Core Team & Eirs

Shen Tong | Managing Partner
Andy Simon | Managing Director
Cherry-Anne Matriz | Operations Manager
Ninian Sumadia | Program Coordinator
Steve Charlton | EIR
Dave Shor | EIR
Kathleen Murphy | EIR
Kevin Powell | EIR
Holley Atkinson | Making Food Work
Evan Franca | Business Development
Angelina Cangelosi | Fellow
Stella Werther | Fellow

Advisors

Chef Dan Barber | Blue Hill
Chef Ann Cooper | Chef Ann Foundation
Jeff Furman | Ben and Jerry's
Chef Laurent Gras | LGras Consulting
David McIerney | Fresh Direct
Michael Moss | Author
Eric O’Brien | Fall Line Capital
Sarah Smith | IFTF
Urvashi Rangan | GRACE
Andrew Reynolds | RCV Partner
Michel Nischan | Wholesome Crave
Bill Buford | Author, The New Yorker

Mentors

Ana Ojeda Osmena | Adviser
Sarah Dorey | IGNITE
Bryan Janeczko | Wicked Start
Jason Jones | Vital Farms
John Foraker | Co-Founder & CEO of Once Upon A Farm
Wendy Nunnelley | Global Consumer Goods SVP
Kara Rubin | JUST Goods
David Postolski | Gearhart Law
Noha Waibsnaider | Peeled Snacks
Melanie Bartelme | Mintel
Kate Starr | Flat World Partners
Daniel Karsevar | PlantBased Solutions
Mario Rodriguez | Bootleg Avocado
Andy Rooks | Theory
Renee Vassilos | Banyan Innovation Group
Paul Lightfoot | BrightFarms
Bill King | Stone Barns
Michael Nieling | Ocupop
Karen Karp | Karen Karp & Partners
Barbara Raho | Golden Seeds
Justin Kamine | Kamine Development Corporation
Scott Smedresman | Brown Rudnick, LLP
Karen Kenworthy | Stripes Group