic petroleum wholesalers providing trade credit and financial analysis. Eventually, he moved into a role providing financial support for domestic sales and international exports of petroleum specialty products and petroleum coke. He supported internal divisions that were located across Europe, South America, and Asia.
From 1994 to 2018, Tracy and wife Nancy owned and operated a cotton farming operation. Also beginning in 1994, a relationship with Lubbock Christian University began when he first taught as an adjunct professor. In 1996, Tracy began teaching full-time in the College of Business. From 1996 to 2015 he continued in that role as an Assistant Professor of Finance. In the summer of 2015, he moved into a leadership position when he was appointed Dean of the LCU College of Business. Tracy continues to serve in that role.
Tracy is married to Nancy and they have three children Anna Mack, Emma Thornton, Travis Mack, son-in-law, Darby Thornton, and grandson Mack.
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