Staff Updates

WELCOME, AMY WOLFE!

We are pleased to welcome Amy Wolfe to the CFT team. Amy will serve as the Strategic Marketing and Development Manager.

Amy has spent nearly 20 years in executive capacities within the charitable sector, most recently as the Interim Executive Director of the American Leadership Forum – Great Valley Chapter. Prior to that, Amy dedicated 11 years as the President and CEO of AgSafe. Her career also includes tenure with the California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, as a professional staff member with the California State Assembly, and with the creative team for E&J Gallo Winery.

She currently serves on the Ag Innovations, Modesto Rotary Club, and League of Women Voters of Stanislaus County Boards of Directors. Her previous Board service and leadership includes the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Modesto Chamber of Commerce, Protected Harvest, and United Way of Stanislaus County. Amy is a partner with Mujeres Poderosas, a collaboration of women who share their wisdom to improve organizations. The CFT team will certainly benefit from her knowledge and skills.

“I am thrilled that Amy has joined the CFT team, as her knowledge of CFT and previous experience with the organization are invaluable,” said Charlotte Mitchell, Executive Director at CFT. “In the early years of CFT, Amy assisted the young organization with strategic and philanthropic planning with the board and staff. I am extremely excited to have Amy join our team and lead our marketing and development efforts.”

Amy possesses a Master of Public Policy and Administration from California State University, Sacramento, and a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Communications from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. In addition, she is accredited as a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE). She, her husband (a high school agriculture teacher), and their daughter enjoy traveling, outdoor sports, and playing with their Great Dane.

GREETINGS, GERAD BORREGO!

California Farmland Trust is excited to welcome Gerad Borrego to the team who will be serving the organization as our Development Director.

Gerad brings to CFT over twenty years of wealth management and commercial banking experience in the financial service sector. While at SAFE Credit Union, Gerad developed and oversaw SAFE's Nonprofit Platform which provided financial resources and services to our region's nonprofit organizations. While working directly with our region's largest nonprofit organizations, Gerad was introduced to and developed a strong passion for fundraising and fund development.

Over the next seven years, Gerad would serve our region's largest food banks, building and caring for relationships with supporters, donors, and volunteers who provide these organizations with the support they need to do outstanding work within our shared communities. Gerad achieved his designation and accreditation as a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) in 2021, to ensure that the philanthropic vision of the donors of the organization he serves are honored and fulfilled

While Gerad spent time at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank, he longed to work with an organization closer to his hometown roots that lay in the fertile soil of the Central Valley town of Caruthers. For this reason, Charlotte Mitchell, Executive Director at CFT, shares that she is "thrilled that Gerad has joined the CFT team," and further states that "his knowledge of finances and experience in managing major gift relationships with large-scale nonprofit organizations are invaluable to our team and supporters."

As a husband and father of 8 children with his lovely wife Gina, Gerad spends every moment outside work with his family, enjoying the various sports and activities his children are involved in while introducing and sharing with them his love of fishing and hunting.