Officers

Laura Himes
CHAIR
VP of Sourcing - Fresh
Walmart

John Anderson
CHAIR ELECT
CEO & Managing Partner
Oppy

Bruce Taylor
PAST CHAIR
CEO
Taylor Farms

Patrick Vizzone
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Managing Director, Head of Agri-Food and Impact Investment
Franklin Templeton Global Private Equity

Martha Hilton
FOUNDATION CHAIR
VP of Produce and Floral Merchandising
Wegman's
Market Council Chairs

Jeff Huckaby
GROWER-SHIPPER
CEO
Grimmway Enterprises, Inc.

Melissa Melshenker Ackerman
FOODSERVICE
President and Operations Director
Produce Alliance

Stefanie Katzman
WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS
Executive Vice President
S. Katzman Produce

Judy Clark
FRESH-CUT PROCESSOR
Chief Executive Officer
Fresh Texas

Erik Brown
RETAIL COUNCIL CHAIR
Executive Leader-Procurement, Produce
Whole Foods
Industry Expert Council Chairs

Aribel Aguirre Beck
FINANCE & BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
CFO/CAO
Naturipe Farms, LLC

Jennifer Pulcipher
FOOD SAFETY
Director of Food Safety & Compliance
North Bay Produce

Drew Zabrocki
SUPPLY CHAIN
General Manager, Value Chain Insights & Interoperability
Semios

Karen Nardozza
MARKETING & MERCHANDISING
President & Chief Executive Officer
Moxxy Marketing

Nikki Cossio
SUSTAINABILITY
Founder & CEO
Measure to Improve LLC

James Rogers
TECHNOLOGY
CEO
Apeel Sciences
U.S. Government Relations

Bret Erickson
U.S. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Executive Vice President
Little Bear Produce
Global Relations

Richard Byllardt
AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND
Chairman
Citrus Australia

Gilson Lucato
BRAZIL
Commercial Director
Citricola Lucato

Cristian Ureta
CHILE
CEO
Exser

Ernesto Cardona
MEXICO
CEO
Austral Trading México

Jaco Oosthuizen
SOUTH AFRICA
CEO
RSA Group
Directors Representing Floral

Debora Steier
Vice President of Floral
Albertsons Companies

John Simko
President & CEO
Sunshine Bouquet Company
At Large Board Members

Amelie Aust
Owner, Board Vice-Chair
Fall Creek Farm & Nursery

Paulina Criticos
CEO
EMEA, Westfalia Fruit (Pty) Ltd

Inci Dannenberg
President of Global Vegetable Seeds
Bayer CropScience

Tammy DeBoer
President
Harris Teeter

Jose Antonio Gomez
CEO
Camposol

Candice Herndon
President, North America
IFCO SYSTEMS N.A.

Jamey Higham
President and CEO
Idaho Potato Commission

Zak Lafitte
President
Wonderful Citrus

Clinton A. Lewis Jr.
CEO
AgroFresh Solutions, Inc.

Elyse Lipman
Chief Executive Officer
Lipman Family Farms

Dan Mathieson
NEW ZEALAND / SINGAPORE
CEO
Zespri International, LTD.

Nelson Montoya
President, Fresh Fruit
Dole Food Company

Julie Olivarria
Vice President, Produce
Sysco Corporation

Mark Powers
President
Northwest Horticultural Council

Brie Smith
VP of Product Leadership
Driscoll's

Debby Walker
Vice President, Purchasing & Analytics
Darden

Dorn Wenninger
SVP Produce
UNFI