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The California Avocado Commission has named two employees as co-executive leaders of the organization and former BLM director Neil Kornze has moved to K Street to be the senior vice president of Cassidy and Associates.

Neil Kornze has moved to K Street to be the senior vice president of Cassidy & Associates. Kornze is a former chief of staff for Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and served as the director of the Bureau of Land Management during the Obama administration.

Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas rolled out a new leadership slate, UC Davis is looking for a new ag dean and a Washington state woman is the new leader of the nation's oldest farm organization.

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin Oberman plans to leave next year, Martin Bates has a new role at Dairy Farmers of America, and Brittany Jablonsky is returning to the National Farmers Union.

Daniel Hartwig has been tapped as the new president of the California Fresh Fruit Association, succeeding Ian LeMay, who has held the position since 2019.

Bernardo Calvo has joined Sun World International as president and chief operating officer, and Nobuyuki Ishii has been tapped as Kubota North America’s new CEO.

Church Brothers Farms has added Martin Sotelo as the new senior director of raw product procurement for the U.S. and Mexico and Mike Reed has been promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer of Stater Bros.

USA Rice’s board of directors have tapped Peter Bachmann as the next CEO of the organization and Deanna Kovar has been named as the new president of John Deere’s Worldwide Agriculture and Turf Division.

USA Rice’s board of directors has tapped Peter Bachmann as the next CEO of the organization, succeeding Betsy Ward, who has been at the helm for the last 16 years.