Managing Director, Agriculture: Jim Padden343admin2020-03-18T21:31:55+00:00
Managing Director, Agriculture
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Strategic Advisor
Jim Padden
Jim Padden is a food industry executive with over 20 years of experience. His combined management experience and extensive knowledge of food safety make him the resident expert when it comes to the food industry and agriculture.
Global Agriculture and Value-Added Food Projects & Expansion; Agriculture Fund
Advisory
Southern and Central California
Education
BA, UC Santa Barbara
MBA, University of Southern California
Experience
President and CEO and founder, Your Way*Fresh – fruit and vegetable processor, distributor, and sourcing platform
Senior VP, Ventura Foods, LLC, an industry leader in the manufacture of salad dressings, edible oils, marinades, and other flavor delivery systems to major food retailers and food-service operators
CEO and founder of Central California Vegetable Growers Cooperative in Salinas, CA. Successfully managed crop production to mirror demand…raising per acre returns for member grower/shippers
COO at Sunkist Growers, world-wide citrus grower operations. Ran all day to day activities
President and founder of FJ Foodservice a ”ready to eat” produce and meat processing operation