Dan Benedetti, past President and current Chairman of the Board of Clover Stornetta Farms, was born in Petaluma. He attended St. Vincent grammar and High schools and went on to Santa Rosa Junior College and Sonoma State University. His first job in the dairy industry was as a driver-salesman in Fort Bragg in 1971. He was a Clover distributor in West Marin from 1972 to 1977, when he took charge of Clover Stornetta sales in Napa County. In 1985 he moved to Clover's headquarters in Petaluma, and was named president in January, 1987. Dan is proud of Clover Stornetta Farm's sustainable agricultural practices, humane treatment of their dairy herds, their commitment to family farming and the fact that Clover milk comes from cows not treated with the growth hormone rBST. Dan is currently Chairman of the Board for Clover and is also on the Board of Directors for Exchange Bank. He is on the President's Advisory Board of Santa Rosa Junior College, Sonoma State University and the Culinary Institute of America. Dan lives in Petaluma with his wife Anne. He has three grown children, two of whom work for Clover, and is now a grandfather four times over. |