Board Members & Staff

CWA Board Members

Policies, actions and activities of the California Warehouse Association come under the oversight of CWA Board members. Nominations to the Board are accepted from members and a ballot vote is taken. Board members serve three year terms. Below is a list of the current CWA Board members:

OFFICERS

President
DREW BECKER
SunWest Foods, Inc.
1634 Poole Blvd., Suite 100
Yuba City, CA 95993
530-624-3769
Fax 530-671-8889
dbecker@sunwestfoods.com

Vice-President
KURT BARRETT
Tamaki Rice Corp.
1701 Abel Road
Williams, CA 95987
530-624-0047
Fax 530-473-2406
kurtb@tamakimai.com

Secretary/Treasurer
DAN SQUIRES

Sunfoods, LLC
P.O. Box 8729
Woodland, CA 95776
530-661-1923
Fax 530-662-1913
dsquires@sunfoodsllc.com

Past President
CARL HOFF
Butte County Rice Growers Association
P.O. Box 128
Richvale, CA 95974-0128
530-882-4261
Fax 530-882-4580
choff@bucra.com

DIRECTORS

CONNIE JEROME
Van Dyke’s Rice Dryer Inc.
4036 Pleasant Grove Road
Pleasant Grove, CA 95668
916-655-3171
Fax 916-655-3916
connie@dryrice.com

BRICE LAUPPE
Farmers’ Rice Cooperative
2566 River Plaza Drive
Sacramento, CA 95833
916-531-4609
lauppe@farmersrice.com

JOE TAUSCHER
Colusa Rice Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 238
Colusa, CA 95932
530-458-8291
Fax 530-458-8693
Joe@colusarice.com

DON TRAYNHAM
Pinnacle Rice Cooperative
P.O. Box 547
Arbuckle, CA 95912
530-682-9889
dtraynham109@gmail.com

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BROOKE PALMER
1521 I Street,
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-441-1149
Fax 916-446-1063
brooke@agamsi.com

Staff

A team of experts from Ag Association Management Services Inc. and California Advocates serves as CWA’s staff and political consultants. Below is a list of these individuals who work on our behalf: 

Brooke Palmer | Executive Vice President 

Chris Zanobini | CEO, Ag Association Management Services Inc. 

Dennis Albiani | Legislative Advocate, California Advocates 

Anita Schoen-Gore | Controller, Ag Association Management Services Inc. 

Courtney Frampton | Controller, Ag Association Management Services Inc. 

Nida Agno | Assistant to the Controller, Ag Association Management Services Inc. 

Anne Estrada | Secretary/Receptionist, Ag Association Management Services Inc.