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Tom Avinelis
The owner and manager of AgriCare, Inc. is Tom Avinelis.
He has been a resident of Tulare County since graduating from California
Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 1980. Tom holds a
Bachelor's Degree in Agronomy. He is a licensed pest control advisor and
pest control operator. Tom has been a board member of California Citrus
Mutual since 1998. He is past president of the California Olive Committee,
has
served on the California Olive Association Political Action Committee and the
Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Task Force. He currently serves as Vice
President of the California Blueberry Association. Tom personally owns or is an active partner in several other
agricultural ventures including Golden Wolf Partners, Bristol Ag Partners, Balboa
Partners LLC, Grey Wolf Partners, Sun Wolf Partners, Terra Bella North LLC, and
DNE Partners, LLC.
Don Mabs
The supervisor over all Tulare and Kern County properties is
Don Mabs. Don holds a Bachelor’s Degree from California Polytechnic State
University - Pomona. Graduating with honors, his major was in Fruit Industries,
with an emphasis on plant and fruit physiology and pathology, soils, and chemistry including
biochemistry. After graduating from college, Don went to work for the family
citrus business managing 2,000 acres of oranges and apples. Don joined the AgriCare
Team in 1995
bringing a wide range of experience and knowledge.
Cindy
Castro
The office manager
for AgriCare, Inc. is Cindy Castro. She grew up in the Lindsay area and
has been involved with agriculture throughout her life. After receiving
her education, Cindy, through hands on experience, brings to AgriCare a broad
range of office managerial experience, finance analysis and computer skills. She
has been employed by AgriCare, Inc. since it's beginnings in 1990. Cindy
is a licensed Notary Public.
Dan Veleta
Dan Veleta is the
Area Manager for all of Tulare County. He coordinates and directly
supervises all field staff work activities. He brings vast knowledge and
expertise in the day to day attention required to best utilize equipment and
personnel to most efficiently and cost effectively farm for our clients.
Debby Feaver
Debby Feaver grew up in Visalia, California, and attended college at California Polytechnic
University, San Luis
Obispo where she obtained a BS in Computer Science. After that she worked
for H & W - a fruit marketing company - for eleven years before joining the AgriCare team in May of 2001. Since that time Debby has been a valuable
asset in the office in managing computer systems, supervising personnel, and
commodity tracking.
Maria Flores
Maria Flores is the office
manager in AgriCare's Arvin office. She began working for AgriCare
seasonally in 2002, and
came back to work full time the following year. Maria is always available
to answer questions for direct inquiries to the appropriate individual.
She assists our field personnel and processes all paperwork for the Kern County
operations.
Tony Figueroa
Tony Figueroa joined the AgriCare Team in 2004.
He is Area Manager for Kern County operations. He coordinates and directly
supervises all field staff work activities. He brings vast knowledge and
expertise in the day to day attention required to best utilize equipment and
personnel to most efficiently and cost effectively farm for our clients.
Eloy Mojarro
Eloy Mojarro first started working for AgriCare in
1994. He moved into the position of Harvest Supervisor in 2004 and
coordinates all harvest and crew activities for citrus, blueberries, cherries
and table grapes in Kern County.
Alex Gonzalez
Alex Gonzalez is a field supervisor for some of the
Tulare County operations. He also works as AgriCare's safety manager
insuring all safety practices are followed and documented. Under Alex's
direction, AgriCare strives diligently to maintain a safe working environment
for all our employees.
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