July 19, 2021
Tanimura & Antle announced strategic changes, additions and promotions within its sales team to position itself for strategic growth. The company has hired new key sales team members, reorganized existing sales staff and promoted vital sales team members.
Karen Pflaum
Tom Ryan and Rick Dacey have joined the company’s new dedicated regional sales team as regional sales managers, reporting to Senior Director of Regional Sales Karen Pflaum. Ryan served as a regional sales manager for Tanimura & Antle previously from 2005 to 2014. For the past few years, Ryan has been representing a number of produce companies independently, such as the Organic Grower Summit, Grower Network and Del Fresco Produce. Dacey served as director of eastern region sales for Earthbound Farms for nearly 13 years and has since worked for State Garden/Olivia’s Organics, Pero Family Farms and JBS as a regional sales representative.