CBF Rehires Industry Veteran and Makes Additional Hires in Sales Department

Company Press Release

Church Brothers Farms, a leading grower-owned processor/shipper of a line of fresh vegetable and salads, announced the return of Ernst van Eeghen to the company as vice president of business development.

Van Eeghen was previously with the company as the director of marketing and product development from 2007 to 2014. After leaving Church Brothers, he was director of sales and marketing at Germains Seed Technology in Gilroy, Calif., and director of marketing at Twang Partners in San Antonio, Texas. He was also previously employed by Mann Packing.

As vice president of business development van Eeghen is responsible for building business relationships with new and existing customers in the United States and Canada. He works in the Salinas, Calif., office and reports to Jeff Church, vice president of sales.

“I’m thrilled with the opportunity to rejoin this great company and it feels like coming home,” van Eeghen said. “I’m looking forward to driving the business forward under the leadership and vision of Brian and Jeff Church.”

In addition, the company hired Mark Zahnlecker, who was previously at IPG and Sebastian Pagano both in general sales roles. Chuck Church, son of Steve Church transitioned from the marketing department to the sales department and is handling a range of accounts in the new role.

Jeff Church, vice president of sales, said, “As we continue to grow our company we have to grow our talent. We’re very excited to strengthen our sales staff with these new hires as we move into the second half of the year.”

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About Church Brothers Farms.

Church Brothers Farms is a vertically-integrated family owned and operated company that produces a full line of fresh vegetables year round with an in-house farming/harvesting program and state of the art processing plant, True Leaf Farms.

We are a grower-owned processor, farming the majority of our raw product ourselves; adhering to industry-leading food safety and quality standards. The Church family has a legacy of service and innovation; we deliver produce with passion.