Antoinette Addison

Antoinette Nahmias Addison was born in France and earned a M.S. in Agricultural Economics and Sciences from Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Agronomie de Montpellier and Institut National Agronomique de Paris-Grignon where she graduated first in her class. She came to Stanford University in 1980 where she received a Ph.D. from the Food Research Institute. Antoinette and her husband Shawn Addison own and manage The Olive Oil Source, LLC, the main supplier to the United States olive oil industry of everything from bottle spouts to industrial olive mills. They also founded Figueroa Farms Olive Mills and Orchards in 2002, where they grow organic olive trees and make and market a line of extra virgin olive oils as well as offering olive oil milling, orchard management, and consulting services to the California olive oil industry. Prior to moving to Santa Ynez, Antoinette was the Director of University Budget Management and Auxiliaries at Stanford University after having held various finance and budget related positions at Stanford. She was also the President of Pacific Land Acquisitions, a real estate development corporation. She served as director on the boards of the Stanford Federal Credit Union; of SFIP, a privately held international corporation involved in oil exploration and production, chemical storage, and real estate development in France, Italy, Spain, Canada, and the U.S.; of Petrorep Resources, Ltd, a public corporation involved in oil exploration and production in Canada, traded on the Toronto Exchange; and of A.K. Landscape, Inc., a California landscaping and irrigation business. She also served on the boards of the John Ernest Foundation and was a member of the Stanford Athletic Board.