our fellows
Lindsey Allen
Environmental Sustainability Manager, Food & Supply Chain, Disney Experiences
MaríaElena Alvarado-Rodríguez
Vice President, Operations, The Cultural Conservancy
Rachel Atcheson
Executive Director, Food Policy Pathways
Dylan Bailey
Vice President of Nutrition Affairs, Ketchum
Michael Barron
Managing Director, US, Trinity AgTech
Brian Bartle
Senior Sourcing Manager of Regenerative Agriculture, Danone
Nic Bash
Foodservice Director, Little Sesame
Stacy Bates
Nutrition Strategist
Adam Bent
Strategic Advisor & Entrepreneur in Residence, Ocean Wise
Lucie Blankenship
Global Marketing Director, Positive Brands, PepsiCo
Greg Bohrer
Director, Corporate Affairs, Walmart
Maddy Booth
CEO, Vetri Community Partnership
Megan Bowman
National Nutrition Food Security Program Coordinator, US Department of Veterans Affairs
Marie Bragg
Assistant Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Kaitlin Campbell
Sourcing Director, Sam's Club
Kristen Campos
Chief Communications Officer, Carnival Cruise Line
Alexina Cather
Director of Policy and Special Projects, Wellness in the Schools
Bridget Carle
Senior Vice President, Guy Carpenter
Dominique Carter
Principal, Lewis-Burke & Associates
Alexxis Cash
Head of Operations & Supply Chain, Lasso
Christina Chauvenet
Child Nutrition Officer, Newman's Own Foundation
Rebecca Chesney
Director of Sustainability Innovation, ISS Guckenheimer
Chris Choi
CEO, Mom's Meals
Richard Comeau
Chief Program Officer, Hunger Free Oklahoma
Dion Dawson
Chief Dreamer/CEO, Dion's Chicago Dream
Julian Debenedetti
Strategy and Operations Leader
Patrick Delaney
Director, Federal Government Affairs, Walmart
Connor Dowling
Executive Director, Offit Capital
Evan Ehlers
Founder and Executive Director, Sharing Excess
Sheba Ehteshami
Vice President, Deloitte Consulting
Amanda Eller
Strategy Director, Waverley Street Foundation
Ruby Ferguson
Senior Director of Strategic Relationships and Community Planning, The Greater Chicago Food Depository
Clare Fox
Executive Director, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders
Daisy Freund
Vice President, Farm Animal Welfare, ASPCA
Luisa Furstenberg-Beckman
Food is Medicine Manager, DC Greens
Vasanth Ganesan
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Vanessa García Polanco
Government Relations Director, National Young Farmers Coalition
Emily Gee
Senior Impact Marketing Manager, Liquid I.V.
Ceejay Girard
Global Partnerships Lead, Sustainable Agriculture, PepsiCo
Charles Greenlea
Founder, ECO-PARADIGM
Jillian Griffith
Senior Health Partnerships Manager, Amazon
Matt Haffenreffer
Founder & Managing Director, Process First
Lilly Hancock
Senior Agriculture Scientist, General Mills
Seanicaa Edwards Herron
Founder & Executive Director, Freedmen Heirs Foundation, Inc
Jaime Hansen
Executive Director, Swipe Out Hunger
Louise Iverson
Senior Manager, Global Impact, General Mills
Ross Iverson
Managing Partner, Manna Tree
Delia Johnson
Chief Operating Officer, Military Family Advisory Network
Max Kaniger
CEO, Kanbe's Markets
Hae-In Kim
Manager of Community Food Development, Public Health Association of British Columbia
Kelsey King
Sustainability Manager, Dairy Farmers of America
Ken Kolb
Professor of Sociology, Furman University
Sam Landercasper
Deputy Director of Strategy & Operations, Pitkin County Human Services
Javier Larragoiti Kuri
Founder and CEO, Xilinat
Kendra Levine
Global Restaurant Sustainability Director, McDonald's
Brent Ling
Senior Director, External Affairs, Wholesome Wave
Julia Luscombe
Chief of Staff, Builders Vision
Jake Lynch
Co-Founder, Fig (Food Is Good)
Renske Lynde
General Partner, 1st Course Capital
Lauren Manning
Executive Director, Food System 6
Anne McBride
Vice President of Programs, James Beard Foundation
Tom McDougall
CEO, 4P Foods, PBC, Inc.
Kevin McGee
Executive Director, The Urban Oak Initiative
Calib Miller
Vice President of Community Impact, Food Bank for the Heartland
Lee Miller
Co-Director and Senior Research Fellow, Center on Modernity in Transition; Lecturing Fellow of Law, Duke Law School
Eric Mitchell
President, Alliance to End Hunger
Marley Monacello
Co-Owner, Kalora Creative Studio
Jon Muth
Founder & CEO, Unbound Brews
Bryan Norrington
Agricultural Innovation Champion
Lolita Nunn
Director, Unlock Ownership at Impact Charitable
Krystal Register
Vice President of Health and Well-being, FMI—The Food Industry Association
Sean Ruane
Co-Founder, Just Roots
Rob Rubba
Chef & Owner, Oyster Oyster
Ashley Schimke
Regional Outreach Coordinator Impact Fellow, Federation of American Scientists
Tariq Sheriff
Business Development & Strategy Manager, Government of the District of Columbia
Amber Smith
CEO and Farmher, Farms by Amber
José Soto Rivera
Special Advisor for Puerto Rico, Bread for the World
Rachel Spencer
Director, Strategic Initiatives for Disaster Relief
David Street
Director of Community Engagement, Feeding America
Trevor Thompson
Global Head of Growth, Scale AI
Josh Trautwein
CEO, About Fresh
Eden Vardy
Founder and Executive Director, The Farm Collaborative
Cami Vega
Senior Manager—Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Interventions, Tate & Lyle
Alba Velasquez
Executive Director, Los Angeles Food Policy Council
Hunt Walne
AgriIntelligence Agronomist, Helena Agri Enterprises
John Wang
Co-Executive Director, The Food Project
Ronnie Webb
Community Engagement Manager, Center for Community Resilience at GW
Eric Wood
Sector Development Officer, Food and Beverage Production, City Of Toronto, Economic Development and Culture
Ebony Woodruff
Co-Executive Director, Sprout
more from food leaders fellowship
Food Leaders Fellows Inaugural Cohort 2022
Meet the Second Cohort of Food Leaders Fellowship
