Michael L. Tipsord (born June 20, 1959) is the chairman of the board of State Farm Insurance in Bloomington, Illinois.
[8][9] Tipsord was a private practice attorney before becoming an assistant tax counsel for State Farm in 1988.
Tipsord has gone on to hold a number of leadership positions including assistant treasurer in 1998, VP in 2001, senior vice president and CFO in 2004, COO before becoming chief executive officer in 2015.
[21] Also under Tipsord, State Farm has announced their Green Mission to "lead by example" in environmental philanthropy.
[22][23] However, Ceres found that State Farm invests billions of US dollars to finance fossil fuel companies.