Board of Directors

Officers & Executive Committee

EPresident - Colby Pereira, Braga Fresh Family Farms
EVP Finance - Francis Giudici, L.A. Hearne Co.
EVP Legislative Affairs - April England, AM Ag Consulting, LLC
EVP Membership - Steve Wiley, American Takii Inc.
EVP Fundraising - Paul Arnaudo, Commercial Truck Company
ESecretary - Christopher Bunn, Jr., Crown Packing Company
EPast President - Jeff Pereira, King City Nursery

Monterey County Farm Bureau Board of Directors

District 1: Coastal Area, Carmel

ERobert Long - Braga Fresh

District 2: Northern Area, Castroville

EApril England - AM Ag Consulting, LLC
EBrian Antle - Taniumra & Antle
ERobert Rodoni - Sunset Farms Inc.

District 3: Salinas Area

EChristopher Bunn, Jr. - Crown Packing Company
EDirk Giannini - Christensen and Giannini
EBenny Jefferson - Neponset Ag
EKent Hibino - Henry Hibino Farms LLC
ESteve Wiley - American Takii Inc.
EJohn Bramers - Merrill Farms, LLC
ERyan Kelly, Boutonnet Farms

District 4: Chualar, Gonzales, Soledad

EBill Hammond - Vineyards of Monterey/Jackson Family Wines
EKevin Piearcy - Industrial Pump Shop
ENick Huntington - Huntington Farms
EScott Storm - Valley Farm Management
EScott Rossi - Tanimura & Antle

Directors At Large

EAaron Johnson - JRG Attorneys at Law
EMark Kennedy - Green Rubber/Kennedy Ag LP
EPaul Arnaudo - Commercial Truck Company
EBlaine Wilson - Wilbur-Ellis LLC
ERichard "Woody" Fenley - Carbon Robotics
EMaya Capurro - Chair of Central Coast Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee

District 5: Greenfield & King City

EJeff Pereira - King City Nursery
EBrad Rice - Salinas Land Company
EJason Smith - Valley Farm Management/Smith Family Wines
EAlex Arroyo, King City Transplanting

District 6: San Lucas, San Ardo, Lockwood, South

EColby Pereira - Braga Fresh Family Farms
EFrancis Giudici - L.A. Hearne Co.
EMartin Jefferson - Duda Farm Fresh Foods
EKurt Almond - P&L Specialties

April England

CAFB Director for District 8
Monterey, San Benito and San Luis Obispo Counties

AM Ag Consulting, LLC

Elected in December 2022 at the California Farm Bureau’s Annual Meeting in Monterey, April represents the three Central Coast County Farm Bureaus on the California Farm Bureau Federation’s Board of Directors.

CFBF District 8 includes the Counties of Monterey, San Luis Obispo, and San Benito due to their similar production crops and related issues.

A graudate of CalPoly San Luis Obispo, April owns a consulting business that specializes in food safety inspections and compliance reporting. April and her son Tanner are residents of Hollister, CA.

Through her extensive work experience in local farming, April has an intimate knowledge of the agricultural and environmental concerns that are relevant to the District. She has been active in the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (Ag Waiver) process for the past two iterations. April has strived to provide an insiders perspective on regional issues that impact the three Central Coast Counties and works to emphasize the importance of our state’s unique agricultural potential.

Serving her first two-year term as District Director, the three County Farm Bureaus rotate the Director position to provide fair and equal opportunity for represenation on the CAFB Board of Directors. Immediate past directors in recent terms include Benny Jefferson of Monterey County, Steve Arnold of San Luis Obisipo County, and Richard Bianchi of San Benito County.