Amy Gates - Vice President of Administration and Finance

Amy Gates is Vice President of Administration and Finance of Frontera Produce LTD.  As the leader of administration for the company, Amy directs the daily functions of the company including human resources, quality assurance, government relations, communications, Information Systems and the legal department. In her role as Vice president of finance, Amy is responsible for accounting, grower accounting mergers and acquisitions and investing.

Prior to this, Amy was Chief Operations Officer of Frontera Produce, responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the company including production, harvesting, quality control, shipping and reconditioning, in addition to accounting, finance and human resources.

Before joining the Frontera Produce team, Amy was a sales manager for Famous Software LLC covering Southern California, Texas, Arizona and New Mexico.

As a leader in the produce industry, Amy holds many leadership roles including:

• Produce Business Top 40 Under Forty 2007
• Produce Marketing Association Foodservice Board Member since 2007
  • Produce Marketing Association RFID Task Force
• Texas Produce Association Board Member since 2005
  • Texas Produce Association Import Committee Member
  • PMA Convention Committee Member
  • International Trade Committee Member
• PEIB Board Member o Data Bar Implementation Task Force
  • Central Repository Task Force
• Produce Traceability Initiative
  • Case Label Subgroup
  • Data Synchronization Subgroup
  • Supplier Subgroup
• Produce Marketing Association Food Safety, Science and Technology Committee Member

In 2010 she was glowingly profiled in The Packer, where in Frontera President Will Steele added "Amy has put Frontera on the map. We were a good company, but didn't know how to get to being great."

Amy earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Business in 1999 from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA.