Dr. Jim White is an industrialist, philanthropist, and Vietnam Army combat veteran. He is Chairman and CEO of Post Harvest Technologies, Inc. and Founder and CEO of JL White International, LLC, and JL White Investments, LLC. He is also the Founder and CEO of PHT Investment Group LLC and PHT Growth Fund LP, which are impact-focused private equity platforms. Each of these companies are part of his larger group of companies that operate within the critical fresh produce post-harvest infrastructure space, with a mission to ensure fresh produce and other perishable food items get from field to table through a safe, secure and efficient supply chain.

Jim is the author of several acclaimed books, including Opportunity Investing: How to Revitalize Urban and Rural Communities with Opportunity Funds. He also authored the best-selling What’s My Purpose? A Journey of Personal and Professional Growth, which has been lauded by industry leaders such as Steven M.R. Covey and Jack Canfield.

At age five, Jim found his entrepreneurial spirit when he launched his first business: collecting and selling Coke bottles to help support his impoverished family. From these humble beginnings, Jim volunteered to serve his country in the Vietnam War, where he completed two tours of active combat duty. He was injured, yet he went on to enter academia and the corporate world. He went from high school dropout to academic triumph, eventually earning a B.S. in Civil Engineering, an MBA, and a PhD in Psychology and Organizational Behavior.

Jim’s leadership and business acumen have earned him international recognition. He served as the CEO of Blount World Trade Corporation, owned and managed ACEC Centrifugal Pumps NV in Belgium, and was Vice President and Division Manager at Ingersoll Rand Equipment Corporation.

As part of his vision for leadership and mentorship, Jim founded the customized yearlong management and leadership transformation process, The Circle of Success; Jim White’s Classic Movie Series; and The Red Carpet Tour. These innovative events have attracted over 100,000 participants worldwide, including Fortune 500 CEOs, management teams, entrepreneurs, governments, and trade associations.

He has bought, expanded, and sold 23 companies operating in 44 countries throughout his career. Jim acquired failing businesses to revive and develop them into profitable enterprises using his proprietary business turnaround strategy. To date, he has generated more than $1.8 billion in revenue.

With a keen awareness of the economic and social challenges that continue to plague communities like the ones in which he spent his childhood, Jim is a generous and passionate supporter of several charities and nonprofits.

He is deeply involved with Rancho Cielo, a Salinas, CA-based nonprofit that aims to keep young first-time offenders from becoming repeat offenders, with comprehensive learning, vocational training, and social services programs for the greater region’s underserved youth, many of whom faced significant adversity, from incarceration and homelessness to hunger and poverty, before finding a supportive community at Rancho Cielo.

Another cause close to Jim’s heart is Niño de la Caridad Foundation, an organization dedicated to empowering and improving the quality of life for the predominantly Hispanic youth and families of the Bronx, NY. NDLC nurtures Latino children’s social and academic skills and prepares them to become future leaders. Both Jim and his wife, Janice Parker, are on its advisory board and are leading donors.

As he is politically minded, Jim also sits on the governing board of Latino Victory Fund, an organization dedicated to building political power within the Latino community. Latino Victory Fund aims to reflect Latino voices and values at every level of government.

Jim believes in democracy, decency, and the values upon which our nation was founded. He works tirelessly to fix what is broken in America.

Nick Stoll is the Chief Administrative Officer of Post Harvest Technologies (PHT). He oversees the financial and business operations that support our business strategy, and is responsible for finance, controllership and corporate development and strategy, in addition to creating goals, policies, and procedures for efficiency and compliance.

For the last 18 years, Nick was the Controller for various businesses including Growers Ice Company (affiliate of PHT), New Leaf Community Markets (Division of New Seasons), Prescience International (acquired by Johnson and Johnson), and Multigig, Inc (acquired by Analog Devices).

In the first 11 years of his career Nick lived and led businesses in Spain. He holds a Masters in Finance and a Masters in Management of Technology from Golden Gate University, and he received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis. Nick played football and rugby at UC Davis, currently referees Junior College football, and regularly travels to Europe to visit his grown children.

Sujey has an inspiring background. A native of Acambaro, Guanajuato, she lived in Mexico City for eight years before immigrating with her mother to the United States, at the age of nine. She spoke no English, only Spanish.

After high school and throughout most of her career, Sujey worked in a warehouse environment within the agricultural industry, gaining experience in shipping and receiving, loading and unloading trucks, inventory management, delivering products, operating production lines, and overseeing a 15-employee crew. When necessary, she even worked as a mechanic in the same production lines she managed! She is proficient in computer programming and accounting.

While working to support her son as a single mother, Sujey attended Hartnell Community College and The Spot Vocational Training, where she studied general office administration and completed her certification in the Women in Ag Leadership program. She is currently back at Hartnell, working towards her business degree.