Meet the people who make it all happen.
My favorite place on the ranch is on Panorama Point where I can watch the sunset over the awe-inspiring oak studded ranges. When I’m not photographing or researching birds, you will still probably find me outside running the rangelands, bicycling the Cienega vineyard loop, or making bird noises.
Alicia Arcidiacono
Photography
Carlos Canada
Food & Beverage
Donnie Whitten
Farm and Livestock
Dora Favela
Housekeeping
Elaine Patarini
Paicines Ranch Learning Center
Emily Skow
Event Center
Gabe Lorenzo
Rangeland and Facilities
Dominic Gaffney
Livestock
Garrett McKee
Livestock
I love participating in creative problem solving with our incredible teams. Not only is farming with nature an exciting intellectual puzzle, but it requires a "relationship with place" and I find that very fulfilling. In regards to my favorite ranch spot, There is a majestic, grandmother Valley Oak that is likely over 400 years old, which I could sit under all day and let time wash away.
Greg Richardson
Research and Monitoring
Jan Holthouse
Administrations
Jeb Rowen
Facilities
Favorite part of work: The best part of my job is being out on the rangeland working with my dogs and horses either gathering and moving cattle or herding our sheep flock onto the best feed.
Favorite ranch plant: My favorite plant by far is the buckwheat that grows out on the rangeland. It starts out blooming white or pink and turns deep orange or red as the summer progresses. And the sheep love it!
Jessie Maier
Livestock
Keith Brennan
Facilities
Kelly Mulville
Vineyard
Ky Cooper
Facilities and Welding
Lucy Sepulveda
Housekeeping
Nancy Sorgatz
Events Manager
If I had to be an animal on our rangeland, I'd be a cow. Contemplating ecosystem functions while chewing my cud.
Martha Skelley
Livestock
I love that my job has so many moving parts and I never know what the day will bring! On any given day, I could be giving tours, working in the freezer, picking farm fresh flowers for guests, or sitting in a pasture with the pigs! The Paicines Ranch is a dynamic, magical place and I am so grateful to work here!
Mary Rowen
Event Center
Megan Mendenhall
Marketing and Communications
Sallie Calhoun
Ranch Owner
Sherry Makabe
Accounting