
Richard Bennett
CEO, EpicuredRichard Bennett spent most of his 15-year career making good health more accessible and more effective for more people. At Northwell Health, New York’s largest health system, Rich built a successful pharmacy chain that brought discharge prescriptions right to the patients’ bedsides, and fueled the hospitals’ wellness services and gyms by gamifying fitness and screenings…
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Marc Oshima
Marc is the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of AeroFarms, a leading clean-technology company.
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Kirsten Saenz Tobey
Co-Founder & CIO, Revolution FoodsWith a mission to improve family nutrition and citywide wellness, Kirsten Saenz Tobey co-founded Revolution Foods in 2006 and has delivered 360 million chef-crafted meals to schools.
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Michelle Lorge
Vice President of Marketing, Simple MillsPrior to her current role, Michelle spent 12 years with Kraft Foods in Brand Management & Innovation
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Chris Mason PhD
Chris co-founded five biotechnology start-up companies (Genome Liberty, Biotia, Onegevity Health, P-Omics, and Shanghai GeneTech) and serves as an advisor to many others.
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Guru Banavar PhD
Chief Technology Officer, ViomeCTO @ Viome, a company that offers unprecedented visibility into the biological ecosystem inside each of us and delivers personalized food & supplement recommendations to deter chronic disease.
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Liping Zhao PhD
Professor, Rutgers UniversityDr Zhao is a world renowned scientist, a microbiologist and expert in Metagenomics
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Julie E. Mann
Prior to Ingredion, Julie spent 20 years of her career at The Hershey Company. In her most recent role, she was Senior Manager, Plant Protein Research and Technology in the Snacks Division at Hershey.
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Robert Quinn PhD
Robert “Bob” Quinn is the author of the book: Grain by Grain: A Quest To Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs and Healthy Food
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Mary Leong
Director R&D Innovation , Water Lilies FoodsPrior to her current role, Mary has worked with fortune 500 companies such as Kraft, Campbell Soup, Mars and Hain Celestial.
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Gut Microbiome & Personalized Nutrition
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