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Blue Diamond's® affairs are overseen by a nine member Board of Directors elected by the entire membership. One Director resides in each of nine Directorial Districts. All board members are elected to a three-year term, and each year the terms of three directors expire. Directors may be reelected indefinitely. The board generally meets eleven times during the year. The Board elects a Chairman and Vice Chairman from among its membership each year. The current Board Chairman is Mr. Clinton Shick of McFarland, California. Blue Diamond's® President is not a member of the Board of Directors.
 Clinton
Shick
Chairman of the Board - McFarland
Clinton is a life-long farmer, growing up in the Kern County community of McFarland, the son and grandson of farmers. After graduating from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo with a degree in Farm Management, he began work on a master’s degree in Agricultural Economics at UC Davis. The lure of production agriculture however, drew him back to McFarland, where he went to work for a farm management company. Working with farm management clients helped in developing his own farming enterprise. He leased ground, planting cotton and other row crops, until he was able to plant his first almonds in 1973 on land he had leased with an option to purchase. His family entered the almond business in 1970 when his father planted his first orchard.
Today, Clinton continues to manage some of his family’s land, farms several hundred acres of his own, along with his wife Debbie, which is planted to almonds and kiwifruit. He is still involved in farm management of some almonds and walnuts. Clinton was elected to the Blue Diamond Board in 1983 as the first director for the realigned District 9. The cooperative had redrawn its nine directorial districts in recognition of rapidly expanding almond acreage in Kern County and a southern shift in almond acreage in the Central Valley. He also serves on the Board of Central Valley Almond Association, a cooperative Huller/Sheller located in McFarland, and has served the Kern County Farm Bureau as their president. He and his wife are active in their church where they are both involved in leadership.
The following individuals hold the remaining board seats:
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