Jim Padden

Global Agriculture and Value-Added Food Projects & Expansion; Agriculture Fund Advisory

• BA, UC Santa Barbara
• MBA, University of Southern California

• 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
• VP and General