Acquisition and divestiture of a produce processing plant.
Served as Interim Enterprise Director for Buckelew’s social enterprise People’s Harvest tasked with restructuring the social enterprise business model. Responsible for initial pilot launch and customer acquisition for fresh cut produce business. Identified and negotiated strategic partnership with regional wholesale distributor that resulted in People's Harvest's acquisition of a San Francisco based fruit and vegetable processor. Led relocation and integration into the strategic partner’s Petaluma facility and negotiation of an exclusive operating agreement. Managed sale of processing business to strategic partner.