Limoneira Company announced the retirement of Elizabeth Blanchard Chess from the Company?s Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2024. Peter J. Nolan has been appointed to the Board, effective January 1, 2024, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Ms. Chess. Mr. Nolan will also serve as a member of the Board?s Audit and Finance Committee and Risk Management Committee.

Following the appointment of Mr. Nolan, the Board will be comprised of seven directors, six of whom are independent. Mr. Nolan currently serves as the chairman of Nolan Capital Inc., which he founded in 2014 as the holding company for his family office to make long term investments in growth-oriented companies. Mr. Nolan also serves as a Senior Advisor to Leonard Green & Partners.

Mr. Nolan joined LGP as a Managing Partner in 1997. Previously, Mr. Nolan was a Managing Director and Co-Head of DLJ?s (now Credit Suisse) Los Angeles Investment Banking Division, which he joined in 1990. Prior to DLJ, Mr. Nolan was a First Vice President in corporate finance at Drexel, Burnham, Lambert in Beverly Hills from 1986 to 1990, a Vice President at Prudential Securities Inc. from 1982 to 1986 and an Associate at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company.

Mr. Nolan serves as Chairman of Diamond Wipes International, Ortega National Parks, Fresh Brothers, and Country Supplier which owns both C-A-L Ranch Stores and Coastal Farm & Ranch. He is also the controlling shareholder of Water Engineering. Mr. Nolan currently serves on the Board of Directors of AerSale Holdings Inc. Mr. Nolan serves as a trustee of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics and Finance from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.