2022 SPEAKERS
LAUREN ABDA
Co-Founder, Branch Venture Group
TINA ADOLFSSON
Head of Communications, Simera
JENNIFER BARTASHUS
Sr Equity Research Analyst Bloomberg Intelligence
NICOLE BURKE
Project Manager/Technology Scout, Kalsec
KAREN CARR
Partner, Arent Fox Schiff
ELIZABETH CRAWFORD
Deputy Editor, FoodNavigator-USA
TIM CUNNIFF
Co-Founder & EVP Sales, Little Leaf Farms
LAURIE DEMERITT
Owner & CEO, The Hartman Group
PAUL EVERS
Co-Founder & CEO, Riff
LIZANNE FALSETTO
Founder, CEO & Chairman, betterland foods™
STEPHANIE FERRARI
Co-founder & President, Fresh Communications
KATE FLYNN
Co-Founder & CEO, Sun & Swell
RYAN FOX
Corrugated Packaging Mkt Analyst, Green Markets
SAMANTHA GARWIN
Market Innovation Strategist, GreenWave
ELISE GODINEZ KERN
SVP Data & Insights, Aromyx
SAMANTHA GOERGER
Policy Fellow, ReFED
STEPHANIE GOODWIN
Sr. Manager, Gov. & Industry Affairs, Danone
HENRY GORDON-SMITH
Founder & CEO, Agritecture
KYMBERLY GRAHAM
VP, Head of Diversity Initiative, NielsenIQ
CHRISTINE HALL
Report, TechCrunch
MARCIA HOOPER
Co-Founder, Branch Venture Group
SAM HSENG-HUNG HSU
Executive VP Strategic Planning, Ecolab
RAVI JHALA
Global Head of Commercial, Perfect Day
ELLEN JORGENSEN
Co-Founder & CSO, Aanika Biosciences
EMILY JOSEPHSON
Marketing/Brand Mgt - noosa, Sovos Brands
JUSTIN KING
Chief Evangelist, Salsify
DEREK KLAEHN
EVP of Strategy & New Ventures, Kerry
LUDA KOPEIKINA
Investment Director, DSM Venturing
TARA LEVINE
Senior Advisor, Branchfood
LANCE LIVELY
VP Strategy & Business Operations, EVERY™
TREY LOCKERBIE
Co-Founder & CEO, Better Booch
NICK MCCOY
Managing Dir. & Co-Founder, Whisptitch Capital
IAN MILLER
Chief Development Officer, Pairwise
DUONG T NGUYEN
Research and Process Innovation, Bluu Seafood
GASTON PALADINI
Co-Founder & CEO, Moolec Science
TROY PEARLEY
EVP, GM, North America, Divine Chocolate
MEGAN POINSKY
Senior Food Dive Reporter, Industry Dive
TRACY RAINES
Chief Innovation Officer, AgBiome
ALISHA REAL
Director, Sustainability & Social Impact, UNFI
TOM RYDEN
Executive Director, MassRobotics
ERIC SCHULZE
VP of Product and Regulation, Upside Foods
JYOTI SHANKAR
Principal Data Scientist, Indigo
RALPH SIMMONS
Regulatory Attorney, Foster Garvey
MARY SHELMAN
Founder, Shelman Group
PRIYANKA SRINIVAS
Founder & CEO, The Live Green Co
KATIE STEBBINS
Executive Dir., Food & Nutrition Innovation Institute
JULIANNE STELMASZYK
Director of Food Strategy, Rhode Island Commerce
EVI STEYER
Co-Founder, Ponderosa Ventures
PHIL TAYLOR
Global Open Innovation Lead, Bayer
CHIP TERRY
Founder & CEO, BlueTrace
TONI TIPTON-MARTIN
Editor In Chief, America’s Test Kitchen
SHEN TONG
Founder & Managing Partner, FoodFutureCo
PETER TWOMEY
Co-Founder, EcoCart
GRETCHEN VANESSELSTYN
Director of Education, Specialty Food Association
STEPHANIE VON STEIN
Sr. Associate Director, Good Food Institute
ELAINE WATSON
Editor, FoodNavigator-USA