Western Growers members named to board of directors
Members of Western Growers’ 2023-24 board of directors are set to start new terms this month.
The new slate of directors — elected by the organization’s membership — will serve two-year terms beginning at the 96th Western Growers Annual Meeting, held Nov. 2-5 in Las Vegas, according to a news release.
Those elected include:
D-1 All Arizona except Yuma County
Steve Martori, Martori Farms
D-2 Yuma County (Arizona)
Craig Alameda, Topflavor Farms Inc
Robert Barkley, Barkley Ag Enterprises LLC
D-4 Imperial County and Blythe
Lawrence Cox, Coastline Family Farms
J.P. LaBrucherie, LaBrucherie Produce
D-5 Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego counties
A.G. Kawamura, Orange County Produce
D-6 Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo
George Adam, Innovative Produce
John Jackson, Beachside Produce LLC
Craig Reade, Bonipak Produce Co.
Ryan Talley, Talley Farms
D-7 North San Joaquin and Northern California
Stephen Danna Jr., Danna Farms Inc.
Ronald Ratto, Ratto Bros. Inc.
D-8 Ventura County
Stephen Barnard, Mission Produce Inc.
George Boskovich III, Boskovich Farms Inc.
Thomas Deardorff II, Deardorff Family Farms
D-9 Kern County
Catherine Fanucchi, Tri-Fanucchi Farms, Inc.
Bob Giragosian, Kern Ridge Growers, LLC
Brandon Grimm, Grimmway Farms
Kyle Richardson, Garry Richardson Farms
Rob Yraceburu, Wonderful Orchards
D-10 Watsonville, Gilroy, Hollister, Santa Cruz
Dominic Muzzi Jr., Muzzi Family Farms LLC
Eric Reiter, Reiter Affiliated Companies
D-11 Monterey County
Chad Amaral, D’Arrigo Bros. of California
Bardin Bengard, Bengard Ranch Inc.
Rodney Braga, Braga Fresh Family Farms
David Gill, Rio Farms
Tom Nunes V, The Nunes Company Inc.
Bruce Taylor, Taylor Farms California Inc.
D-12 East San Joaquin Valley
Brian Bertelsen, Cove Ranch Management
Carol Chandler, Chandler Farms
Harold McClarty, The HMC Group Marketing Inc.
Thomas Mulholland, Mulholland Citrus
D-13 Riverside and San Bernardino
Albert Keck, Hadley Date Gardens Inc.
John Powell Jr., Peter Rabbit Farms
D-14 West San Joaquin Valley
Stephen F. Patricio, Westside Produce
Stuart Woolf, Woolf Enterprises
Affiliated directors
Sonny Rodriguez, The Growers Company Inc.
Bruce Talbott, Talbott’s Mountain Gold
Directors at large
Alexandra Allen, Main Street Produce
Kevin Andrew, Vanguard International
Edwin Camp, D.M. Camp & Sons
Tim Escamilla, DOLE Fresh Vegetables
Jack Vessey, Vessey & Company
Mike Way, Prime Time International
Attended by key decisionmakers from Western Growers member companies, the annual meeting brings growers, shippers and processors together with allies and suppliers in the fresh produce industry, according to the release.
The 2022 event will celebrate agricultural icon John Harris by giving him the Award of Honor, the organization's highest honor, and Pinnacle Claims Management President David Zanze, who will be recognized ahead of his retirement for his nearly 38-year tenure with the company, the release said.
