Our Team


President and General Manager: Frank Ballentine

phone: 415.642.2569
email: fjb@greenleafsf.com

Chief Financial Officer: Mark Natividad
phone: 415.642.2505
email: mnatividad@greenleafsf.com

Buying Manager: Dale VanMatre
phone: 415.642.2517
email: dvm@greenleafsf.com

Sales Manager: Drew Knobel
phone: 415.642.2529
email: dknobel@greenleafsf.com

Retail Sales Manager: Hans Kunisch
phone: 415.642.2509
email: hkunisch@greenleafsf.com

Credit Manager: John Lysdahl
phone: 415.642.2550
email: jlysdahl@greenleafsf.com

Delivery Manager: Jose Escobar
phone: 415.642.2580
email: jescobar@greenleafsf.com

Operations Manager: Francisco Ochoa
phone: 415.642.2535
email: fochoa@greenleafsf.com

Human Resources Manager: Catherine D. Finn
phone: 415.642.2544
email: cfinn@greenleafsf.com

IT Manager: Erwin Albizu
phone: 415.642.2546
email: erwin@greenleafsf.com

Sales Team


Richard Bernstein
San Jose, Santa Cruz, San Francisco

phone: 415-350-9652
email: rbernstein@greenleafsf.com

Catherine Jirik
San Francisco
phone: 415-271-2721
email: cjirik@greenleafsf.com

Paula Linton
San Francisco, North Bay

phone: 415.642.2527
email: pkl@greenleafsf.com

Donna Nicoletti
Peninsula, Monterey

phone: 415.642.2526
email: dgn@greenleafsf.com

Andy Powning
East Bay

phone: 415.642.2532
email: ajp@greenleafsf.com

Cara Ching
San Francisco, North Bay

phone: 415.218.6056
email: cching@greenleafsf.com

Jennifer Gillis
East Bay, South Bay

phone: 415.531.4470
email: jgillis@greenleafsf.com

Jennifer Sussman
Specialty Products and Cheese

phone: 415.642.2528
email: jsussman@greenleafsf.com

Nikki Thomas
Specialty Products and Cheese

phone: 415.642.2536
email: nthomas@greenleafsf.com

 

 

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