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Leadership Morgan Hill Excellence Award
Honoring Joe Aiello
Karl Bjarke, President, Leadership Morgan HIll presented Excellence Award to Joe Aiello with past recipients (l-r) Roger Knopf,
Gene Guglielmo, Gary Guglielmo, George Chiala, Mike Robino, Mike Cox, Rosy Bergin and Dana Ditmore looking on.
THE LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARD recognizes vision and leadership that
advances the spirit of community and charity; reflect courage and insight, and
inspire others to lead in a like manner.
Each year, Leadership Morgan Hill honors an individual who has shown
this type of leadership. This year, the recipient of the Excellence Award is Joe
Aiello. In addition to his continuing success at Uesugi Farms, Joe serves on
the prestigious Western Growers Association (WGA) board, supporting the
agriculture industry, and on committees to resolve water, labor and transportation
issues. He supports the WGA School Garden match program, establishing and
enriching the school gardens at San Martin-Gwinn, St. Catherine’s and Oakwood
schools. The program also provides field trips for elementary school students to
learn about Uesugi’s farming operations and agriculture in general.
Joe and his wife, Katie Aiello with their son Pete
and and his friend, Tami King.
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GILROY • MORGAN HILL • SAN MARTIN
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2016
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