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Legacy Fresh Farms is being led by three teams of collaborative board members who are implementing our comprehensive plan for the development, operations, and management of this venture.
Coach Barry Switzer
Coach Switzer served for 16 years as head football coach at the University of Oklahoma where he led the Sooners to three national championships. He later became head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, where they won Super Bowl XXX against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Coach Switzer has one of the highest winning percentages of any other college football coach and is one of three coaches in history to win both a college football National Championship and a Super Bowl. Though his accomplishments in sports are impressive, his skills and accomplishments as an entrepreneur have extended his success. Coach has an impeccable eye for talent in both people and ideas. He knows how to communicate his vision and help business owners reach theirs. As founder and co-founder of a multitude of businesses, he brings a high level of experience and value to the team.
Mike Henry
Mike Henry founded Sports Magazines of America in 1978, a company that published team-specific magazines for several universities including (Oklahoma) Sooners Illustrated, (Nebraska) Huskers Illustrated, (Texas) Longhorns Illustrated, and (USC) Trojans Illustrated. After selling the company in 1994, Mike co-founded StadiaNet Sports, a company that installed and owned large-scale video displays (Sony JumboTrons) at universities. StadiaNet produced each live game broadcast and sold all of the advertising until it was sold in 1999 to Paul Allen, owner of the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trailblazers and co-founder of Microsoft. Mike has a passion not only for sports but also business development and growth, and he has founded and co-founded a wide array of businesses over the years.
Joyce Salazar
Joyce Salazar is the leader of Strategic Business Alliance, and she and her team of grant writers will provide Legacy Fresh Farms with research, strategic advice, foundation strategy, and resources planning. Their deep experience will contribute to the project’s success. Joyce manages a team of writers and counsels cities, large land grant institutions, corporations, and non-profits. She often acts as the lead convener and manager on large projects where she brings together local governments, developers, and corporations with successfully captured grant dollars. These projects often take the form of combined federal, state, and local teams that will leverage combined resources for workforce development, veteran’s housing, economic redevelopment, and health services. Joyce conducts nationally recognized grant writing training programs around the United States, and her proprietary grant training system has shaped successful outcomes by training local governments, higher education, and corporate executives in grant research, writing and submission of applications, and government contracting.
M. Shane Henry
Shane Henry graduated from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 2006 and immediately began trying cases. He tries all types of cases including criminal, domestic and civil. Both successes and failures in the courtroom over the past 13 years have seasoned him into an experienced trial attorney. Mr. Henry is the co-founder and instructor of the Oklahoma Bar Association Trial Advocacy Institute. Each year, he teaches presentation, preparation, and trial advocacy skills to lawyers throughout the state. Mr. Henry is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, certified as a trial advocacy instructor by Stetson University College of Law and by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, and is licensed to practice in Oklahoma and Texas. He is co-founder with famed national trial lawyer Roger Dodd of the law firm of Dodd & Henry, which focuses on personal injury and criminal cases. He is the senior partner of Henry+Dow, which focuses on domestic cases across Oklahoma with offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Norman.
Consilium Tech
Consilium Tech is led by Jacob Bartlett, a global executive with extensive experience in constructing and operating grow facilities throughout the United States. Jacob’s experience with CEA facility design, materials, equipment, and operations is a vital component to our confidence in successful operations and long-term growth for our sites. Jacob has substantive connections with the people in the industry who have successfully operated and grown in these facilities. He is joined by Nicholas Bloom, co-founder and Chief Growth Officer, with extensive history and success in the food industry; Bo Holden, Corporate Council and Transactional Manager for Consilium; Lance Bowles, Chief Financial Officer; and CJ Tucker, who provides business development and project management skills.
Jacob Bartlett
Jacob Bartlett is a seasoned global executive with extensive experience in strategy, marketing, project management, business development, and innovation. With over a decade of leadership experience in sustainable agriculture, Jacob has the proven ability to create and implement successful business strategies, awaken established businesses, lead cross-functional teams, develop new products and concepts, and cultivate lasting business relationships. As CEO of Consilium Tech, Jacob leads a team of business development, agriculture, and finance professionals. Outside of his professional life, Jacob’s family farms in Whitley County, Indiana and runs a cow/calf herd.
Nicholas J. Bloom
Nicholas J. Bloom serves as the Co-Founder/Chief Growth Officer at Consilium Tech and Co-Founder was formerly CEO of Sustainable Local Foods, which previously was the largest supplier of hydroponic living lettuce in the Midwest. He built and operated a CEA facility within the Erie Street Market in Toledo, Ohio. Nicholas has almost a decade of experience in the hydroponic/CEA sector where he consults for produce executives amongst the largest retailers in the country. Nicholas has built or remodeled multiple different categories in the CEA produce space, including hydroponic living lettuces, hydroponic cut lettuces, cut herbs, and more.
Bo Holden
Bo Holden is the acting Chief Information Officer at Consilium Tech, LLC dba Local Roots. Bo has more than ten years of experience in structuring complex business transactions. He was a partner in the business group at Rothberg Logan Warsco, LLP, a top Midwest law firm, before establishing Holden Law Group in 2021. Bo acts as outside general counsel for businesses across a broad spectrum of industries, including agriculture technology, cyber security, mining, trade and regulatory compliance, construction, and real estate. Outside of his professional endeavors, Bo strives to be the best husband and father he can be. When he’s not occupied with his kids, Bo enjoys all things music.