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

Tony Alameda

Sabor Farms

Matt Amaral

D'Arrigo Bros of CA

Chris Drew

Ocean Mist Farms

Scott Grabau

Tanimura & Antle

Drew McDonald

Taylor Farms

Kristina Nunes

The Nunes Company

Ron Ratto

Ratto Bros., Inc.

Alternates

Chato Valdez

Sabor Farms

Vacant

Cynthia Dominguez

Duda Farm Fresh Foods

Gurmail Mudahar

Tanimura & Antle

Vacant

Armando Figueroa

Braga Fresh Family Farm

Tim McAfee

Visionary Vegetables LLC

Oxnard Santa Maria

Members

John Jackson

Beachside Produce

Alternates

Vacant

Mitch Ardantz

BoniPak Produce.

Blythe Imperial Valley

Members

Vacant

Jack Vessey

Vessey & Company Inc.

Alternates

Megan Chedwick

Church Brothers Farms

Public

Members

Reggie Griffin

Reggie Griffin Strategies LLC

Alternates

Kathleen Chrismer

STOP Foodborne Illness

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