About Us

Staff and Consultants

Board and Commission Staff

Dennis A. Balint
Executive Director, California Walnut Board; CEO, California Walnut Commission
Email: dennis@walnuts.org

Carl Eidsath
Technical Support Director
Email: carl@walnuts.org

Michelle McNeil
Senior Marketing Director, International
Email: michelle@walnuts.org

Jennifer Getz Olmstead
Marketing Director, Domestic
Email: jennifer@walnuts.org

Jennifer Williams
Assistant Marketing Director, International
Email: jwilliams@walnuts.org

Heather Donoho
Accounting Manager
Email: heather@walnuts.org

Pamela Arsondi
Accounting Assistant
Email: pam@walnuts.org

Dana Steindorf
Administrative Assistant
Email: dana@walnuts.org

Anne McConico
Administrative Assistant
Email: anne@walnuts.org

Consultants:

Carol Berg Sloan, RD
Nutrition Consultant
Email: cbsrd@verizon.net

Duane Lindsay
Technical Consultant
Email: ldlindsay@prodigy.net

David Ramos, PhD
Production & Post-Harvest Research Consultant
Email: deramos@ucdavis.edu