ORLANDO, FL – Agriculture Secretary Tom J. Vilsack has appointed six members to serve on the National Mango Board (NMB).
According to a press release, four of the appointees are new members and two are returning. They will serve three-year terms starting January 1, 2015 and ending December 31, 2017.
The new board members include domestic producer Philip W. Barton of Pescadero, CA; along with importers Greg Golden of Mullica, NJ, Michael Shawn Allen of Sugar Land, TX, and Joella Shiba of San Diego, CA. Also appointed are foreign producers Enrique Sanchez Ramirez of Nayarit, Mexico, and Oscar Orrantia Morla of Guayas, Ecuador. Mr. Golden and Mr. Sanchez are returning to the Board to serve a second consecutive term.
“We are confident that the new appointed members will strengthen the Board and help us move along the way on this new era of change and development,” stated Manuel Michel, Executive Director of the NMB. “It is essential to have key leadership in the organization as it undertakes new phases of growth in the upcoming years.”
The new members are replacing Bill Vogel, Chairman, of Los Angeles, CA, Veny L. Marti, Vice Chair, of Carolina, Puerto Rico, Wade Shiba of Missouri City, TX, and Bernardo Malo of Guayaquil, Ecuador, whose terms have ended.
Congratulations to the new members!
