Officers

Bruce Taylor
CHAIR
CEO
Taylor Farms

Dwight Ferguson
PAST CHAIR
President / CEO
California Agricultural Leadership Foundation

Danny Dumas
PAST CHAIR
President, USA
Courchesne Larose Ltee.

Laura Himes
CHAIR ELECT
Senior Director Merchandising, Produce
Walmart

Patrick Vizzone
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Head of Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
ANZ Banking

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

Jeff Huckaby
GROWER-SHIPPER
CEO
Grimmway Enterprises, Inc.

Melissa Ackerman
FOODSERVICE
President and Operations Director
Produce Alliance

Tom Brugato
WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS
President
Pacific Coast Fruit Company

Raina Nelson
FRESH-CUT PROCESSOR
President, US
Westfalia fruit marketing USA LLC

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

Michael Castagnetto
FINANCE & BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
President
Robinson Fresh

Cheryl Enlow
FOOD SAFETY
VP of QA and Food Safety
Renaissance Food Group

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

Abby Prior
MARKETING & MERCHANDISING
Chief Commercial Officer
BrightFarms

Nikki Cossio
SUSTAINABILITY
Founder & CEO
Measure to Improve LLC

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

Brian Kocher
U.S. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
CEO
Calavo Growers, Inc.
Global Relations

Ben Hoodless
AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND
Director & Business Development Specialist
ElementAG

Gilson Lucato
BRAZIL
Commercial Director
Citricola Lucato

Cristian Ureta
CHILE
CEO
Exser

Ernesto Cardona
MEXICO
CEO
Austral Trading México

Trevor Dukes
SOUTH AFRICA
CEO
The Fruit Farm Group

Mau Wah Liu
CHINA
Chairman of the Group
Joy Wing Mau Group
Directors Representing Floral

Carlos Oramas
CEO
Gems Group, Inc.

Debora Steier
Vice President of Floral
Albertsons Companies
At Large Board Members

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

Adrielle Dankier
THE NETHERLANDS
Commercial Director
Nature's Pride

Inci Dannenberg
President of Global Vegetable Seeds
Bayer CropScience

Karen Fernald
SVP Category, Merchandising, Pricing
Food Lion

Jose Antonio Gomez
CEO
Camposol

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

Jamey Higham
CEO
Idaho Potato Commission

Jacob Krempel
Vice President, Procurement
HelloFresh

Zak Lafitte
President
Wonderful Citrus

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

Amy McClellan
Vice President Fresh Merchandising
SpartanNash

Nelson Montoya
President, Fresh Fruit
Dole Food Company

Julie Olivarria
Vice President, Produce
Sysco Corporation

Mark Powers
President
Northwest Horticultural Council

Michael Simonetta
AUSTRALIA
CEO
Perfection Fresh

Brie Reiter Smith
VP of Product Leadership
Driscoll's

Debby (Raton) Walker
Vice President, Purchasing & Analytics
Darden

Dorn Wenninger
SVP Produce
UNFI