Advisory Board

The Advisory Board is appointed by the California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary and consists 28 seats. There are 13 industry members and one public member, each member has an alternate. The industry members are represented by individuals from the different regions where leafy greens are grown in California:

Salinas Watsonville San Joaquin Valley Kern County

Members

Matt Amaral

D'Arrigo Bros of CA

Scott Grabau

Tanimura & Antle

Colby Pereira

Braga Fresh Family Farms

Chris Drew

Ocean Mist Farms

Drew McDonald

Taylor Farms

Tony Alameda

Sabor Farms

Ron Ratto

Ratto Bros., Inc.

Alternates

Steve Church

Church Brothers Farms

Gurmail Mudahar

Tanimura & Antle

Cynthia Dominguez

Duda Farm Fresh Foods

Jake Odello

The Nunes Company

Tim McAfee

Visionary Vegetables LLC

Chato Valdez

Sabor Farms

John Olivo

Fresh Express

Oxnard Santa Maria

Members

John Jackson

Beachside Produce

Vacant

Vacant

Alternates

Joe Jorge

FreshKist

Marcus Shebl

Taylor Farms

Ryan Reed

Bonipak

Blythe Imperial Valley

Members

Jack Vessey

Vessey & Company Inc.

Megan Chedwick

Church Brothers Farms

Alternates

Armando Figueroa

Braga Fresh Family Farm

Brian Mansfield

Beachside Produce

Public

Members

Kathleen Chrismer

STOP Foodborne Illness

Alternates

Steve Junqueiro

SJ Associates

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