People

Rachel Surls

• Sustainable Food Systems Advisor
• UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County

• http://celosangeles.ucanr.edu/

Kat Taylor, Board Chair

• Co-CEO
• Beneficial State Bank;
• Founder, TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation

• https://beneficialstatebank.com/
• https://tomkatranch.org/

Brise Tencer

• Executive Director
• Organic Farming Research Foundation

Thomas Turini

• Vegetable Crops Farm Advisor
• UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County

• http://cefresno.ucanr.edu/

Ashley Boren

• Executive Director
• Sustainable Conservation

• https://suscon.org/

Matthew Bridges

• Undergraduate Student Representative
• Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

• https://www.ucdavis.edu/majors/sustainable-agriculture-and-food-systems/

John Diener

• President
• Red Rock Ranch

• https://redrockranchinc.weebly.com/

Michael Dimock

• President
• Roots of Change

• http://www.rootsofchange.org/

John Foraker

• Chief Executive Officer
• Annie's Inc.

• https://www.annies.com/

A. G. Kawamura

• Founding Member, Orange County Produce
• Former Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture

• http://ocproduce.com/
• https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/