Protecting and Preserving the Salad Bowl of the World Since 1984
The Ag Land Trust’s local Board Members volunteer efforts have permanently preserved more than 50,000 acres of agricultural lands and open spaces from urban sprawl.
Heather Golden Jensen:
Our Board President is the principal owner of Golden Ag Assistance, LLC. She holds a California Real Estate license and has provided detailed technical consulting to hundreds of ag clients in Central California.
David Gill:
Our Vice-President is the co-owner of Rio Farms. A South County resident, he oversees farming on over 14,500 acres in the Salinas Valley.
Louis Frizzell: Our
Board Treasurer has been a licensed CPA for over four decades and provides financial planning services to numerous major farming concerns and landowners.
Laurence London:
Our Board Secretary is an independent ag consultant and the owner of Fitotec Consulting, LLC. He has been licensed as a
Pest Control Advisor, a Certified Crop Advisor, and served as an adjunct Professor of Ag Innovation at Hartnell College.
Aaron Johnson:
Our
Past Board President is a senior partner in the Salinas Valley law firm of JRG Attorneys at Law. He specializes in land use, agricultural business law, and complex real property transactions.
Anker Fanoe: Director Fanoe, a native of Monterey County, is the President and CEO of Pacific Valley Bank. He regularly provides detailed financial assistance and business banking services to the largest agri-business firms in Central California.
Our
Past Board President, is famous throughout California after his 27-year tenure as Monterey County’s Agricultural Commissioner. He is recognized as an expert on farmland protection issues, pesticide/fertilizer regulations, and statewide ag policies.
Mike Novo: Director Novo holds a degree in Geography and served as the Director of Planning for Monterey County for over a decade. He was responsible for ALL land use decisions within the 3,771 square miles of the unincorporated area of Monterey County.
Robert Roach: Director Roach served county farmers for 31 years. He was the Assistant Agricultural Commissioner for Monterey County. He holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree, and is an expert in pesticide and plant quarantine issues and farmland protection.
Tom AmRhein:
Director AmRhein has spent over 40 years farming strawberries. A past President of the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau, past Chairman of the California Strawberry Commission, and a past “Farmer of the Year” in the Pajaro Valley, Tom recently retired as Vice-President of Naturipe Berry Growers, Inc.
Director of Finance and a native to the Salinas Valley, she has worked for Ag Land Trust since 2017 and sits on the Board of Directors for the Monterey County Film Commission and is an active member of CA Women for Agriculture.