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2023 FAI HOST
Stephanie Meyer
Project Vibrancy
Health Coach, Writer, Recipe Developer, and Cooking Instructor
2023 FAI SPEAKERS
Alex Heilman
Mad Agriculture
Director | Mad Markets
Beth Robertson-Martin
Merge Impact
Co-Founder
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Emily Griffith
Lil Bucks
Founder & CEO
Emilie Hitch
Broadhead.
SVP | Strategy
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Kim Melton
Wilkin SWCD
District Technician
Anna Cates
University of Minnesota Extension
State Soil Health Specialist
Corinne Shindelar
All Natural Strategies
Founder/CEO
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Theresa (Cecka) Parks
Minneapolis Meat Collective
Business Owner/Butcher
Edricco Reina
SPINS
General Manager - Strategic Retail Partners
Lachelle Cunningham
Cotto
Healthy Roots Institute LLC & Chelles Kitchen
CEO/Executive Chef, Healthy Roots Institute LLC & Chelles Kitchen
Lisa Esberger
Verdethos
CRO
Jeffrey Fitzpatrick
Cargill
BeefUp Sustainability Lead
Belén Rodríguez
Quebracho Empanadas
Founder / CEO
Carol Moss
Hellmuth & Johnson
Attorney
Christina Connelly
Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis
Trade Commissioner - AgriFood/AgTech
Abhishek Roy
Cargill R&D
North America Leader of Data Science
Berklee Welsh
Simple Mills
Associate Manager, Sustainability & Mission
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John Castillo
FoodOps LLC
President
Priera Panescu
The Good Food Institute
Lead Scientist–Plant-based Specialist
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Asa Bielenberg
FoodOps LLC
Managing Partner
Liz Spence
Mineral (an Alphabet Company)
Head of Business Development
Anne Mezzenga
Omni Talk Retail
CO-CEO
Katherine Simon
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Food & Feed Safety Division Director
Anthony Cortilet
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Manager - Seed, Noxious Weed, Hemp and Biotechnology
Doug Cameron
FGP
Co-President
Paul Dietmann
Compeer Financial
Senior Focused Lending Specialist
Leili Fatehi
Blunt Strategies Company
Partner & Principal
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Francesca Garcia
Two Sisters Herbals
NATIFS Herbal Educator - Co-Founder Two Sisters Herbals
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Ana Garcia Castellanos
NATIFS
Assistant Kitchen Manager
Chef Ma'iingan Sherritt-Stone
Owamni
Chef
Chef Darryl Montana
Owamni
Chef