• Developing and executing business training programs and associated training materials for farmers, ranchers, fishers, and niche food and beverage companies. • Nonprofit strategic planning, developing or re-building accounting and budgeting systems, review and revamp of internal structures and procedures, staff and board training, ethics training for programs serving farmers and ranchers.• Technical writing including grant writing and commenting on rulemaking, workshops, keynotes.• Clients including: American Farmland Trust, Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Farming, Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers, California FarmLink, Center for Land Based Learning, Colorado Plateau Foundation, Farm Credit Council, Farmers Legal Action Group, Hopi Foundation, National Farmers Union Foundation, Northwest Agriculture Business Center, The Nature Conservancy, SAGE (Sustainable Agriculture Education), Siskiyou Economic Development Council, University of California at Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, Wallace Center.

• Develop and deliver one unit class in agricultural taxation for LLM and JD students.• Develop and deliver continuing education programing for Extension and non profit professionals serving farmers and ranchers.• Develop and deliver continuing education programing for legal and accounting professionals serving farmers and ranchers.• Research and extension in land tenure, taxation, estate planning, food safety.

• Led a project for the County of San Mateo to analyze utilization of USDA programs across the county, identify gaps and opportunities, and make recommendations about programs to support the farm economy and healthy food access. • Managed the Sunol Ag Park and assisted with Food Works San Jose and other agricultural revitalization projects.

Point person for coordinating program planning, delivery, policy and communications for all USDA programs related to small and beginning farmers and ranchers. Management team for the Secretary's "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative. Co-founder and co-chair of a new inter-agency task force “USDA 4 Veterans, Reservists & Military Families.” Chair of inter-agency Small & Beginning Farmer/Rancher Workgroup. Designated Federal Officer for the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers & Ranchers.

Organized the 31st annual EcoFarm Conference for over 1,400 participants from across the organic farming and natural foods sector, and the 22nd annual Hoes Down Harvest Festival with some 5,000 attendees. Oversaw farmer education programs, state and national policy initiatives, grant writing and fundraising. Managed a million dollar budget, permanent staff of five, seasonal staff of ten, and scores of volunteers.

Management planning and reporting for the Insurance Services division of the Risk Management Agency. Special issues in crop insurance, and cooperative agreements for agricultural education and development.Management team for the Secretary's Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative, founding co-chair of the USDA Women and Working Lands workgroup, and member of the USDA Native American Working Group. Conceptualized and secured funding for a Tax Guide for Native American Farmers and Ranchers to address a specific inequity in income tax law. Related research and teaching in Navajo and Hopi to illuminate the tax and business issues that limit the entrepreneurial potential of Native food producers.

Manage technical parameters, outreach and training for new whole farm insurance programs based on producer income tax forms (AGR and AGR-lite).Initiate, develop and implement region wide strategic planning for outreach to provide program information to diverse farmers and ranchers.Identified a Federal Income Tax issue adversely affecting some Native American’s ability to start new farms or participate in USDA programs. Proposed a solution and secured funding to implement.

Leadership and support to the Executive Director to develop rigorous accounting and budgeting processes, to update the strategic plan, and to pilot new models for aggregating and distributing produce from small farms into nearby cities. The Community Alliance with Family Farmers develops marketing options and policy to support California's family farmers and protect consumer choice.

Leadership and support of the Executive Director in developing a rigorous accounting and budgeting system for a growing organization. The Center for Land Based Learning includes a demonstration farm and land based leadership and science education programs for high-school students throughout California. The organization has grown consistently and managed multiple, complex state and federal grants and not not outgrown the system developed under my leadership.

Clients with row crops, vineyards, rice, nuts, tree fruit, cow-calf and organic operations.Audits, financial statements, tax returns, systems design, vineyard and orchard capitalization issues, valuation analysis, expert testimony, buy-sell agreements, trust and estate accounting.

(Promotions from Staff Accountant in 1995 and Supervisor in 1997)Clients including organic farms, dairies, vineyards and wineries in California and Oregon.Audits, financial statements, tax returns, systems design, buy-sell agreements, trust and estate accounting.

Clients including premium vineyards and wineries in the Napa Valley.Audits, financial statements, tax returns, inventory systems, vineyard capitalization issues, trust and estate accounting.