Every hardworking member of our River Garden Farms team plays a crucial role in keeping our farm a successful, efficient, and important part of our local and global communities.
We typically have 42 full and part-time employees, many of which have been with the farm for decades. Additionally, we provide dozens of seasonal jobs for agricultural workers – often we see the same faces return each year for the new growing season.
Below is a group photo of our core team. Scroll over each team member for more information about his or her contribution to River Garden Farms!

Stephanie Murillo
Stephanie has worked for River Garden Farms since 2012, first as Weigh Master for our Tyndall Mound Warehouse, and currently in the main office.
Bobby Madderra
Bobby has worked for River Garden Farms at the Tyndall Mound Warehouse since 2016.
Gustavo Garcia
Gustavo has worked for River Garden Farms seasonally since 2012.
Crispin Murillo
Crispin is our Supervisor over Camp Maintenance. He has been with River Garden Farms since 1990.
Filiberto Gasca
Filiberto has worked at River Garden Farms since 2000.
Fred Clark
Fred has worked for River Garden Farms at the Warehouse at Tyndall Mound since 2012.
Raul Perez
Raul is the Supervisor that oversees Water/Ditches. He has been with River Garden Farms since 1986.
Erik Gasca
Erik has worked in the shop at River Garden Farms since 2010.
Allen Hamilton
Allen is the supervisor that oversees our walnut orchards. He has been with River Garden Farms since 2015.
Alfredo Roa
Alfredo is the Supervisor that oversees Planting (all but Rice). He has been with River Garden Farms since 1989.
Jose Solorio-Caudillo
Jose has worked seasonally at River Garden Farms since 1998.
Roberto Cruz
Roberto has been with River Garden Farms since 1991.
John Godinez
John is the Supervisor that oversees Rice. He has been with River Garden Farms since 2013.
Abelardo Montano
Abelardo has worked seasonally at River Garden Farms since 2007.
Joey Hutchins
Warehouse Manager
Joey oversees the Warehouse at Tyndall Mound. He has been with River Garden Farms since 2005.
Jeremy Channel-Ferree
Jeremy has been with River Garden Farms since 2016.
Jorge Delgadillo
Jorge has worked seasonally at River Garden Farms since 2010.
Valente Ramirez
Valente has worked seasonally for River Garden Farms since 2005.
Benito Gamino
Benito has worked for River Garden Farms since 2007.
Salvador Galvan
Salvador is the Supervisor that oversees irrigation. He has been with River Garden Farms since 1987.
Jose Manuel Rodriguez
Jose has worked at River Garden Farms since 2016.
Sabino Lepe
Sabino has worked for River Garden Farms since 1993.
Ernesto Ramirez-Macias
Ernesto has worked seasonally at River Garden Farms since 2014.
Ralph Murillo
Field Manager
Ralph Murillo has been with River Garden Farms since 1979. He worked his way up to Field Supervisor, being promoted to the position in 1995. He was born in Mexico and raised in Yuba City, graduating from Yuba City High School. He has three grown children and six grandchildren. He enjoys time with his grandchildren and playing soccer in his spare time.
Roger Cornwell
General Manager
Roger Cornwell joined the River Garden Farms family as Warehouse Supervisor in 2002 before advancing to General Manager in 2006. Roger grew up in Esparto, earned a B.S. in Agricultural Business from Cal Poly and has three grown children. He serves on Board of Reclamation District 108, Sacramento Westside Levee District and the Knights Landing Ridge Drainage District, along with the Board of the Northern California Water Association. In his free time, he enjoys attending Giants games and golfing.
Amador Oregel
Amador works on River Garden Farm’s irrigation crew.
Riley Peterson
Riley has been on River Garden Farm’s orchard crew since 2017.
Javier Cervantes Urzua
Javier has been on the orchard crew at River Garden Farms since 2018.
Arturo Tamayo
Arturo has been on the irrigation team at River Garden Farms since 2018.
Gilberto Figuero
Gilberto has been a seasonal employee at River Garden Farms since 2016.
Angelica Arambula
Angelica has worked in the office at Tyndall Mound Warehouse since 2018.
Juan Sandoval
Juan works on River Garden Farm’s irrigation crew.
Samuel Lopez
Samuel has worked on the rice crew for River Garden Farms since 2018.
Ruben Velazquez
Ruben has worked on the rice crew at River Garden Farms since 2018.
Audrey Sullivan
Audrey is River Garden Farm’s staff accountant. She has been with us since 2018.
Dominic Bruno
Dominic is River Garden Farm’s Assistant General Manager. He has been with us since 2018.
Vincente Ayon Magana
Vincente has been with River Garden Farms since 2018.
Izaac Lopez
Izaac has worked on River Garden Farm’s orchard crew since 2018.
Hector Orozco
Hector has been on River Garden Farm’s irrigation crew since 2017.
Cory Young
Cory has been on River Garden Farm’s rice crew since 2017.