Kevin Boyle

Kevin Boyle is Director of Organization and Workforce Development of the Equitable Food Initiative (EFI). He is responsible for creating an industry-wide framework of frontline agricultural skills, skill-building and credentialing to provide professional career ladders for agricultural workers and supervisors. He is also responsible for working with growers and their workforce in redesigning production systems to meet the needs of future trends in the industry and maintaining high performing work organizations.
Kevin retired from the telephone industry after 30 years working on issues of workforce education and the design of new workplaces during times of major technological and market driven changes. He also supported the Board of Directors for Training Partnership, Inc. a non-profit training and retraining corporation jointly owned by US West Communications, Inc., The Communications Workers of America, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Upon retirement he became the principal of Boyle & Associates, Inc. where he consulted with major corporations and Unions in the U.S., Europe, Canada and South America in developing approaches to major changes within their industry supply chain due to market, technical and social drivers impacting their ability to continue to be high performing organizations and quality workplaces.
“Growing up on a family farm still operating after 150 years, coming to EFI is a return to a life that has deep meaning and is my heritage. I am committed to developing Better Places to Work that Work Better, for all of the professionals who produce and harvest our food.