Richard Horn, chief financial officer at Southwest Georgia Farm Credit, announced last week that Carla Chastain has joined the agricultural lending institution as a credit risk analyst.

Chastain, a Bainbridge native, is a graduate of the University of Georgia, Athens, having earned a bachelor’s in business administration with a major in finance.

She is a graduate of Leadership Decatur County and has served the Bainbridge Kiwanis Club, the Bainbridge-Decatur County Chamber of Commerce, and the Bainbridge-Decatur County Humane Society.

Headquartered in Bainbridge, Ga., Southwest Georgia Farm Credit serves 21 counties in Georgia and is part of the AgFirst Farm Credit district, which covers 15 eastern states and Puerto Rico.