About Us

Over 45 years of working experience in economic development. John is currently the Executive Vice President / Principal of The Bedford Group of Companies, a Los Angeles based real estate developer and the Managing Director of Abaco Partners, LLC an advisory affiliate of The Bedford Group. Brown is seasoned in community development and has been deeply committed to the economic development of the country of Hatti and more recent projects in Kenya, Africa. John also advised or assisted in the placement of equity and debt to a number of business enterprises, including but not limited to: Founders National Bank, Bob Lott Production, Honey’s Kettle, Gorilla Life, Grenada Nutmeg Oil, The Tulsa Project, and the African Trade Link and Expo.

Senior International Food Marketer, brings more than twenty years of international experience in the agriculture sector. She has represented many international commodity boards beginning in Brussels, Belgium with the Chilean Fresh Fruit Organization and Florida Department of Citrus. She specializes in identifying new markets for export and spearheading strategic marketing campaigns to launch new products both fresh and CPG in retail and wholesale channels. Her strongest suit, navigating the ITC (International Trade Centre) global database, that identifies all products traded on a global basis, is an asset in evaluating and identifying new export markets.