Senior Management

Allen Vangelos
President, CEO

Allen Vangelos serves as President and Chief Executive Officer. He assumed the position in January 2008 and oversees all Company operations.

Vangelos brings an in-depth background to the Company, spanning 35 years of experience in both fresh and processed food products. He has served as the President and CEO of Calavo Growers of California, President International Diversified Business and Fresh Marketing for Dole, and has served as Chairman & CEO of BC Hothouse Foods, Inc. His most recent venture is as principal of Novelle Consultants, an international agribusiness consulting firm.

Vangelos attended Washington University where he received a Business Administration degree. He has also been very active in agribusiness seminars at various universities.

David Hostetter
Chief Administration Officer

David Hostetter is Chief Administration Officer. He joined Sun World in April 2006, and now oversees finance, accounting, human resources, corporate compliance and legal affairs/enforcement, information technology and enterprise transformation.

Hostetter has an extensive background in agriculture, finance and accounting. Prior to joining Sun World, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Sun Pacific Shippers. He has held management and executive positions with Tanimura and Antle, Inc. where he played a key role in that company's tremendous growth and success. He earned his CPA with Arthur Andersen where he spent eight years as a Senior Manager in the firm's Enterprise Practice serving primarily owner-managed business in the middle market.

Hostetter received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Brigham Young University, graduating with honors in 1988.  He resides in Bakersfield with his wife and their five children.

Kevin S. Andrew
Chief Operations Officer

Kevin Andrew is Chief Operations Officer and in this capacity he oversees farming operations, supply chain/logistics, the Company's water assets and variety development programs. Andrew managed Superior Farming Company's grape production prior to that company's acquisition by Sun World. He began his career with Superior Farming Company in 1984 as an Area Superintendent. Prior to that, he worked from 1979 to 1984 for Farrior Farms, Inc. in Fresno, managing several ranches. A 1989 graduate of the California Agriculture Leadership Program, Andrew is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors for the California Association of Wine Grape Growers, a member of the Board of the North Kern Water Storage District, a founding member of the South San Joaquin Grape Growers Association, past Chairman of the Wine Grape Inspection Advisory Committee, a governor-appointed position, as well as a member of the executive committee of the Agricultural Energy Consumers Association (AECA).

A sports enthusiast, Andrew attended Fresno State University on a basketball scholarship and received his bachelor of science degree in viticulture. He was born in Arizona and currently lives in Bakersfield with his wife, and their four children.

David O. Marguleas
Chief Marketing Officer

David O. Marguleas is Chief Marketing Officer. He oversees global sales and marketing, business development, sourcing and licensing.

An officer of the Company since 1990, Marguleas has served in various marketing, merchandising and management roles. He joined Sun World in 1986 and until 1990 served as Manager of Merchandising and Corporate Relations.

Marguleas was instrumental in launching several specialty products for Sun World, including its branded sweet red and yellow peppers, SUN WORLD SEEDLESS® watermelon and DIVINE RIPE® tomato. He also re-positioned its flagship SUPERIOR SEEDLESS® and BLACK DIAMOND® brands for use with proprietary grapes and plums.

He is actively involved with various food industry organizations, serving on the Board of Directors of the California Table Grape Commission and the California Grape and Tree Fruit League. He was a member of the Produce Marketing Association's International Advisory Council, its Board of Directors and Executive Committee.

Marguleas graduated from Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1983, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in communications with an emphasis in food marketing.

The California native was born in Palm Springs and lives in Palm Desert with his wife and two children.