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Dole Names David DeLorenzo President

By MARIA L. La GANGA

David A. DeLorenzo, a 20-year Dole Food Co. veteran, has been named president of the food production giant. DeLorenzo, previously president of Dole Produce Co., succeeds Robert W. Fisher, who resigned late last month.

DeLorenzo, 43, joined Dole as a management analyst in 1970 and has served in various positions since then. His career with the company, which is a subsidiary of Los Angeles-based Castle & Cooke, includes stints as controller and operations manager in Nicaragua, controller in Honduras, assistant general manager in Costa Rica, and vice president production-Latin America.

He was promoted to president of Dole Fresh Fruit Co., Boca Raton, Fla., in 1986 and became president of Dole Produce in May. In addition to heading up Dole Food Co., DeLorenzo will also serve as executive vice president, office of the chairman of Castle & Cooke.

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Harry E. Stephens III was promoted to president of Dole Packaged Foods Co., and Alan B. Sellers will become executive vice president-administration and legal affairs of Castle & Cooke.

Castle & Cooke is a holding company specializing in food production and distribution through Dole Food Co. and real estate development. Company officials are trying to spin off the food business, but efforts have been stalled.

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Maria L. La Ganga

Maria L. La Ganga is the deputy managing editor for California and Metro, overseeing the Los Angeles Times’ largest editorial department. She joined The Times in 1981 as an academic intern, splitting her time between the former Metro section and National Dragster, the official publication of the National Hot Rod Assn. She has served as Seattle bureau chief, San Francisco bureau chief, edited in the Business section and pitched in on six presidential elections, five for The Times and one for the Guardian. La Ganga left The Times in 2015 and returned in 2018 after a brief hiatus during which she wrote for the Guardian and the Idaho Statesman. She was named city editor in 2022 and promoted to her current role in 2024. La Ganga graduated from Granada Hills High School in the San Fernando Valley and Cal State Northridge, where she studied English literature and journalism.

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