<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Los Alamitos, CA-</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By ANUK Staff<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">2.21.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>President and CEO of Frieda’s Specialty Produce, Karen Caplan, will be the keynote speaker in the inaugural UC Davis Agribusiness Workshop held at the UC Davis Conference Center. Taking place on March 11, the workshop is designed for executives and middle managers in enterprises large and small.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Caplan’s speech, “How Strategic Planning Almost Put Me Out of Business” will give attendees and insider’s view of what really goes on in entrepreneurial organizations from a CEO’s perspective.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">"Karen Caplan is one of the important innovation leaders of agriculture and business. She is also a careful strategic thinker. There is simply no one better to provide a personal CEO perspective for our Agribusiness Workshop,” stated Daniel Sumner, Director, University of California Agricultural Issues Center. “Besides that, Karen is dynamic, enthusiastic and an engaging personality. We know our Workshop participants will learn from and enjoy being with her for the evening."<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Other presentations during the two day workshop include case studies and panel discussion about the implications of consumer regulations. Other workshop presenters include: Jill Benson, co-owner, JS West and Companies, Stephen J. Meyer of Downey Brand Attorneys and Richard Sexton, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Davis<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.friedas.com/" target="_new">Frieda’s</a> </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
