SACRAMENTO — Almond Board of California has released election results for the Board of Directors positions whose terms of office are Mar. 1, 2017, through Feb. 28, 2018. The names of the following nominees have been sent to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for approval and appointment:
Independent Grower Positions
Member Position One (one-year term):
Mike Mason, Wasco
Alternate Position One (one-year term):
Brad Klump, Escalon
Independent Handler Positions
Member Position One (three-year term):
Dave Phippen, Manteca
Alternate Position One (three-year term):
Ron Fisher, Modesto
Member Position Three (one-year term):
Dinesh Bajaj, Chico
Alternate Position Three (one-year term):
Micah Zeff, Modesto
Cooperative Grower Positions
Member Position (three-year term):
George Goshgarian Jr, Fowler
Alternate Position (three-year term):
Christine Gemperle, Ceres
Cooperative Handler Positions
Member Position (three-year term):
Bill Morecraft, Sacramento
Alternate Position (three-year term):
Alicia Rockwell, Sacramento
About California Almonds
Almonds from California are a natural, wholesome and quality food. The Almond Board of California promotes almonds through its research-based approach to all aspects of marketing, farming and production on behalf of the more than 6,800 almond growers and processors in California, many of whom are multigenerational family operations. Established in 1950 and based in Modesto, California, the Almond Board of California is a non-profit organization that administers a grower-enacted Federal Marketing Order under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture. For more information on the Almond Board of California or almonds, visit Almonds.com or check out California Almonds on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and the California Almonds blog. For additional facts and statistics about almonds and the almond industry, please read the 2016 Almond Almanac.
–Almond Board of California
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