Gold Leaf Farming

Jack is a Co-Founder and the CEO of GLF. Jack leads GLF’s investment efforts as well as the general management and operations of GLF. Since inception, GLF has purchased nearly 12,000 acres of farmland in the western US. Jack is an investor with experience working with and investing in businesses in the food and agriculture space, focusing on specialty crops over the last five years.

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Before founding GLF, Jack was an investor at TPG, served as a policy advisor to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company. He holds an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Economics from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.

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Jackie is the Vice President of Operations, where she develops and leads the firm's farm operational strategy and is responsible for the entire farming team.

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Before GLF, Jackie worked for Home Chef as the VP of Fulfillment, where she led the overall operational efforts in the production of e-commerce and retail meal kits across the country in addition to leading the company's logistics, skills training, and safety strategy.  Prior to Home Chef, Jackie worked at Sysco Foods as a Food Safety Program Manager and Reinhart Foodservice where she held a number of different roles including being the Plant Manager of their custom cut meat processing plant.

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Jackie earned her Master's degree from Michigan State University in Food Safety.

Kim is the VP of Finance at Gold Leaf.  Kim leads GLF's operational accounting and finance team and manages information technology services.  Prior to joining GLF in January 2024, Kim spent 5 years as CFO of Adams Extract & Spice, LLC, a private-equity-backed manufacturing company in the food & agricultural industry and one of Texas' oldest continually operated businesses. There, she led the company through significant growth, two private equity transactions, and onboarded a new ERP system.  Before joining Adams, Kim served in the government sector as the CFO of a Texas public school for 10+ years and prior to that worked as an Auditor for BDO Seidman for 2 years.

Sawyer is a farm kid from Oregon's Willamette Valley, where his family continues to grow hazelnuts. He spends his time at Gold Leaf Farming split between acquiring new properties and leading operational initiatives with the farm team - especially those regarding the company's sustainability practices.

Before joining GLF, Sawyer served as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Army, bootstrapped and joined a couple startups, and completed a short stint in a family investment office. Sawyer received an MBA and MS in Environment & Resources from Stanford University, and a BA in Political Science from Pepperdine University.

Santiago grew up in Chile. At GLF, he splits his time between asset management and acquisitions as well as growth opportunities and farming strategy.

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Before joining GLF in 2021, Santiago spent most of his time working for the Chilean government and telecom companies on infrastructure projects. He received an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business and has a degree in Industrial and Transport Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

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Tanner leads the firm's investment strategy and spends time on fundraising, investor relations, and new business opportunities. Prior to joining in 2022, he was a consultant at McKinsey& Co. where he also spent a year as Deputy Chief of Staff to the firm’s Global Managing Partner. He also spent a year as Chief of Staff to the CEO at an aerospace technology startup, Airspace Intelligence.

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Tanner holds a B.S. in Finance and Economics with highest distinction from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.