Good Food Accelerator Associate Board
Jarrett
Annenberg
Jarrett Annenberg
|Senior Vice President - Brokerage Services at CBRE
Pooja
Bag
Pooja Bag
|Associate at The Boston Consulting Group
Biography available on LinkedIn.
Associate at The Boston Consulting Group
Brian
Behm
Brian Behm
|Tilia
Biography coming soon.
Kati
Behrens
Kati Behrens
|Vice President at MB Financial Bank
Siddharth
Bhatia
Siddharth Bhatia
|Manager at A.T. Kearney | Consumer Industries and Retail Practice
Biography available on LinkedIn.
Patrick
Brady
Patrick Brady
|Associate Director of Savills Studley
Biography available on LinkedIn.
Ryan
Brown
Ryan Brown
|Venture Capital Associate at Chaifetz Group, LLC
Biography available on LinkedIn.
Catie
Burkhard
Catie Burkhard
| Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Elizabeth
Convoy
Elizabeth Convoy
|Manager, eCommerce at Conagra Brands
Lindsay
Cosgrove
Lindsay Cosgrove
|Strategic Brand & Marketing Leader
Amy
Delorenzo
Amy Delorenzo
|Sustainability and Waste Reduction Consultant
Bob
Denninger
Bob Denninger
|Partner at Plante Moran
Biography available on LinkedIn.
Kaitlyn
Doyle
Kaitlyn Doyle
|Director of Irish Angels
Biography available on LinkedIn.
Jonathan
Ellis
Jonathan Ellis
|Managing Director at Sandalphon Capital
Emily
Falkof
Emily Falkof
|Corporate Counsel, East Region at Cushman & Wakefield
Adam
Falkof
Adam Falkof
|Associate at Quarles & Brady LLP
Ashley
Hartman
Ashley Hartman
|Principal at Bluestein & Associates
Biography available on LinkedIn.
Meghan
Klein
Meghan Klein
|CEO and Founder of Here
About Here
Here makes salad dressings and other value-added products using produce from FarmedHere, an organically-certified indoor vertical hydroponic farm in Bedford Park, IL. MadeHere is committed to growing communities by creating locally-made and locally-sourced products and making them available to everyone every day. Learn more about Here at www.here.co
Biography
Consumers are hungry for a consistent source of locally-made and locally-sourced value-added products created by a local farm that they trust. Here satisfies growing consumer demand for local foods by providing great-tasting products that incorporate local and organic produce and are made locally by members of the Chicago community. By increasing the amount of healthy, locally-sourced, and locally-made foods available throughout the Midwest, Here aims to position itself as a leader in local food production, and provide customers with a much-needed source of local foods available 365 days per year.
Megan Klein is president and general counsel of the Here. She has extensive experience in food and small business law, food safety, and local foods advocacy, and she is committed to inclusive hiring practices throughout the Here companies organization.Prior to joining Here, Megan worked with the City of Chicago and nonprofit groups to improve Chicago’s permitting and licensing of urban farms. She also served as an associate in Chadbourne & Parke LLP’s energy practice group, and later worked at Earthjustice as an environmental and sustainable foods advocate.
Her food policy experience includes having served as the Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Food Law Committee (2014-2015) as a Board Member of the Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council (2011-2015), and advocating extensively on behalf of the aquaponic and hydroponic industries.
She holds a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, a certificate from the New York City Environmental Law Leadership Institute, and a B.A. from Boston College. She lives in the West Loop of Chicago and strives to eat local produce every day.
Sarah
Irving
Sarah Irving
|Director of Finance & Accounting of One Off Hospitality
Biography coming soon.
James
Jenkins
James Jenkins
|Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group
Biography available on LinkedIn.
Michael
Lavin
Michael Lavin
|Founder & Managing Partner at Germin8 Ventures
Biography available on LinkedIn.
Jessica
Martin
Jessica Martin
|Director of Client Relations and Portfolio Strategy at CA Fortune
Biography available on LinkedIn.
Sarah
McCarron
Sarah McCarron
|Vice President, Client Advisor at JP Morgan's Private Bank
Rob
Mosher
Rob Mosher
|Sales Manager at Tenzing: A Wine and Spirits Company
Valerie
Richfield
Valerie Richfield
|Brand Manager at US Foods
Randy
Ries
Randy Ries
|Team Lead - Club at Tyson Foods
Jen
Rosenthal
Jen Rosenthal
|Founder of Planted Chicago
Artist turned urban farmer Jen Rosenthal graduated from the Windy City Harvest sustainable urban agriculture apprenticeship program in 2010. After spending consecutive seasons tending the Fruit & Vegetable Island at the Chicago Botanic Garden and The Edible Garden at the Lincoln Park Zoo, Jen went on to manage Uncommon Ground’s two on-site certified organic restaurant gardens from 2011-2014. Jen is currently growing her own business, PLANTED | Chicago, creating custom edible landscapes, as well as farming 1/4 acre on the Southside for Chicago-area chefs, restaurants, and bars.
Katherine
Schulman
Katherine Schulman
|Senior Associate at IrishAngels Ventures
Sara
Schulte
Sara Schulte
|External Communications Manager, Mars Food North America at Mars
Teddy
Seidman
Teddy Seidman
|Finance Director at Whole Foods Market
Biography available on LinkedIn.
Scott
Stern
Scott Stern
|Senior Associate at Origin Ventures
Biography available on LinkedIn.
Sakshi
Soorma
Sakshi Soorma
|Supply Demand Planning @ Mike's Hard Lemonade | White Claw | ExxonMobil
Katherine
Swain
Katherine Swain
|Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Development at MillerCoors
Biography available LinkedIn.
Alex
Swick
Alex Swick
|Associate Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Jordan
Tepper
Jordan Tepper
|Co-founder of Apologue & Manager at Cleveland Avenue
Biography available on LinkedIn.