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United Fresh Produce Industry Leadership Classes

Leadership Class 1 - 1995
Class Members (alphabetic order): Rob Caito; Jackie Caplan Wiggins; William Cornell; Carl DiPiazza; Robert Gordon; Tim Greene.; Hill Griffin; Stephen Griffin; Marty Kamer; Kirk Schmidt; Rosemary Talley; John Tamagni.

Leadership Class 2 - 1996
Class Members (alphabetic order): Gustavo Beltran; Margaret D'Arrigo-Martin; Andrew Fava; Douglas Jones; John Lackey; Scott Lambeth; Kathy Mills; Hurley Neer; Lee Anne Oxford; Robert Stumpo; Cathy Vlahos; Tracy Wright-Alston.

Leadership Class 3 - 1997
Class Members (alphabetic order): Drew Duda; Aaron Fox; Marta Maitles; Sheri Mierau; Jim Provost; Ashley Rawl; Phaedra Ruffalo; Kevin Searle; Dan Seitz; Michael Warren; Jaime Weisinger; Jon Zaninovich.

Leadership Class 4 - 1998
Class Members (alphabetic order): Carlos Blanco; Jack Connelly; Harlan Ewert; Paul Heller; Dan'l Mackey-Almy; Jana Middleton; Steven Ottum; Marygrace Sexton; Craig Slate; Chad Solari; Erin Tice; Robert Verloop.

Leadership Class 5 - 1999
Class Members (alphabetic order): Trent Bishop; Allyson Brooks; Kimberli Carroll; Rachelle Dietz; Bill German; Al Imbimbo; Matt Lucovich; Frank Pitts; Robert Strube; Connie Taft; Dorothy Vitrano.

Leadership Class 6 - 2000
Class Members (alphabetic order): John Baillie, Rodney Barron, Brendan Comito, Michael Martin, Lance McMillan, Ron Midyett, Lance Peterson, Alain Pincot, Robin Sprague, Michelle Story, Debi Street, Stephen Tursi.

Leadership Class 7 - 2001
Class Members (alphabetic order): Michael Brown; Chris Caratan; Tanya Fell; Michael Jarrard; Greg Kurkjian; Larry Meuers; Michael Swift; Alan Temple; Stanley Trout; Steven Wiechec; Dean Wiers; Fred Williamson.

Leadership Class 8 - 2002
Class Members (alphabetic order): Tom Barnett; Jeff Busch; Fried DeSchouwer; Christopher Dugan; Ron Fode; Jennylynd James; Michael McGee; Brandon Mullis; Brian Rose; Cecilia Tudor-Rose; Cathy Willis-De Schouwer.

Leadership Class 9 - 2003
Class Members (alphabetic order): Jerry Butt; Ryan Bybee; Todd DeWaard; Melinda Goodman; Phil Herbig; Bert Monteverde; Chris Puentes; Tim Riley; Sara Stone-Psihas; Kori Tuggle; Claudia Wenzing; Scott Whitehouse.

Leadership Class 10 - 2004
Class Members (alphabetic order): Charles Ciruli, Jr.; Tim Fleming; Tom Hollis; Jana Hopper; David Howald; Jeffrey Howard; Robert Kershaw; Jeff Lundberg; Marc Mizgorski; Cindy Plummer; Mark Russell; Jackson Woodward.

Leadership Class 11 - 2005
Class Members (alphabetic order): Chadd Buurma; Melissa Heinrich; John Jackson; Wes Liefer; Joe McGuire; Josh Mitchell; Andrew Schwartz; Eileen Shay; Jarrod Snider; Karen Thomson; Bill Weyland; Gustavo Yentzen.

Leadership Class 12 - 2006
Class Members (alphabetic order): Greg Andersen; Mitch Ardantz; Al Finch, Diane Holt; Keith Johnson; Mark Petersen; Ken Roth; Gregor Shanks; Kaari Stannard; Lisa Strube; Jen Verdelli; Becky Wilson.

Leadership Class 13 - 2007
Class Members (alphabetic order): Chris Ciruli; Todd Eagan; Amy Feldman; Anthony Gallino; Phil Gilardi; Andy Hamilton; Erin Hanas Archey; Jamey Higham; Ken Holthouse; Gordon Smith; and Cali Tanguay.

Leadership Class 14 - 2008/2009
Class Members (alphabetic order): Katy Blowers; Ricardo Crisantes; Maile Shanahan Geis; John Gurrisi; Robert Kirch; Amy Kunugi; Justin Parnagian; Todd Penza; Mark Shaw; Tammy Sparkman; Brian Thure; Michael Wise.

Leadership Class 15 - 2009/2010
Class Members (alphabetic order): Andrew Bivens; John Cameron; Allen Davis; Philip Gruszka; Jason Hollinger; Michael Laws; Tracie Levin; Neil Merritt; Greg Mixon; Andrew Pandol; Bryan Roberts; and
Nichole Towell

Leadership Class 16 - 2010/2011
Class Members (alphabetic order): Nina Brooks, Chalmers Carr, Michael Connors, Tony Fazio, Emily Fragoso, Mike George, Gretchen Kreidler, Nick Mascari, Jerry Moran, Bryan Tate, Dan Vena, Gary York.



United Fresh Produce Association
1901 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202 303 3400
Fax: 202 303 3433
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