Geoffrey Vanden Heuvel

Geoffrey Vanden Heuvel is the director of regulatory and economic affairs for the Milk Producers Council, a California dairy farmer trade association. Prior to his current position, he spent 39 years as an active dairy farmer in Chino in Southern California, where he was involved as a board member and consultant for the Milk Producers Council, focusing on milk price regulation and policy. He also represented agriculture for 20 years on the board of the Chino Basin Watermaster as well as representing agriculture on the executive committee of the Southern California Water Coalition, where he still serves. In 2018, he retired from dairying and moved to Tulare, California. Since moving to the Central Valley, he has focused on water supply issues, including the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act for the dairy industry and milk economics issues. He is currently the vice-chairman of the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley board.