Article: Almond Board of California Chief Resigns for Strawberry Commission Position.

By Reed Fujii, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 18--Rodger Wasson, chief executive of the Almond Board of California for the past decade, is leaving to take a similar post with the California Strawberry Commission.

While Wasson's announcement surprised Almond Board officials, it was not entirely unexpected.

The executive maintained a high profile and had a good reputation among leaders of agricultural marketing boards, said Ned Ryan, Almond Board chairman and a partner of Ryan-Parreira Almond Co., a Los Banos almond sheller and shipper.

"I, for one, felt he was a pretty effective manager and chief ...

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