Managing Director, Agriculture
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.
Duties
Education
Experience
Duties
Global Agriculture and Value-Added Food Projects & Expansion; Agriculture Fund Advisory
Southern and Central CaliforniaEducation
- 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 - VP and General