San Francisco Wholesale Produce Market
Distributors/Importers - Exporters/Suppliers/Wholesalers
2018 - 2020
Since 2003, Michael Janis has led the San Francisco Wholesale Produce Market as General Manager, overseeing operations and property management of a 400,000-sq.-ft. multi-tenanted, campus located in a dense urban setting; financial management; real estate development; nonprofit governance; strategic planning and implementation of plan, trade and governmental relations as well as marketing, communications, and branding strategy and implementation. Significant initiatives range from steering a multi-year, phased $100-million major capital improvement and expansion project of the Market to leading an innovative funding and financing plan of the project to the recent launch of a rebranding to The SF Market. He has been fortunate to have served and continue to serve in a number of leadership positions: Past President of National Association of Produce Market Managers (NAPMM); Current Board member of NAPMM; active membership in World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM); Steering Committee member of the City of San Francisco's Makers and Movers Working Group (focusing on the Food and Beverage industry); member of the Urban Rural Roundtable (City of San Francisco and State of California); member of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Public Policy Committee; Chair of SPUR (a San Francisco Bay Area planning organization) Food and Agriculture Policy Board; Founding Co-chair, SEFA (Southeast Food Access Working Group). Most recently Michael was a member of the planning team for the successful inaugural USDA-NAPMM-United Fresh Wholesale Market Stakeholder meeting, held in January 2018 at USDA headquarters.