Food

Valondria Johnson

Customer Solutions Senior Manager

Coca-Cola

Brian Smith

Director of Entertainment Marketing

Coca-Cola

Brenda Smith

Vice President of Category Commercialization

Coca-Cola

Emily Gee

Senior Marketing Manager

AeroFarms

Steven Jeanty

Head Grower

AeroFarms

Skip Bennett

Owner

Island Creek Oysters

Brady Johnson

Owner

Cooper Farms

Deidre Brown

Recruiter

Emerging Domestic Market Ventures

Cameron Mitchell

Founder & CEO

Cameron Mitchell Restaurants

Thomas Taylor

Director of Operations

KitchenTown

Daniel Arias

Department Chair of Hospitality Management

Mission College

Kelly Keelo

Co-Owner / Creative Director

Juice Hugger, A Healthy Crush

Jennifer Appel

Founder

Buttercup Bake Shop

Susan Spicer

Chef

Bayona

Tom First

Founder

Nantucket Nectars

Lee Walthall

Owner

Delta Of Venus Cafe

Rob Newsom

Owner

Boudreaux Cellars

Mary Egan

Founder

Gatheredtable

Andy Shallal

Restaurateur/Owner

Bus Boys and Poets

Jesse Jacobs

Owner

Samovar Tea Lounge

Rosemarie Certo

President

Dock Street Brewing Co.

Jim Koch

Founder/Brewmaster

Samuel Adams

Syrena Johnson

Chef

Liberty's Kitchen

Howard Schultz

Chairman and CEO

Starbucks

Warren Brown

Baker

CakeLove

Charlie Sims

Bartender

Maribel Lieberman

Founder

MarieBelle Fine Treats and Chocolates

Amber Pollock

Co-Founder

Backwards Distilling Company

Geoff & Nicola Wright

Winemakers

Wrights Wines

Manny Kowino

Lobsterman

Sang Yoon

Restaurateur/Chef

Father's Office

Leah Chase

Owner & Chef

Dooky Chase

Rick Moonen

Chef

Rick Moonen Seafood

Nick Carse

Co-Founder

King of Pops

Bryan Simpson

Media Relations Director

New Belgium Brewery

Carl Foster

Co-Owner / CEO

Juice Hugger

Rob Feenie

Owner/Executive Chef

Lumiere

Katrina Markoff

Chocolatier

Vosges Haut-Chocolat

Sashee Chandran

Founder & CEO

Tea Drops

Adnan Aziz

Founder

First Flavor

Garrett Riffle

Co-Founder

Up Mountain Switchel

Courtney Elliott

Senior Commercial Strategy, Sales, and Operations Leader

Coca-Cola

Tamara S. Melton

Director of Health Informatics

Morrison Healthcare

Ely Key

Co-Founder

Up Mountain Switchel

L Scott Webster

CEO

The Fruit Company

Stephanie Dremonas

Executive Officer

Pete's Fresh Market

Buddy LaRosa

Owner

LaRosa's Inc.

Jennifer Orgolini

Sustainability Director

New Belgium Brewery

John Rodrigues

Ice Sculptor / Author

"High School Dropout to Harvard"

Emily Ma

Food Systems Lead

X, the moonshot factory

Derrick Johnson

Founder

Home of Chicken and Waffles

Ben Jacobs

Co-Owner

Tocabe

Melinda Williamson

Founder & Owner

Morning Light Kombucha

Shermond Esteen Jr.

Chef

Nonno’s Cajun Cuisine and Pastries

Rodney Scott

Owner & Chef

Rodney Scott’s Whole Hog BBQ

Bonita Clemons

Executive Director

Dianne’s Call

Ed Currie

President, Founder, Mad Scientist, & Chef

PuckerButt Pepper Company

Donna Pearson McClish

Founder & CEO

Common Ground Producers and Growers, Inc.

Randy Couts

Program Advisor

Common Ground Producers and Growers, Inc.

Leah Dannar-Garcia

Owner

RISE Farms & Firefly Farm

Shaunie Grigsby

Owner

Flava Cafe

Zenaida Aguirre

Cook

Bluestone Lane

Roberto Meza

CEO

Emerald Gardens

Justin Bishop

Owner

Bluebird Cafe

Sean Sherman

Founder & CEO

North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems

Ji Hye Kim

Chef & Managing Partner

Miss Kim

Freida Graves

Director of Food is Medicine Program

FAITH Farms & Orchard

Elise Benstein

Food Scientist

Jelly Belly Candy Co.

Gale Gand

Pastry Chef / Food Network Host

Will Allen

Founder/CEO

Growing Power

Julian Serrano

Master Chef, Picasso Restaurant

Bellagio Hotel and Casino

Gene Bourg

Restaurant Critic

The Times-Picayune

Kate Fay

Executive Chef

Cibo Restaurant

Bryan Ford

Baker & Blogger

Ray Garcia

Chef

Broken Spanish

Homaro Cantu

Chef/Inventor

Moto Restaurant

Trillis Rollins

Executive Chef

Peach's Restaurant

Kristin Shannon

Executive Director

Emeril Lagasse Foundation

John Jeffery

Master Distiller

Bently Heritage Estate Distillery

Leticia Nunez

Executive Chef

Bacchanal Buffet, Caesars Palace

Greg Bloom

Owner

Barber's Foods

Madeline Cates

Owner

Nomad Traveling Cocktail Bar