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Boot Camp: Education to Get You Started on Day 1

Name: NOSH Live Winter 2022
Start: 2022-12-01T08:00:00-08:00
End: 2022-12-02T15:00:00-08:00
Location: Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel

On the morning of Day 1, industry newcomers attending NOSH Live can learn the basics of running a food business and jumpstart their networking during Boot Camp. Experts will present on the 5 topics early-stage food brands need to know, including finance, sales, marketing, design, and operations.

Following the presentations, attendees will have the opportunity to sit down with the experts and ask them their toughest questions. Here are the details:

Thursday, December 1st - Morning Session

90 mins of presentations
30 mins of roundtable networking

Boot Camp helps lay the foundation for success. If you're just getting started in the natural packaged food industry, we recommend you attend the 90 minute segment.

Past Boot Camp Speakers

Mia Medina

Founder & CEO, Gather Brands

Mia Medina

Founder & CEO, Gather Brands

Growing up in Mill Valley, CA, where natural foods were a staple long before it was mainstream, I’ve always been drawn to natural products, local fresh foods, and exploring new and different flavors. I’m especially fortunate that my passion for clean healthy food has not only been a lifestyle, but also the core of my career in the Natural Products industry. While spending the last 20 years as a wife and a mother to our 5 amazing children, I have also had the opportunity to grow with and navigate through the CPG industry, with a primary focus on the Natural Channel. I’ve worked on the Broker side of the business with Acosta/NS Sales, the manufacturer side with Coca-Cola/Odwalla, and the distribution side where my husband and I expanded our local distribution company nationally, to become Whole Foods Market’s #1 DSD distributor in 8 of their 11 regions. It was here, I realized, that helping small businesses launch, grow, and expand into multiple regions and retailers was not only a career, but a calling. Weaving together the unique threads of my early exposure to clean and healthy food, my personal resonance with the natural products industry, and a passion for helping start up brands grow and flourish in this space, it seemed time to start a consulting company and take that approach one step further; to help women owned brands and women entrepreneurs succeed in this male dominated space. Thus, Gather Brands was born!
Brad Barnhorn

Board Member and Advisor, Barnhorn Growth Advisors

Brad Barnhorn

Board Member and Advisor, Barnhorn Growth Advisors

Brad works closely with leading growth-stage food and beverage companies as a Board member, strategic advisor and Investor. His work leverages 25 years of company-building experience as entrepreneur, CEO, board member and investor, cutting across all strategic and operational dimensions of successful company-building in the food and beverage space. He currently serves on the boards of Country Archer, Rhythm Superfoods, Flying Embers, Barney Butter, Biena, Aura Bora, Gimme Foods and Red’s All Natural. He previously served on the Board of Krave Jerky, Kevita, Health Warrior and Chameleon Cold Brew from these companies early stages through their respective exits as category defining brands to Hershey’s, Pepsi and Nestle. Building upon a foundation in management consulting and investment banking, Mr. Barnhorn’s food and beverage journey began twenty years ago as Founder/CEO of the Fantasia Fresh Juice Company which he built into the leading superpremium fresh juice/smoothie company in the Midwestern United States culminating in a merger with Naked Juice to form the leading national brand in the category which was subsequently acquired by Pepsi. He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
LaRon Batchelor

Founder & CEO, Passport Food & Beverages

LaRon Batchelor

Founder & CEO, Passport Food & Beverages

With over 20 years of Food & Beverage experience, LaRon is the cofounder of Passport Food & Beverages, a retail management and marketing agency that connects forward-looking, entrepreneurial brands with major retailers and regional distributors such as Wakefern, Whole Foods, Stop&Shop and FreshDirect. In 2020, he cofounded a specialty coffee brand #CoffeeUpliftsPeople (CUP), which is available at all NYC Whole Foods and its flagship CUP Boutique in Brooklyn, New York. CUP’s mission is to bring Diversity, Inclusion, Representation & Equity to the coffee industry. LaRon is also a cofounder of Caminus Ventures, the first accelerator program designed to support Black food and beverage innovators. His partners include Aurify Brands, NYC’s largest independent restaurant operator, and the acclaimed Chef Marcus Samuelsson. In addition, LaRon is a passionate video ethnographer of small businesses and cultural global trends. He has lived in Japan, South Africa, France and the UK. Here is a website he created that celebrates NYC small business owners.
James Borteck

Owner & President, JCB Growth

James Borteck

Owner & President, JCB Growth

Jamie has spent over 20 years in CPG general management with emphasis in Sales & Marketing. After graduating with an MBA from Duke University in 2001, Jamie joined Kraft Foods and led teams on iconic brands such as Ritz and Chips Ahoy!. He was a key leader in the launch of the 100 Calorie Packs platform from concept to year one in market, leading to a $100MM business and IRI Pacesetter Award. Jamie later joined start-up Food Should Taste Good, Inc. and was a key management team member to grow the company from 8 to 55 employees in 5 years to successful acquisition by General Mills in 2012. Jamie joined his next start-up, Justin’s, as SVP of Sales & Marketing and was a key impact player to triple its nut butter/chocolate business in 2 years and partner with private equity group VMG, which led to inevitable acquisition by Hormel. As President of Grillo’s Pickles for 5 years, Jamie expanded a local brand to become the national emerging category leader in retailers such as Whole Foods, Target, Publix, Ahold, and Costco, which led to eventual acquisition by King’s Hawaiian. Jamie currently is a board member with a portfolio of emerging “fighter” brands, where he helps get them to start-up growth leadership.
Arif Fazal

Founder and Managing Director, Blueberry Ventures

Arif Fazal

Founder and Managing Director, Blueberry Ventures

Arif invests in and works with innovative brands and companies led by inspiring entrepreneurs and management teams, and collaborates closely alongside similarly focused co-investors and value chain partners. Bringing two decades of consumer and retail experience to the table, Arif partners with teams building the next generation nutrition landscape by providing early & growth stage capital and operational support to help empower growth and build great businesses. Select investments and board responsibilities include Vive Organic, Flying Embers, REBBL, 4th & Heart, High Brew Coffee, Ripple Foods, Barnana, Revive Kombucha (acquired by Peet’s Coffee), Rhythm Superfoods, Fishpeople Seafood, Biena Snacks, Sufferfest Beer Company (acquired by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company), Bonafide Provisions, Nutriati, Austin Eastciders, Pique Tea & RightRice.
Dana Peck

Co-Founder & CEO, Pilot R&D and Render Foods

Dana Peck

Co-Founder & CEO, Pilot R&D and Render Foods

Dana Peck is a Co-Founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Pilot R&D and Render Foods. Pilot R&D is a leading culinary innovation and product development lab that collaborates with brands across the industry to craft the next generation of food and beverages. Render Foods seeks to build a new model of CPG brand focused on experiential products. Dana has a diverse background with expertise in food, business and law. Prior to co-founding Pilot R&D and Render Foods, Dana was a corporate lawyer focused on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and joint ventures, and, prior to that, a retail buyer for Williams-Sonoma Inc. Dana has also spent time cooking in pastry kitchens under prestigious chefs such as Claudia Fleming at Gramercy Tavern, Larry Hayden at Union Square Café, Elizabeth Falkner at Citizen Cake and Orson, and Alex Stupak at WD-50. Dana has a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan.
Amy Usiak

Business Partner, JPG Resources

Amy Usiak

Business Partner, JPG Resources

Amy Usiak is a Business Partner and Product Development lead for JPG Resources. With 20+ years industry experience, Amy understands product creation from concept through commercialization. She is the choreographer of the product development practices, building customized teams for each project, and ensuring the right expertise and perspective are working on your product. Because Amy has experience across the grocery store footprint, she understands the technical and strategic needs unique to each category, product platform and form factor. Her strong communication skills and compassion for clients leads to winning solutions for each new product launch. ? Amy received her Bachelors in Food Science from Michigan State University and Master's Degree in Food Science & Nutrition from Cornell University. Before JPG Resources, Amy worked for Post Foods and Kraft Foods Group.?
Rob Leichman

Founder/CEO, The Lyric Group

Rob Leichman

Founder/CEO, The Lyric Group

Rob has been involved in the specialty food trade for over twenty years, with a proven record of success in global sales, strategic planning, packaging, team-building, new product development, distribution, procurement and import/export management. He has deep and established relationships with buyers in every major distribution channel: specialty retail, grocery, club stores, foodservice, direct to consumer, drug and export. His long-standing sales relationships include retailers such as Whole Foods Market, Williams-Sonoma, Target, Walmart, Publix, The Fresh Market and Dean & DeLuca.

Boot Camp Example Agenda

Thursday, December 1 - Morning Session

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Please note: All times US Pacific Time

7:00 AM
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9:00 AM
Breakfast & Registration

Breakfast, coffee and beverages are served from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM PT and are included with registration. Registration and badge pick up opens for the day at 7:00 AM PT.
8:00 AM
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8:15 AM
Boot Camp - Getting Off on the Right Foot: Establishing a Broker Relationship

On the morning of Day 1, industry newcomers attending NOSH Live can learn the basics of running a food business and jumpstart their networking during Boot Camp.
Boot Camp Location: Palisades BCD, 5th Floor
- John Maggiore
  
  Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
  
  John Maggiore
  
  Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
  
  John has been in the grocery business for over 35 years, he founded Maggiore’s Sales & Marketing in 2003, as a consultant and broker to the Natural/Specialty trade. The primary focus on the brokerage side is with bringing Grocery, Dairy and Frozen brands to the market in the New England Supermarket Channel. Prior to setting out on his own John was the Category Manager of Natural Food for Stop & Shop Supermarkets based in Boston, MA. John pioneered the store with-in-a-store Natural Food departments at Stop & Shop, creating over 150 departments in less than five years. Natural Food sales grew at Stop & Shop from $6 million when John took over responsibility for the department to $67 million when he left. Before John became Category Manager of Natural Foods he had buying responsibilities in numerous categories including Specialty Cheese, Specialty Crackers, Gourmet Coffee, and Specialty Pasta as well as Frozen and Dairy Foods. Currently John is brokering some leading manufacturers in the Specialty/Natural Food channel including, Angie’s BoomChickAPop Popcorn, Red’s All Natural, Kettle & Fire Bone Broths, R.W. Garcia, Lily’s Chocolates, DrinkSimple and siggi’s Yogurt, and previously worked with other leading companies including Pirate’s Booty, Bear Naked Granola, Larabar, Justin’s, Kind Bar, Krave Jerky, Vita Coco and Ian’s Natural Foods. John is also on the Board of Directors of Vermont Nut Free Chocolates, Biena Snacks, Demers Food Group, BananaWave and serves as an adviser to Tucson Tamale, Bohana and Evoke Foods. John has delivered presentations and seminars at leading trade shows and conferences such as Natural Products Expo East & West, The NASFT’s Winter and Summer Fancy Food Shows, Bord Bia in Dublin, Ireland, Northeast Dairy/Deli/Bakery Association, Frozen & Refrigerated Association of New England, Canadian Consulates in Boston, and Kosherfest in New York. For the past seventeen years John, in conjunction with Bob Burke of Natural Products Consulting, has run full day seminars and networking events on “Becoming a More Effective Sales Manager in the Natural and Specialty Channel”. Since its inception over 30 seminars have been run in Boston, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco and they have educated over 1,000 participants from 400+ companies. Since 2016 John has been a business mentor for the Northeastern University McCarthy Venture
- John Maggiore, Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
8:15 AM
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8:30 AM
Boot Camp - Allocating Your Budget Wisely: Understanding Trade Spend
- Bob Burke
  
  Founder, Natural Products Consulting
  
  Bob Burke
  
  Founder, Natural Products Consulting
  
  As a consultant since 1998, Bob Burke provides assistance in bringing natural, organic and specialty products to market across most classes of trade. This includes work in strategic planning, growth strategies, writing sales, marketing and business plans, budgeting, pricing, building distribution, broker selection and management, organizational development, strategic options, financing, branding, trade spending management and assistance around M&A, due diligence and venture strategy groups. He is also the co-author and co-publisher of the Natural Products Field Manual, Ninth Edition. Prior to consulting, Bob was with Stonyfield Farm Yogurt for 11 years as Vice President, Sales & Corporate Development and Vice President, Marketing & Sales. He has held marketing positions with Colombo, Inc. and Sperry Top-Sider. He received an MBA from Babson College.
- Bob Burke, Founder, Natural Products Consulting
8:30 AM
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8:45 AM
Boot Camp - Developing Your Go-to-Market Plan: Focusing on Regional Wins
- Frank Zampardi
  
  Managing Partner, SIX60 Partners
  
  Frank Zampardi
  
  Managing Partner, SIX60 Partners
  
  Frank Zampardi is currently a Managing Partner with SIX60 Partners, an operator led consulting agency that works with CPG growth brands and entrepreneurs. Prior to SIX60, he was SVP of Sales at Peckish and Partner at AccelFoods (AF Ventures). Other notable leadership positions and experience: Krave Jerky (acquired by Hershey), Pirate’s Booty (acquired by B&G Foods), Glacéau (acquired by Coca-Cola).
- Frank Zampardi, Managing Partner, SIX60 Partners
8:45 AM
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9:00 AM
Boot Camp - Building a Design Strategy
- Raphael Farasat
  
  CEO & Creative Director, TRUFFL
- Raphael Farasat, CEO & Creative Director, TRUFFL
9:00 AM
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9:30 AM
Boot Camp - Roundtable Q&A
- John Maggiore
  
  Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
  
  John Maggiore
  
  Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
  
  John has been in the grocery business for over 35 years, he founded Maggiore’s Sales & Marketing in 2003, as a consultant and broker to the Natural/Specialty trade. The primary focus on the brokerage side is with bringing Grocery, Dairy and Frozen brands to the market in the New England Supermarket Channel. Prior to setting out on his own John was the Category Manager of Natural Food for Stop & Shop Supermarkets based in Boston, MA. John pioneered the store with-in-a-store Natural Food departments at Stop & Shop, creating over 150 departments in less than five years. Natural Food sales grew at Stop & Shop from $6 million when John took over responsibility for the department to $67 million when he left. Before John became Category Manager of Natural Foods he had buying responsibilities in numerous categories including Specialty Cheese, Specialty Crackers, Gourmet Coffee, and Specialty Pasta as well as Frozen and Dairy Foods. Currently John is brokering some leading manufacturers in the Specialty/Natural Food channel including, Angie’s BoomChickAPop Popcorn, Red’s All Natural, Kettle & Fire Bone Broths, R.W. Garcia, Lily’s Chocolates, DrinkSimple and siggi’s Yogurt, and previously worked with other leading companies including Pirate’s Booty, Bear Naked Granola, Larabar, Justin’s, Kind Bar, Krave Jerky, Vita Coco and Ian’s Natural Foods. John is also on the Board of Directors of Vermont Nut Free Chocolates, Biena Snacks, Demers Food Group, BananaWave and serves as an adviser to Tucson Tamale, Bohana and Evoke Foods. John has delivered presentations and seminars at leading trade shows and conferences such as Natural Products Expo East & West, The NASFT’s Winter and Summer Fancy Food Shows, Bord Bia in Dublin, Ireland, Northeast Dairy/Deli/Bakery Association, Frozen & Refrigerated Association of New England, Canadian Consulates in Boston, and Kosherfest in New York. For the past seventeen years John, in conjunction with Bob Burke of Natural Products Consulting, has run full day seminars and networking events on “Becoming a More Effective Sales Manager in the Natural and Specialty Channel”. Since its inception over 30 seminars have been run in Boston, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco and they have educated over 1,000 participants from 400+ companies. Since 2016 John has been a business mentor for the Northeastern University McCarthy Venture
- Bob Burke
  
  Founder, Natural Products Consulting
  
  Bob Burke
  
  Founder, Natural Products Consulting
  
  As a consultant since 1998, Bob Burke provides assistance in bringing natural, organic and specialty products to market across most classes of trade. This includes work in strategic planning, growth strategies, writing sales, marketing and business plans, budgeting, pricing, building distribution, broker selection and management, organizational development, strategic options, financing, branding, trade spending management and assistance around M&A, due diligence and venture strategy groups. He is also the co-author and co-publisher of the Natural Products Field Manual, Ninth Edition. Prior to consulting, Bob was with Stonyfield Farm Yogurt for 11 years as Vice President, Sales & Corporate Development and Vice President, Marketing & Sales. He has held marketing positions with Colombo, Inc. and Sperry Top-Sider. He received an MBA from Babson College.
- Frank Zampardi
  
  Managing Partner, SIX60 Partners
  
  Frank Zampardi
  
  Managing Partner, SIX60 Partners
  
  Frank Zampardi is currently a Managing Partner with SIX60 Partners, an operator led consulting agency that works with CPG growth brands and entrepreneurs. Prior to SIX60, he was SVP of Sales at Peckish and Partner at AccelFoods (AF Ventures). Other notable leadership positions and experience: Krave Jerky (acquired by Hershey), Pirate’s Booty (acquired by B&G Foods), Glacéau (acquired by Coca-Cola).
- Raphael Farasat
  
  CEO & Creative Director, TRUFFL
- John Maggiore, Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
- Bob Burke, Founder, Natural Products Consulting
- Frank Zampardi, Managing Partner, SIX60 Partners
- Raphael Farasat, CEO & Creative Director, TRUFFL
9:30 AM
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10:00 AM
Networking Break & Sampling
10:00 AM
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10:10 AM
Welcome Remarks
- Carol Ortenberg
  
  Editor, NOSH
  
  Carol Ortenberg
  
  Editor, NOSH
  
  Carol is the Editor of NOSH, BevNet’s media property focusing on Natural, Healthy, Sustainable and Organic food products. Carol previously worked and consulted for several consumer goods companies, many within the food space. She also was on the marketing team for Whole Foods Market in the North Atlantic region. Prior to focusing on the food industry, Carol worked at several tech companies, including HubSpot, and served as a consumer researcher at AMP Agency. A graduate of Brandeis University in Journalism, Cultural Anthropology and Theater Arts, Carol is passionate about the food, agriculture and beverage industries.
- Carol Ortenberg, Editor, NOSH
10:10 AM
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10:35 AM
The Whole Picture: Building, Growing and Evolving Your Community

Whole30 founder and CEO Melissa Urban will explain a key method for achieving Whole30’s longevity: the community around it. She’ll discuss how she and her team have been able to maintain and ultimately evolve that community as she has come to understand her own thinking about the importance of an inclusive environment. Audience members will also hear how Urban has approached product development for her Whole30 CPG line in order to bring more shoppers into the fold.
- Melissa Urban
  
  Co-founder & CEO, Whole30
  
  Melissa Urban
  
  Co-founder & CEO, Whole30
  
  Melissa Urban is the co-founder and CEO of Whole30 and an authority on helping people create lifelong healthy habits. She is a seven-time New York Times bestselling author (including the instant bestseller The Book of Boundaries); and has been featured by People, Good Morning America, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and CNBC. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Melissa Urban, Co-founder & CEO, Whole30
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10:35 AM
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11:00 AM
A Retailer's Evolution. How Kroger is Working With Emerging and Natural Brands

Holly Adrien, Natural and Organic Strategy and Innovation Manager for grocery chain Kroger, will share how she sources, onboards and works with better-for-you or emerging brands. Kroger has undergone an evolution in how it approaches natural food brands, and on the cusp of possibly another transition, Adrien will share with the NOSH audience why natural is a focus point for the conventional retailer and how the category plays a part in its larger basket building and customer retention strategy.
- Holly Adrien
  
  Natural and Organic Strategy and Innovation Manager, Kroger
  
  Holly Adrien
  
  Natural and Organic Strategy and Innovation Manager, Kroger
  
  Holly Adrien, the Natural and Organic Strategy and Innovation Manager for The Kroger Company, is a strategic and passionate leader with over 17 years of analytics, merchandising and retail experience. She began her journey with The Kroger Co. within custom analytics at dunnhumbyUSA. She held various roles working with CPGs and Kroger to utilize customer data to inform strategy at dunnhumbyUSA and 84.51° before transitioning to Kroger Merchandising to oversee the Baby department in 2016. She was promoted to lead the Health/Beauty/Baby/Household Digital Merchandising team for Kroger.com and Vitacost.com prior to her promotion to manage strategy and innovation for natural and organic in November 2020. Holly’s deep background in customer insights, analytics and merchandising is used to develop The Kroger Co.’s strategic focus to meet customer’s evolving needs in natural and organic across the total store. She has the privilege of collaborating with all Kroger banners, insight providers, established and emerging brands to continuously innovate in terms of assortment, promotion, best practices and communication to customers in-store and online.
- Holly Adrien, Natural and Organic Strategy and Innovation Manager, Kroger
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11:00 AM
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11:25 AM
Chamberlain Coffee: Inside Creator-Based CPG

Social media superstar Emma Chamberlain – the Chamberlain Coffee founder famous for YouTube, podcasting, modeling, fashion, and the mirror she holds up to her generation – will join NOSH Live for a special conversation on the convergence of the Creator Economy with the food business. Joined by Chamberlain Coffee CEO Chris Gallant, Chamberlain will take the NOSH Live audience into this new world of CPG, one in which the product choices extend from the founder’s passions to a social media audience of more than 35 million followers.
- Emma Chamberlain
  
  Founder, Chamberlain Coffee
  
  Emma Chamberlain
  
  Founder, Chamberlain Coffee
  
  Emma Chamberlain is an internet phenomenon, fashion icon, award winning podcast host, global brand ambassador and entrepreneur with a combined social media following of more than 35 million. The Los Angeles-based creator never takes herself too seriously. Her authenticity and candor have landed her the cover of Vogue, Forbes, Cosmopolitan and Allure Magazines as well as The New York Times and she has appeared in W, V Magazine, The Atlantic, Nylon, TMRW and Marie Claire to name a few. Elle Magazine names her a "trendsetter with palpable influence on style and culture for Gen Z." Vogue calls her a "YouTube sensation." Time Magazine included her in their 2019 list of The 25 Most Influential People on the Internet as well as the Time Magazine 100 Next List. Emma also landed on Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2020 for social media. Chamberlain has always had a love for fashion and has worked with brands such as Louis Vuitton, Aritzia, and Levi’s, to name a few . In 2021, Vogue tapped Emma to host their digital red-carpet coverage at the MET Gala. Vogue asked her to return to host the carpet again in 2022, where she announced her newest ambassadorship with Cartier. Her red-carpet interviews alone garnered Vogue's YouTube channel just about 45 million views in 2021 and nearly 50 million views 2022. Emma’s wildly successful podcast, Anything Goes, is consistently in the top charts. Through her podcast, Emma connects more deeply with her existing fans while also attracting new ones. The reception has been more than favorable, with Emma taking home the award for Best Podcaster at the 2020 Shorty Awards and winning in the Pop Podcast category at the 47th People’s Choice Awards. The positive sentiment expressed by her fans and remarkable loyalty among her listeners, combined with her cultural currency, makes Emma one of the most valuable podcast hosts today. Adding the title of Founder of Chamberlain Coffee in 2019 was a passion project for Emma. Her love for coffee is undeniable and she took an everyday hobby and turned it into a thriving business bringing high quality, small batch roasted, and sustainably sourced coffee straight to your door. The brand has grown exponentially since inception and in addition to whole bean and ground coffee, now offers cold brew bags; matcha, chai, and other teas; chocolate and snacks; and all things coffee. Chamberlain Coffee is available online, at Amazon, GoPuff, Sprouts, Erewhon, and other select retailers.
- Chris Gallant
  
  CEO, Chamberlain Coffee
  
  Chris Gallant
  
  CEO, Chamberlain Coffee
  
  Chris Gallant is CEO of Chamberlain Coffee, the brainchild of Youtube phenomenon Emma Chamberlain. Since joining in the Fall of 2021, Chris has led the brand through a $7M fundraise, executed countless new product launches and helped Chamberlain Coffee achieve monumental brand growth. With his passion for bringing innovative and customer-driven products to life, Chris has worked hand-in-hand with Emma in developing and executing Chamberlain Coffee’s strategy. Prior to joining the Chamberlain Coffee team, Chris has 15+ years in strategic and commercial beverage industry operating roles, both large (Heineken, Red Bull) and small/startup (Bronx Brewery, Kona Red, Aqua ViTea). Through these roles, Chris has garnered exceptional experience leading consumer companies through growth and contributing to their greater success. Chris is also a former Bain & Co consultant and holds an MBA from MIT Sloan.
- Emma Chamberlain, Founder, Chamberlain Coffee
- Chris Gallant, CEO, Chamberlain Coffee
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11:25 AM
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11:50 AM
A Look Back, a Peek Forward: Investor Outlook for 2023

Jared Stein, co-founder of Los Angeles-based private equity investment firm Monogram Capital Partners, will take to the NOSH Live stage to lead a discussion the investment landscape for 2023 while reflecting on the past year. During his talk, Stein will discuss how to develop the next category of leaders with flexible capital, deep domain knowledge and access to transformative industry relationships.
- Jared Stein
  
  Co-Founder and Partner, Monogram Capital Partners
- Jared Stein, Co-Founder and Partner, Monogram Capital Partners
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11:50 AM
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12:15 PM
Brand Integrity As Your Main Asset

During a keynote talk on the morning of Dec. 1, Nelson, who has written extensively on entrepreneurship in the Wall Street Journal, will offer a master class on the financial challenges facing growing founder-led brands as they seek to use capital wisely amidst a fiscal environment that portends a slowdown in fund investment. She’ll share lessons learned from both her time at Sprinkles and her investments and venture studio work at CN2 on smart company growth, community building and risk-taking.
- Candace Nelson
  
  CEO, Sprinkles/CN2 Ventures
  
  Candace Nelson
  
  CEO, Sprinkles/CN2 Ventures
  
  Candace Nelson is a wildly successful entrepreneur known for co-founding Sprinkles, the world’s first cupcake bakery and ATM, and most recently, Pizzana, a fast-growing chain of award-winning Neo-Neapolitan pizzerias. She continues to expand her portfolio of investments with CN2 Ventures, a family office and venture studio which invests in early-stage consumer companies. Candace is also a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, author of the New York Times Best Seller The Sprinkles Baking Book, co-creator and executive producer of Hulu’s upcoming “Best in Dough”, executive producer and judge on Netflix’s “Sugar Rush” and judge on over 100 episodes of Food Network’s hit show “Cupcake Wars”. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two sons, and their Norwich terrier Willy. Candace will be speaking twice at NOSH Live: in addition to an address to the whole audience, she will be hosting a special breakout with advice and discussion on food entrepreneurship for attendees who have purchased her new book, Sweet Success.
- Candace Nelson, CEO, Sprinkles/CN2 Ventures
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12:15 PM
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12:30 PM
NOSH Best of 2022 Awards Announced

Celebrate the best and brightest of the year with NOSH’s Best of 2022 Awards — which will include an on-stage discussion with one of our award winners.
12:30 PM
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2:00 PM
Lunch Break, Sampling & Elevator Talk
2:00 PM
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2:40 PM
Breakout: Making Sustainability Core To Your Supply Chain and Business Model

Location: Arcadia Ballroom, 5th Floor
Sustainability and supply chains have been two hot topics for discussion over the past few years. Join CPG experts from Simple Mills, Daily Harvest and Scout Canning for a lively discussion that will merge these two important aspects of business while providing insight to building a brand with the positive environmental practices at its core.
- Christina Skonberg
  
  Director, Sustainability & Mission, Simple Mills
  
  Christina Skonberg
  
  Director, Sustainability & Mission, Simple Mills
  
  As the Director of Sustainability & Mission at Simple Mills, Skonberg leads the company’s strategy to advance human and planetary health through intentional product design and ingredient sourcing partnerships. She brings to the product innovation process a keen eye toward ecosystem health and economic resilience in farming communities, connecting consumer insights with farmer insights to design products that benefit all nodes of the supply system. Prior to Simple Mills, Skonberg held multiple roles at General Mills, including leading sustainability for Annie’s, Cascadian Farm, and Muir Glen, and managing company-wide regenerative agriculture impact reporting initiatives. While at SCS Global Services, she coordinated the Starbucks responsible coffee sourcing verification program in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. As Director of Operations at the Good Food Foundation, she led production for the Good Food Awards, a national recognition program for leading-edge food businesses committed to positive social and environmental impact. Skonberg holds degrees in Agricultural Science and Brazilian Studies from Brown University, and a MS in Agriculture, Food, and Environment from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.
- Ricky Silver
  
  Chief Supply Chain Officer, Daily Harvest
  
  Ricky Silver
  
  Chief Supply Chain Officer, Daily Harvest
  
  Ricky Silver is the Chief Supply Chain Officer at Daily Harvest, the company on a mission to improve human and planetary health by making it easier to eat more sustainably-grown fruits and vegetables every day. At Daily Harvest, Ricky leads innovation strategy, new product development, food safety & quality, sourcing, manufacturing, and fulfillment operations. Previously, Rickywas the Director of Innovation at Vita Coco, the global-leader in RTD Coconut Water where he led the development of the brand’s portfolio diversification into new categories including coconut milk, coconut oil, sparkling waters and more. Ricky started his career at PepsiCo where he leveraged his chemistry and food science backgrounds to manage multiple R&D platforms across the business. Ricky received his MBA from NYU Stern and his Masters in Chemistry from NYU. His passion for food stems from his years as a personal chef in NYC.
- Adam Bent
  
  Co-Founder and CEO, Scout Canning
  
  Adam Bent
  
  Co-Founder and CEO, Scout Canning
  
  As Scout’s CEO and co-founder, Adam Bent leads the team toward bringing Scout’s mission to life – to make deliciously crafted seafood that changes how consumers perceive and experience the category. Adam joined Scout in 2018 with a passion for sustainability, product innovation, and brand experience. Brand founder and acclaimed Chef Charlotte Langley tapped Adam to help transform Scout from her side hustle into the rapidly emerging omni-channel brand that it is today. Under Adam’s leadership, Scout doubled its annual revenue from 2020 to 2021, expanded beyond its Canadian headquarters into the United States, and raised a total of $4 million USD to date. Previous to Scout, Adam was a technology entrepreneur building VC-backed businesses as the co-founder of thisopenspace (2016-2018) and Uppercase (2016-2018). No stranger to the food industry, Adam also served as the Vice President at Provender (2014-2015), a TechStars backed online marketplace that addressed inefficiencies in local food delivery to the wholesale industry. Adam was the Canadian manager for Urbanspoon (2012-2013) before its acquisition and is a partner at Prairie Boy Organic Bakery (2015 - present) in Toronto, Canada. The food-tech entrepreneur turned seafood expert is a founding member of the SeafoodCollab, an industry group of emerging seafood CPG brands that are committed to a regenerative ocean food system and increased consumer engagement within sustainable seafood. Adam also sits on the board of directors for the Gulf of Georgia Cannery, a national historic site representing the historical significance of Canada’s west coast fishing industry.
- Christina Skonberg, Director, Sustainability & Mission, Simple Mills
- Ricky Silver, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Daily Harvest
- Adam Bent, Co-Founder and CEO, Scout Canning
2:00 PM
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2:40 PM
Breakout: Exclusive Session: Sprinkles of Wisdom, Frosted Tips -- A Deep Dive Q & A with Candace Nelson on Leadership, Gen Z, Investing and Entrepreneurship

Location: Palisades, 5th Floor
Engage in a deep dive Q&A with Candace Nelson on leadership, Gen Z, investing and entrepreneurship. Nelson will return to the stage to dig deeper into the specific issues facing founders during a special, exclusive breakout session available to the first 100 attendees of NOSH Live to arrive with a copy of Sweet Success. She’ll get candid about her experiences as a female entrepreneur, managing Millennials and Gen Z in the digital age, and her journey afterward launching her own venture fund, and engage in open dialogue with attendees about their own challenges and concerns.
- Candace Nelson
  
  CEO, Sprinkles/CN2 Ventures
  
  Candace Nelson
  
  CEO, Sprinkles/CN2 Ventures
  
  Candace Nelson is a wildly successful entrepreneur known for co-founding Sprinkles, the world’s first cupcake bakery and ATM, and most recently, Pizzana, a fast-growing chain of award-winning Neo-Neapolitan pizzerias. She continues to expand her portfolio of investments with CN2 Ventures, a family office and venture studio which invests in early-stage consumer companies. Candace is also a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, author of the New York Times Best Seller The Sprinkles Baking Book, co-creator and executive producer of Hulu’s upcoming “Best in Dough”, executive producer and judge on Netflix’s “Sugar Rush” and judge on over 100 episodes of Food Network’s hit show “Cupcake Wars”. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two sons, and their Norwich terrier Willy. Candace will be speaking twice at NOSH Live: in addition to an address to the whole audience, she will be hosting a special breakout with advice and discussion on food entrepreneurship for attendees who have purchased her new book, Sweet Success.
- Candace Nelson, CEO, Sprinkles/CN2 Ventures
2:00 PM
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2:40 PM
Breakout: Drop-In Mastermind Session -- Explore Challenges with Your Peers in this Informal Moderated Workshop

Location: Catalina Ballroom, 4th Floor
Explore challenges with your peers in this informal moderated workshop with Bob Burke, Brad Barnhorn, and John Maggiore.
- Brad Barnhorn
  
  Board Member and Advisor, Barnhorn Growth Advisors
  
  Brad Barnhorn
  
  Board Member and Advisor, Barnhorn Growth Advisors
  
  Brad works closely with leading growth-stage food and beverage companies as a Board member, strategic advisor and Investor. His work leverages 25 years of company-building experience as entrepreneur, CEO, board member and investor, cutting across all strategic and operational dimensions of successful company-building in the food and beverage space. He currently serves on the boards of Country Archer, Rhythm Superfoods, Flying Embers, Barney Butter, Biena, Aura Bora, Gimme Foods and Red’s All Natural. He previously served on the Board of Krave Jerky, Kevita, Health Warrior and Chameleon Cold Brew from these companies early stages through their respective exits as category defining brands to Hershey’s, Pepsi and Nestle. Building upon a foundation in management consulting and investment banking, Mr. Barnhorn’s food and beverage journey began twenty years ago as Founder/CEO of the Fantasia Fresh Juice Company which he built into the leading superpremium fresh juice/smoothie company in the Midwestern United States culminating in a merger with Naked Juice to form the leading national brand in the category which was subsequently acquired by Pepsi. He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
- Bob Burke
  
  Founder, Natural Products Consulting
  
  Bob Burke
  
  Founder, Natural Products Consulting
  
  As a consultant since 1998, Bob Burke provides assistance in bringing natural, organic and specialty products to market across most classes of trade. This includes work in strategic planning, growth strategies, writing sales, marketing and business plans, budgeting, pricing, building distribution, broker selection and management, organizational development, strategic options, financing, branding, trade spending management and assistance around M&A, due diligence and venture strategy groups. He is also the co-author and co-publisher of the Natural Products Field Manual, Ninth Edition. Prior to consulting, Bob was with Stonyfield Farm Yogurt for 11 years as Vice President, Sales & Corporate Development and Vice President, Marketing & Sales. He has held marketing positions with Colombo, Inc. and Sperry Top-Sider. He received an MBA from Babson College.
- John Maggiore
  
  Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
  
  John Maggiore
  
  Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
  
  John has been in the grocery business for over 35 years, he founded Maggiore’s Sales & Marketing in 2003, as a consultant and broker to the Natural/Specialty trade. The primary focus on the brokerage side is with bringing Grocery, Dairy and Frozen brands to the market in the New England Supermarket Channel. Prior to setting out on his own John was the Category Manager of Natural Food for Stop & Shop Supermarkets based in Boston, MA. John pioneered the store with-in-a-store Natural Food departments at Stop & Shop, creating over 150 departments in less than five years. Natural Food sales grew at Stop & Shop from $6 million when John took over responsibility for the department to $67 million when he left. Before John became Category Manager of Natural Foods he had buying responsibilities in numerous categories including Specialty Cheese, Specialty Crackers, Gourmet Coffee, and Specialty Pasta as well as Frozen and Dairy Foods. Currently John is brokering some leading manufacturers in the Specialty/Natural Food channel including, Angie’s BoomChickAPop Popcorn, Red’s All Natural, Kettle & Fire Bone Broths, R.W. Garcia, Lily’s Chocolates, DrinkSimple and siggi’s Yogurt, and previously worked with other leading companies including Pirate’s Booty, Bear Naked Granola, Larabar, Justin’s, Kind Bar, Krave Jerky, Vita Coco and Ian’s Natural Foods. John is also on the Board of Directors of Vermont Nut Free Chocolates, Biena Snacks, Demers Food Group, BananaWave and serves as an adviser to Tucson Tamale, Bohana and Evoke Foods. John has delivered presentations and seminars at leading trade shows and conferences such as Natural Products Expo East & West, The NASFT’s Winter and Summer Fancy Food Shows, Bord Bia in Dublin, Ireland, Northeast Dairy/Deli/Bakery Association, Frozen & Refrigerated Association of New England, Canadian Consulates in Boston, and Kosherfest in New York. For the past seventeen years John, in conjunction with Bob Burke of Natural Products Consulting, has run full day seminars and networking events on “Becoming a More Effective Sales Manager in the Natural and Specialty Channel”. Since its inception over 30 seminars have been run in Boston, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco and they have educated over 1,000 participants from 400+ companies. Since 2016 John has been a business mentor for the Northeastern University McCarthy Venture
- Brad Barnhorn, Board Member and Advisor, Barnhorn Growth Advisors
- Bob Burke, Founder, Natural Products Consulting
- John Maggiore, Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
2:40 PM
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2:50 PM
Networking Break
2:50 PM
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3:30 PM
Sponsored Breakout: Stocking Shelves that Stand for Something

Location: Arcadia Ballroom, 5th Floor
Forward-thinking sustainability initiatives have become table stakes for retailers of all sizes. Brands with sustainability at the core drive nearly a third of CPG growth and are growing faster than their conventional category rivals, despite premium pricing (Source: IRI). Join Perfect Day for a fireside chat to hear from an established brand, a start-up, and one of the country’s largest retailers on the growing potential of sustainability. Learn how you can make your brand mean more to your consumers, and how sustainability can mean more to your bottom line.
- Liza Schillo
  
  Director of Sustainability & Social Impact, Perfect Day Foods
  
  Liza Schillo
  
  Director of Sustainability & Social Impact, Perfect Day Foods
  
  Liza Schillo is the Director of Sustainability & Social Impact for Perfect Day Foods, joining the team in April 2022. As Perfect Day’s first head of sustainability, Liza is focused on developing the company’s sustainability and impact agenda. In this highly cross-functional role, Liza works with leaders across the business to ensure a holistic and co-created platform that reflects Perfect Day’s mission to inspire a kinder, greener tomorrow through its climate-friendly products. Prior to Perfect Day, Liza spent seven years in sustainability management at Levi Strauss & Co., where she developed and oversaw the company’s industry-leading, science-based climate change strategy; its strategy for ESG Disclosure, Transparency, & Engagement; LS&Co.’s first comprehensive sustainability report; and its sustainable raw materials strategy. She supported the finance, legal, and operations teams in their ongoing efforts to adopt sustainability-integrated policies, including such programs as ESG-focused funds for company retirement, pension, and foundation assets and a new loan structure for LS&Co. suppliers investing in climate action. Liza was also instrumental in the development of multiple case studies and marketing materials in partnership with the marketing and communications teams. Before shifting into the corporate sector, Liza worked in environmental management across the policy and non-profit spheres in Washington, DC. She holds an MBA and MEM from Duke University and a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Emily Schildt
  
  Founder & CEO, Pop Up Grocer
  
  Emily Schildt
  
  Founder & CEO, Pop Up Grocer
  
  Emily Schildt is the Founder & CEO of Pop Up Grocer, a four-time entrepreneur, and an award-winning brand marketer. With more than a decade of experience in the CPG space, Schildt has built a career in bringing better-made products to market — and has developed a keen eye for making them stand out on shelf. In today’s crowded market, she has created her own lane, specializing in dynamic storytelling through content and live experiences. Her inherent drive has positioned Pop Up Grocer, now three years old, to go from a simple idea to a multimillion-dollar company in just two years—with Schildt as its sole founder, leader, and operator. Schildt has also accelerated the growth of countless other category-defining CPG brands, creating ripple effect change in the industry. Her work and company have been featured in Fast Company, Time, Forbes, Fortune, Thrillist, Eater, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, and Bon Appetit
- Ben Berman
  
  CEO, Tomorrow Farms
  
  Ben Berman
  
  CEO, Tomorrow Farms
  
  Ben Berman is co-founder and CEO of Tomorrow Farms, a food tech company commercializing novel ingredients to build the future of food. Tomorrow Farms recently launched Bored Cow, the world’s first animal-free dairy milk, in partnership with Perfect Day. Ben is previously the founder of Mainely Burgers, a food truck company based in Portland, ME that Ben grew to 3 trucks and 16 employees (and an appearance on the Food Network) before he exited the business in 2014 and the founder of Good Pizza, a nonprofit initiative Ben founded out of his apartment during the pandemic to raise money for hunger relief. Good Pizza was featured on the Ellen Show, Barstool Sports, NBC News, and more and is now the entrepreneurship program at Philadelphia's largest hunger relief organization, Philabundance. Previously, Ben spent his corporate years as a management consultant with Deloitte, advising clients on their go-to-market strategies for new product launches, and at Amazon as a Senior Product Manager on the Operations and Logistics team. Ben also holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Lex Evan
  
  CEO & Chef, Lexington Bakes
  
  Lex Evan
  
  CEO & Chef, Lexington Bakes
  
  Lex Evan (a.k.a. Alexander Evangelakos) is the founder, CEO & chef of LEXINGTON BAKES (LXB), a better for you and planet dessert brand serving Consciously Baked Luxury Treats™ made with natural and ethically sourced premium clean ingredients, and a guiding principle of Radical Ingredient Transparency™. Lex is also a designer, strategist, and writer with a demonstrated history of leading the design, strategy, and creative direction of iconic global CPG brands, products, and teams for some of the world’s most impactful beauty, health and wellness companies including Johnson & Johnson (2013 – present).
- Liza Schillo, Director of Sustainability & Social Impact, Perfect Day Foods
- Emily Schildt, Founder & CEO, Pop Up Grocer
- Ben Berman, CEO, Tomorrow Farms
- Lex Evan, CEO & Chef, Lexington Bakes
Watch Video
2:50 PM
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3:30 PM
Breakout: Edibles 2.0: The Next Wave of Cannabis Snacks

Location: Palisades, 5th Floor
Gain an understanding of the innovations and challenges facing the THC-infused snacking category with TSUMo co-founder Caroline Yeh and Brightfield Group managing director Bethany Gomez. Explore how industry leaders are commercializing cannabis edibles from a once niche end of the market to a mainstay of wellness and snacking.
- Caroline Yeh
  
  CEO/Co-founder, TSUMo Snacks
  
  Caroline Yeh
  
  CEO/Co-founder, TSUMo Snacks
  
  Caroline Yeh is the CEO/Co-founder of TSUMo Snacks, creating fun, tasteful, shared snacking experiences to elevate everyday moments. She has spent her career helping companies grow, scale and commercialize innovative and emerging brand portfolios. For the last 6 years, she has worked at some of the largest California cannabis companies, including Bloom Farms and Kiva Confections, with a particular focus on product development, operations, marketing and distribution.
- Bethany Gomez
  
  Managing Director, Brightfield Group
  
  Bethany Gomez
  
  Managing Director, Brightfield Group
  
  Bethany Gomez has established herself as a trailblazer in emerging markets, with a focus on cannabis, CBD and wellness. As Managing Director and Co-Founder of Brightfield Group, Bethany's commitment to leadership and storytelling through meaningful data has positioned the company as an industry leader, playing a crucial role in shaping the cannabis, CBD and wellness industries both from a consumer and market perspective. Bethany has been featured and quoted in numerous media outlets including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Bloomberg, Yahoo! Finance and more.
- Caroline Yeh, CEO/Co-founder, TSUMo Snacks
- Bethany Gomez, Managing Director, Brightfield Group
Watch Video
2:50 PM
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3:30 PM
Breakout: Drop-In Mastermind Session -- Explore Challenges with Your Peers in this Informal Moderated Workshop

Location: Catalina Ballroom, 4th Floor
Explore challenges with your peers in this informal moderated workshop with Bob Burke, Brad Barnhorn, and John Maggiore.
- Brad Barnhorn
  
  Board Member and Advisor, Barnhorn Growth Advisors
  
  Brad Barnhorn
  
  Board Member and Advisor, Barnhorn Growth Advisors
  
  Brad works closely with leading growth-stage food and beverage companies as a Board member, strategic advisor and Investor. His work leverages 25 years of company-building experience as entrepreneur, CEO, board member and investor, cutting across all strategic and operational dimensions of successful company-building in the food and beverage space. He currently serves on the boards of Country Archer, Rhythm Superfoods, Flying Embers, Barney Butter, Biena, Aura Bora, Gimme Foods and Red’s All Natural. He previously served on the Board of Krave Jerky, Kevita, Health Warrior and Chameleon Cold Brew from these companies early stages through their respective exits as category defining brands to Hershey’s, Pepsi and Nestle. Building upon a foundation in management consulting and investment banking, Mr. Barnhorn’s food and beverage journey began twenty years ago as Founder/CEO of the Fantasia Fresh Juice Company which he built into the leading superpremium fresh juice/smoothie company in the Midwestern United States culminating in a merger with Naked Juice to form the leading national brand in the category which was subsequently acquired by Pepsi. He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
- Bob Burke
  
  Founder, Natural Products Consulting
  
  Bob Burke
  
  Founder, Natural Products Consulting
  
  As a consultant since 1998, Bob Burke provides assistance in bringing natural, organic and specialty products to market across most classes of trade. This includes work in strategic planning, growth strategies, writing sales, marketing and business plans, budgeting, pricing, building distribution, broker selection and management, organizational development, strategic options, financing, branding, trade spending management and assistance around M&A, due diligence and venture strategy groups. He is also the co-author and co-publisher of the Natural Products Field Manual, Ninth Edition. Prior to consulting, Bob was with Stonyfield Farm Yogurt for 11 years as Vice President, Sales & Corporate Development and Vice President, Marketing & Sales. He has held marketing positions with Colombo, Inc. and Sperry Top-Sider. He received an MBA from Babson College.
- John Maggiore
  
  Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
  
  John Maggiore
  
  Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
  
  John has been in the grocery business for over 35 years, he founded Maggiore’s Sales & Marketing in 2003, as a consultant and broker to the Natural/Specialty trade. The primary focus on the brokerage side is with bringing Grocery, Dairy and Frozen brands to the market in the New England Supermarket Channel. Prior to setting out on his own John was the Category Manager of Natural Food for Stop & Shop Supermarkets based in Boston, MA. John pioneered the store with-in-a-store Natural Food departments at Stop & Shop, creating over 150 departments in less than five years. Natural Food sales grew at Stop & Shop from $6 million when John took over responsibility for the department to $67 million when he left. Before John became Category Manager of Natural Foods he had buying responsibilities in numerous categories including Specialty Cheese, Specialty Crackers, Gourmet Coffee, and Specialty Pasta as well as Frozen and Dairy Foods. Currently John is brokering some leading manufacturers in the Specialty/Natural Food channel including, Angie’s BoomChickAPop Popcorn, Red’s All Natural, Kettle & Fire Bone Broths, R.W. Garcia, Lily’s Chocolates, DrinkSimple and siggi’s Yogurt, and previously worked with other leading companies including Pirate’s Booty, Bear Naked Granola, Larabar, Justin’s, Kind Bar, Krave Jerky, Vita Coco and Ian’s Natural Foods. John is also on the Board of Directors of Vermont Nut Free Chocolates, Biena Snacks, Demers Food Group, BananaWave and serves as an adviser to Tucson Tamale, Bohana and Evoke Foods. John has delivered presentations and seminars at leading trade shows and conferences such as Natural Products Expo East & West, The NASFT’s Winter and Summer Fancy Food Shows, Bord Bia in Dublin, Ireland, Northeast Dairy/Deli/Bakery Association, Frozen & Refrigerated Association of New England, Canadian Consulates in Boston, and Kosherfest in New York. For the past seventeen years John, in conjunction with Bob Burke of Natural Products Consulting, has run full day seminars and networking events on “Becoming a More Effective Sales Manager in the Natural and Specialty Channel”. Since its inception over 30 seminars have been run in Boston, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco and they have educated over 1,000 participants from 400+ companies. Since 2016 John has been a business mentor for the Northeastern University McCarthy Venture
- Brad Barnhorn, Board Member and Advisor, Barnhorn Growth Advisors
- Bob Burke, Founder, Natural Products Consulting
- John Maggiore, Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
3:30 PM
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5:30 PM
NOSH Live Happy Hour, Presented by ForceBrands

Location: Venice Salon @ Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
Join the official NOSH Live Happy Hour, presented by ForceBrands, to continue your conversations over adult beverages, light appetizers, and entertainment. The two hour networking experience will be held on-site at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel at the conclusion of the day one presentations