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UnitedAg Awards $82,500 in Scholarships to 82 Deserving Students Statewide

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IRVINE, Calif., (AgPR) March. 15, 2019 – AJ Cisney, Chair of the Board of Directors for UnitedAg and the Education Committee (AEF), announced that the Directors awarded 82 scholarships for the 2018-2019 academic year.

The AEF scholarship recipients were selected based on both merit and need. This year’s top scholarships were awarded to Ashlyn Geiger member affiliated with McCorkle Farms, proud recipient of the Maurice McMillan Award. Pedro Zepeda member affiliated with Moody Western Cooling, recipient of the William C. Goodrich Scholarship.

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UnitedAg Announces New Board of Trustees Chairman

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IRVINE, CA - (AgPR) March 4, 2019 — UnitedAg, a leader in providing healthcare for the agricultural industry has officially announced Mack Ramsay as the new in-coming Chairman for the Board of Trustees, responsible for high-level overview of UnitedAg’s health and wellness plans and affiliated initiatives. Mack Ramsay has served as President/Managing Member at Pacific Commerce Group (PCG) since 2005. PCG provides domestic and international consulting services, special project analysis, implementation and management to business, food manufacturing and the agriculture industry operating between the U.S., China, Mexico and Japan. He also serves as Executive Vice President/General Manager for Calberi Inc., an agricultural cooperative and service provider. PCG has been a long-standing member of UnitedAg and its affiliated companies. Mack became a member of the UnitedAg Board of Trustees in 1997.

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UnitedAg Annouces New Associate Vice President of Sales

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UnitedAg Announces New Associate Vice President of Sales

Mike Davidson brings over 20 years of benefits experience to new role

IRVINE, CA - (AgPR) January 31, 2019 — UnitedAg, a leader in providing healthcare for the agricultural industry has officially announced Mike Davidson as the new Associate Vice President of Sales. Davidson has over 20 years of insurance industry sales, management and customer-service experience. He has a proven ability to provide member-centric health products and high-level services based on customer needs, user-experience research and market analysis.

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UnitedAg Celebrates the 2nd Graduating Class of WomenAg Leaders

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PISMO BEACH, Calif., (AgPR) Dec. 14, 2018 – Seven class members of the 2nd WomenAg Leadership Academy recently celebrated the completion of their leadership development experience. In December a reception and dinner were held at The Cliffs Resort in Pismo Beach. The event was attended by UnitedAg directors, trustees, members, guest speakers and family. Guest speakers included Lynn Jacquez of CJ Lake LLC and George Soares of Kahn, Soares, Conway, LLP.

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New York Times and # 1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The SPEED of Trust Stephen M.R. Covey to Keynote UnitedAg 39th Annual Conference, March 5-8 in Anaheim

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IRVINE, Calif., (AgPR) Nov. 30, 2018 – UnitedAg, a member-owned agricultural trade association representing more than 850 organizations in California and Arizona, announced it will hold its 39thAnnual Meeting & Conference March 5-8 at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa in Anaheim, Calif. Themed “EmpowerU,” this year’s conference will feature industry experts addressing key issues facing the state’s agricultural businesses and community, including healthcare, water, labor, immigration, global economy and much more. Keynote speakers will include bestselling author Stephen M.R. Covey, Senior Vice President of Americanhort Craig Regelbrugge, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for The Phia Group Tim Callender and Professor / President Emeritus of The George L. Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University Dr. Jim Doti. More than 250 representatives from UnitedAg member organizations and partners, and other agricultural community leaders, are expected to attend.

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UnitedAg Announces the Expansion of Its Service Hours

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UnitedAg Announces the Expansion of Its Service Hours
As a recognized leader in providing health benefits for agriculture, UnitedAg is always looking to meet its members needs.

Irvine, CA (AgPR) Nov. 9, 2018 — Starting January 1st, UnitedAg will be expanding its hours of service from Monday through Saturday to serve the needs of its unique community.

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Press Release: UnitedAg Announces New Chief Financial Officer, Kanthi Gunturi, CPA

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Irvine, CA, (Sept. 14) - UnitedAg is pleased to announce Kanthi Gunturi as the new Chief Financial Officer.

Gunturi brings 15 years of finance and professional experience from various organizations like KPMG and Duke Medical Center. Gunturi joined UnitedAg in 2017 as the Controller, directing the operations of the accounting department. In her current role as Chief Financial Officer she is responsible for directing the strategic and tactical matters at UnitedAg as they relate to accounting, financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting.

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UnitedAg Awards Scholarships totaling $3,500.00 to Two Students in Orange County

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 18, 2018

Two students in Orange County have received scholarship awards totaling $3,500.00.

UnitedAg awarded the scholarships after reviewing 86 submitted applications. Applicants submitted in addition to detailed information, an essay focused on the top issues impacting agriculture and new challenges and opportunities that farmers face every day.

UnitedAg is proud to announce the following winners:

  • Wei Kuo; UnitedAg; Irvine.
  • Shae Scarr; The Nunes Company; Salinas.

About UnitedAg

UnitedAg is a multi-commodity member-owned agricultural trade association dedicated to providing innovative solutions for a strong and healthy agricultural industry. Our over 800 agriculture affiliated member organizations network and share creative ways to transform our ever changing industry. UnitedAg strives to bring innovative solutions to agribusiness by meeting our member’s employee benefit needs, advocating for ag with lawmakers and helping members comply with regulations.

For further information, contact Maribel Ochoa at 800.223.4590

marketing@unitedag.org

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