Colby Pereira is the vice president of operations at Braga Fresh Family Farms, a vertically integrated company that grows and ships organic and conventional fresh vegetables worldwide. Colby holds a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural business with a minor in crop science from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She lives where she was born and raised, in Soledad, Calif., also home of Braga Fresh and the company’s brand, Josie’s Organics. Colby is active in several professional and community organizations. She served as president to the Salinas Valley Chapter of California Women for Agriculture, representing Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties. She is the current board president of the Monterey County Farm Bureau and is a board member of the Grower Shipper Association of Central CA, where she participates on the Food Safety, Land Use and Water Use Committees with both organizations. She also sits on the Leafy Green Marketing Agreement Technical Committee, the California Leafy Greens Research Board and is an elected director to the Salinas Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency and an elected member of the Mission Union School District Board of Trustees.