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2025 FAI HOST
Maureen Ballatori
Agency 29
Founder + CEO
2025 FAI SPEAKERS
Brittany O'Brien
Non-GMO Project
Chief Marketing Officer
Armetha Pihlstrom
Pihlstrom Consulting Group, LLC.
Founder and CEO
Dr. Pat Brown
Impossible Foods
Founder
Brooks Johnson
Minnesota Star Tribune
Reporter
Betsy Frost
Q Mixers
CEO
Dr. Elizabeth Klodas
Step One Foods
Founder and Chief Medical Officer
Job Ubbink
University of Minnesota, Department of Food Science and Nutrition
Professor and Head
Dr. Leena Hilakivi-Clarke
University of Minnesota, The Hormel Institute
Professor
Dr. Arti Prasad
Chief Strategic Development Officer, Director @ Project ECHO Minnesota
MD, FACP, ABOIM, CPDC, CPE
Dr. Heidi Teoh
SunOpta, Inc.
Vice President of Research & Development
Sherry Frey
NielsenIQ
VP Wellness
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Miyoko Schinner
Miyoko's Creamery
Founder
Dr. Sue Klapholz
Impossible Foods
Former Vice President, Nutrition, Health, and Food Safety; Now an Independent Consultant
Dr. Margaret Adamek
CEO/Principal
Terra Soma
Matt Herrick
International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)
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Executive Vice President & Chief Impact Officer
Ally Kaplan - Moderator
Minnesota Star Tribune
Director of Innovation + Engagement
Isabelle Aleksander
Associate Strategy Director
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CBX Agency
Dan Stangle
President and CEO
Co-Founder
Kite Hill
Alyssa Vescio
Senior Vice President Merchandising ​
Whole Foods Market
Mollie Dwivedi
Director of Lifestyle Medicine
Cascaid Health
Co-Founder
Kate LaBrosse
BeyondBrands
Partner & Co-Chair, Conscious Business Practice
Carlotta Mast
Partner and Co-Chair of the Conscious Business
BeyondBrands
Co-Founder
Jenny Breen
Chef/Public Health Nutrtionist at Transforming the Table
University of Minnesota and Hennepin Healthcare