Directors

District 1
Imperial, San Diego
5,425 members
Janet Kister
Fallbrook, CA
Grows indoor/outdoor flowering plants and selected foliage plants in a nursery.

District 2
Riverside, San Bernardino, Inyo-Mono
3,428 members
Kathye Rietkerk
Fontana, CA
Grows tropical potted foliage plants in a greenhouse operation; board liaison to the horticulture advisory committee.

District 3
Los Angeles, Orange
8,173 members
Terry Munz
Lancaster, CA
Grows oats, barley, hay and grain and raises beef cattle; board liaison to the sheep advisory committee.

District 4
Santa Barbara, Ventura
2,878 members
Ken Doty
Goleta, CA
Grows lemons and avocados; board liaison to the citrus/avocado advisory committee.

District 5
Kern, Kings
2,206 members
Dennis Atkinson
Shafter, CA
Grows almonds, walnuts, pistachios and grapes; board liaison to the cotton advisory committee.

District 6
Tulare
2,152 members
Ed Needham
Visalia, CA
Grows pomegranates and citrus and works as a horticultural sales field representative specializing in citrus; board liaison to the bee advisory committee.

District 7
Fresno
3,863 members
Dan Errotabere
Fresno, CA
Grows almonds, pistachios, pomegranates, garlic, onions, garbanzo beans, pima cotton and wheat.

District 8
Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo
2,616 members
Steve Arnold
Santa Margarita, CA
Grows winegrapes and oat hay and raises cattle; board liaison to the public lands advisory committee.

District 9
Merced, Madera, Mariposa
2,540 members
Tony Toso
Hornitos, CA
Raises beef cattle; board liaison to the animal health & welfare advisory committee.

District 10
San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz
3,690 members
Jan Garrod
Saratoga, CA
Grows winegrapes and alfalfa and raises cattle.

District 11
Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda
4,605 members
John Pierson
Vacaville, CA
Grows hay and raises beef cattle; board liaison to the beef advisory committee.

District 12
Calaveras, San Joaquin
4,010 members
Joe Valente
Lodi, CA
Grows winegrapes and cherries; board liaison to the grape advisory committee.

District 13
Stanislaus, Tuolumne
3,596 members
Sasha Farkas
Sonora, CA
Grows apples and timber; board liaison to the aquaculture advisory committee.

District 14
Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado, Amador
8,219 members
Jim Spinetta
Plymouth, CA
Grows winegrapes and is a partner in a family-owned winery; board liaison to the grape advisory committee.

District 15
Butte, Nevada, Yuba-Sutter
3,337 members
Mat Conant
Rio Oso, CA
Grows walnuts; board liaison to the rice advisory committee.

District 16
Yolo, Colusa, Glenn
2,787 members
Joe Martinez
Winters, CA
Grows walnuts and almonds; board liaison to the specialty crops advisory committee.

District 17
Marin, Napa, Sonoma
4,735 members
Norm Yenni
Sonoma, CA
Grows oats, wheat and barley for hay and grain and ryegrass; board liaison to the wheat & feed grains advisory committee.

District 18
Mendocino, Lake
1,936 members
Peter Bradford
Boonville, CA
Raises beef cattle and farms timber; board liaison to the forestry advisory committee.

District 19
Lassen, Modoc, Plumas-Sierra
1,005 members
David Roberti
Loyalton, CA
Grows alfalfa and hay; board liaison to the hay advisory committee.

District 20
Tehama, Trinity, Shasta, Siskiyou
2,230 members
Brandon Fawaz
Etna, CA
Grows alfalfa and grass hay, as well as grain on rotation; board liaison to the hay and forestry advisory committees.

District 21
Humboldt, Del Norte
1,066 members
John Vevoda
Ferndale, CA
Grows corn silage and raises beef and dairy cattle; board liaison to the dairy advisory committee.