DiMare California appoints president of DMB Packing

Newman, Calif.-based DiMare California has named Jeff Dolan as president of DMB Packing.

In this role, Dolan will play an expanded leadership role in the family business, according to a news release.

Previously, Dolan held the position of field operations manager. In the new role, he will oversee all operations regarding the growing, packing and shipping of fresh-market tomatoes in California, the release said.

“This announcement comes as DiMare embarks on its next century of dedicated service to our esteemed customers and partners,” Tom DiMare, president of DiMare Inc., said in the release. “I am so pleased to extend sincere congratulations to Jeff as he assumes this pivotal leadership position in California. Jeff brings a wealth of experience, having devoted more than 35 years to the agriculture industry. His expertise was cultivated under the guidance of his father, Charles, and a family business founder, his grandfather, Dominic.”

Dolan has an extensive career in agriculture and the fresh produce industry, the release said. He has served as chairman of the board of the Occidental Canal Co.; the California Fresh Market Tomato Growers Exchange, where he was the founding chairman; the California Tomato Commission; and the California Tomato Growers cooperative.

Dolan also served on the board of directors of Blue Anchor Inc. during his cherry-growing years, the release said. In addition to working for the family business, Dolan's agricultural background includes establishing a diversified farming operation on which he grew tomatoes and cherries.

Dolan’s work in the produce industry began as a teenager, helping his father, Charles Dolan, at the DiMare family repacking and wholesale operation near Boston, the release said.

After graduating from Colorado State University, Dolan moved to California to join the family’s farming and field operations, the release said. Since assuming the reins of the field operations team at DiMare California, Dolan has continued to innovate by introducing cultural practices or new varieties and promoting grower and geographic diversity, the release said.