Executive Committee
Mark Moore - President
Mark has been a member of the Board of Directors of SLOCFB since 1995. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Management from Cal Poly in SLO, CA in 1984; was employed by Farm Credit West on the Central Coast for approximately 10 years, and since 1993, he and his wife Laurie have been farming lemons and avocados in Nipomo in partnership with Michael Cavaletto Ranches, LLC (C&M Nursery).
Richard Gonzales - Vice-President
Richard attended Cal Poly SLO and graduated in Crop Science in 1981. After graduation Richard started his own equipment repair business beginning with one semi-truck hauling gravel, grain and grapes in Paso Robles. His business eventually grew to become Roadrunner Construction in 1987. Richard now owns and operates the business while farming dry land walnuts, and raising a small herd of cows. The Gonzales family has been a SLO County Farm Bureau member since 2000.
Bernard Olsen - Corporate Secretary
Paso Robles resident Bernard Olsen is a fifth generation California farmer and a third generation agriculturalist of SLO County. He was appointed to serve on the Farm Bureau Board of Directors in November, 2004. While living in Southern California, Bernard, served for 8 years on the San Diego County Farm Bureau Board of Directors as an agriculture technology representative. He and his family raise sheep and farm hay.
Carlos Castaneda - Treasurer
Carlos owns and operates Castaneda & Sons, Inc. and Mission Labor, Inc. and employs farm workers for maintenance and harvest in vegetable, nursery, vineyard and tree crop industries. Carlos is a member of the Ag Leadership Class 36 and has been a member of Farm Bureau since 2006.
Paul Clark - Past-President
Paul, along with his family, ranches near Shandon, raising cattle, wine grapes, olives, and dry-land barley. Paul is an attorney practicing in the field of estate planning. Paul's family has been in the cattle business for five generations, settling in Ventura County in the 1870s. Paul has been on the San Luis Obispo County Farm Bureau Board of Directors for ten years.