Ralph and Linda Bodine
Mr. Bodine, a graduate of Princeton University, is Chairman Emeritus of Sunkist Growers Inc., and President and CEO of Bodine Produce Company. He has played a leadership role in the largest fruit growers' organizations of the United States, and was appointed by President Bush as the Chairman of the President’s Council on Rural America for 1990-91. Since retiring to Victoria in 1993, the Bodines have become great supporters and benefactors of the community, e.g. now serving on the LINC-Uc Foundation, and a number of new start-up companies.