MEET THE NATURALLY CHICAGO
ASSOCIATE BOARD
About the Naturally Chicago Associate Board
The Naturally Chicago Associate Board is composed of a wide variety of food and beverage professionals. The Board’s members come from a range of backgrounds including leading service providers for food and beverage startups, venture capital and debt firms, food and beverage producers, retailers and grocers, and food and beverage startup leaders, among other stakeholders within the Chicago food and beverage ecosystem. The Associate Board works directly with Naturally Chicago's Locally Made startups each month to accelerate their growth by offering expert strategic advice and feedback. The Board also strives to support Naturally Chicago fundraising and programming objectives.
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Adam Falkof
Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP; Associate Board Co-Chair
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Sarah McCarron
Exec Dir, JPMorgan Private Bank; Associate Board Co-Chair
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Dan Abel
CEO, Pilot Project Brewing
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Elizabeth Andrews
Food and Agriculture Associate, S2G Investments
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Kati Behrens
Commercial Relationship Mgr, Fifth Third Bank
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Trevor Burns
VP Business Development, Reboot Media @ Reboot Partners
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Maggie Cha
Senior Manager of Strategic Finance, Once Upon a Farm
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William Ciani
Chief Commercial Officer, Quality Sausage Company
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Kathryn DeRoche
National Sales Manager, HumanCo
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Amy Devitt
Senior Activation Marketing Manager, Kerry
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Charlie DiGregorio
Senior Associate Brand Manager, Simple Mills
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Amanda Ford
NA Lead Revenue Growth Management, o9 Solutions
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Kaitlyn Fundakowski
VP of E-Commerce and Digital Marketing, Chomps
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Mo Ghabrial
Investor, CAVU Consumer Partners
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Michael Gloer
Regional Sales Manager, Urban Farmer
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Fabian Gosselin
Principal, Cleveland Avenue
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Zach Hanlon
Director, Garlic Expressions
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Jason Harris
National Brand Manager, Presence Marketing
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Taylor Hurley
MBA Candidate, Northwestern Kellogg
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Giuseppe Infusino
Managing Partner & CIO, InvestBev
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Gino Infusino
Category Manager, U.S. Foods
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Sweta Kannan
Independent Marketing Consultant
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Amanda Kellerman
Partner, Plante Moran
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John Kim
CEO, J PLUS Specialty Foods LLC
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Alexandra Kleiman
Direct Investments Counsel, Builders Vision
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Katie Kowalski
Director of Commercial Partnerships, Fairtrade America
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Matt Leytman
CFO, Cora
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Ashley Lohoff
Pacifico Senior Brand Manager, Constellation Brands
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Matt LoLordo
Senior Manager of Supply & Operations, Mars
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Chip Longenecker
General Partner, Tonic Ventures
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Justin Malina
Senior Director Commercial Finance, Simple Mills
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Alena Marovitz
Senior Manager Surety of Supply, Walmart
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Katie Meyer
Founder & Principal, Think Time Consulting
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Dylan Melvin
Director of Adult Beverage, Foxtrot
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Sarah Nathan
Founder, Nooish; Owner, Bloom CPG Consulting
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Jessica Olszyk
MBA Candidate, Chicago Booth
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John O'Shea
Exec Dir Food & Agribusiness, Wells Fargo
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Jack Penn
Senior Brand Strategy Manager, Good Foods Group
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Alexa Jennings Pérez
Executive Vice President, JLL
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Anila Podila
Senior Associate Program Officer, Builders Initiative
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Anthony Prousis
Vice President, Era Partners
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Bobby Razo
Director, Sikich
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Alvaro Reyes
Senior Category Manager/Frozen, KeHE
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Celena Montes Ruiz
Category Manager Poultry & Seafood, Fresh Thyme Market
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George Russell
Principal, Arbor Investments
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Mollye Santulli
VC, Springdale Ventures
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Stephen Scott
Associate Director, Savills North America
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Teddy Seidman
Strategic Partnerships/Growth Retail, Instacart
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Kenny Silverman
Food & Beverage Investment Banking, Raymond James
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Patrycja Staloncyzk
Category Strategy Manager, Walgreens
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Will Sundberg
Portfolio Manager, Fifth Third Bank
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Tara Tarazi
Vice President of Supply Chain Strategy, DUDE Products
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Jordan Tepper
Co-founder, Apologue
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Ed Velasco
Account Director, Vokal
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Taylor Virgil
President, DSP Insurance
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Brina Wahout
Associate Brand Manager, Purely Elizabeth
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Hunter White
Category Management, KeHE
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Ryan Wiltse
Vice President of Operations & Strategy, Pale Blue Dot
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Laura Yeager
Senior Associate Brand Manager, Barilla
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Amber Zabran
National Brand Manager, Presence Marketing