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

Sábor Farms, LLC

Matt Amaral

D'Arrigo California

Chris Drew

Ocean Mist Farms

Drew McDonald

Taylor Farms

Colby Pereira

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Ron Ratto

Ratto Bros., Inc.

Alternates

Chato Valdez

Sábor Farms, LLC

Vacant

John Olivo

Fresh Express, Inc.

Marcus Shebl

Taylor Farms

Vacant

Oxnard Santa Maria

Members

John Jackson

Beachside Produce, LLC

Todd Brendlin

Grimmway Farms

Alternates

Cynthia Dominguez

Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc-CA

Joe Jorge

Fresh Kist Produce

Ariane Allan

Fresh Kist Produce

Blythe Imperial Valley

Members

Megan Chedwick

Church Brothers Farms

Alternates

Brian Mansfield

Beachside Produce, LLC

Public

Members

Kathleen Gillin

STOP Foodborne Illness

Alternates

Dan Sutton

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