Alum Jacob Shafer Named Marketing, Communications Coordinator for Mann Packing

THE PRODUCE NEWS -- Shafer comes with a wealth of experience in marketing, communications and public relations. He spent seven years in Mongolia working in community outreach with the United States Peace Corps and corporate communications with the Rio Tinto Group, and the past seven months working in communications and public relations with the Monterey County Convention and Visitors Bureau. As Mann’s marketing and communications coordinator, Shafer will focus on managing Mann’s public relations, community relations, crisis communications and maintaining the company’s collaborative communications culture. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor’s degree in English.