Chris Zanobini is the CEO of Ag Association Management Services Inc. In this role Chris and his team of professionals provide management and specialized services to a number of agriculture-based organizations. Chris serves as the CEO of several key agricultural organizations in California. In his career, Chris has served as President of the California Ag Export Council, President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Ag Issues Forum, President and Vice President of the World Apple and Pear Association and Chairman of the Buy California Marketing Agreement.

Chris also serves on the Deans Advisory Committee for the UC Davis School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, The UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Center, the Clear Center and is the Chair of the Alfalfa and Forage Scholarship and Research Foundation and the past Chair and a member of the California State Fair Ag Advisory Committee. He is a board member of numerous agricultural organizations in and outside of California. He is also a member of the advisory board for the Sacramento Region St. Vincent de Paul Society.

Chris graduated from the University of California at Davis with a degree in Plant Science and an emphasis in Agricultural Management. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the U.C. Davis Graduate School of Management.