SFV Holdings exists to provide core corporate resources to the member entities and to own/manage the physical and intellectual property of the members. The services SFV provides includes: human resources, accounting, IT infrastructure, office space, physical property management, intellectual property/brand management, tax planning and preparation, logistics, regulatory compliance, mechanical engineering, electrical engineeirng, electronic/computer engineering, process engineering, manufacturing engineering and technical writing/grant proposal preparation.
SFV is a woman and disabled veteran owned small business.
Our management's "official portraits" below also speaks to two of our corporate values: don't take yourself too seriously and work should be fun.
Luella grew up on Indiana farms and loves working the soil. Her bachelors degree is in marketing and she directs our promotional activities. Luella is a certified organic inspector and manages all of our botanical and regulatory compliance activities. She has managed botanical operations at the Cleveland Botanical Garden, has been a realtor, and entrepreneur. Her passions include gardening, landscape design, piano performance, and travel.
Nick is a multi-discipline engineer with 42 years of experience with organizations from bootstrap startups to the Fortune 100. He's a service disabled veteran (US Navy) and is an avid sailor, gourmet cook, woodworker, and mechanic. Nick manages all the non-botanical agricultural operations and product processing and designs and fabricates the farm's custom processing equipment. Nick also handles tax preparation/planning, accounting, and intellectual property administration.