California Walnut Board hires director of technical/regulatory affairs

(Photo and logo courtesy California Walnut Board; graphic by Amelia Freidline)

The California Walnut Board has hired Josh Rahm as director of technical and regulatory affairs.

Rahm comes to the organization from Wonderful Citrus, where he was director of global sourcing and procurement, He has also worked for PepsiCo, in global procurement operations, agriculture and agronomy project management and food safety, according to a news release.

Rahm also has worked at Syngenta and DuPont Pioneer (Corteva Agriscence).

“During his time with global leaders in agribusiness, Joshua worked closely with growers, manufacturing and supply chain, product management and marketing teams, as well as research and development and agronomics,” according to the release.


 

 

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