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Franz De Klotz was appointed to the CVWD Board in January 2010. Born in Oregon, he grew up in Fresno, California, and moved to the desert in 1983 after graduating from California State University Fresno with a Bachelor of Science degree in Plant Science/Viticulture. De Klotz is the Vice-President of Marketing for Richard Bagdasarian Inc. in Mecca, which specializes in citrus and table grapes. At Bagdasarian, he is responsible for global sales of all harvested products. In addition to his work at Bagdasarian, De Klotz also owns Pasha Marketing, a local agribusiness firm that grows and markets fresh vegetables on more than 600 acres in Mecca. De Klotz maintains close ties to the San Joaquin Valley where he was raised; he farms almonds and pistachios in Madera, California, and also is owner of De Klotz Capital Partners, an investment group handling real estate acquisitions in the San Joaquin Valley. De Klotz and wife Judy live with their three sons and daughter in Rancho Mirage.
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