Nosh Live 2026: Investors, KeHE, NIQ and Women on Boards Project Join 1:1 Meetings
Structured, private conversations with investors, distributors and board leaders.
At Nosh Live 2026 (Dec. 3–4 at the Marina del Rey Marriott), the 1:1 meeting program returns to connect emerging food brands with the people who can help them reach the next milestone. Capital is more selective, distribution decisions carry more weight, and getting a board in place earlier matters more than it used to. These sessions give founders time with experts for candid feedback on fundraising, distribution and governance.
What It Is
1:1 meetings give attendees 10-minute, pre-scheduled conversations with investors, distributors, insights experts and board leaders who understand the challenges of building and scaling packaged food brands. Each host reviews and approves meeting requests so the conversations are productive on both sides.
How It Works
- Who: Open exclusively to registered Nosh Live attendees.
- What: 10-minute, pre-scheduled, private conversations between food brands and meeting hosts.
- When: December 3 + 4, 2026
- How: Attendees request meetings with specific hosts, and each host reviews and approves requests to make the best matches.
Meeting Hosts (with more to come!)
The list of confirmed 1:1 meeting hosts includes:
- Jen Quindlen, Vice President, Encore Consumer Capital
- Jamie Borteck, Board Member & Advisor, JCB Growth Ventures
- Michael Sands, Principal Consultant, The Maker Group
- David Shaffer, Category Manager, Snacks, KeHE
- Maria Maysonet, Director – Insight: Fresh, Pantry, Frozen, NIQ
- Kierstin Rielly, CEO, Women on Boards Project
- Eddie Koller, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, KTG / Women on Boards Project
- Jesamine Lee, Brand Manager, Streets Market
- Kristin Tucker, Women on Boards Project
- Michael Krutz, Principal, Barrel Ventures
- Jared Jacobs, Managing Partner, CAVU Consumer Partners
- John Copses, Vice President, CAVU Consumer Partners
- Brad Barnhorn, Board Member & Strategic Advisor
- Scott Anderson, CEO, Alliance Sales & Marketing (sponsor)
- Holly Gandara, EVP ACI/Business Acquisition, Alliance Sales & Marketing (sponsor)
- Richard Akins, Senior Director, Operations, Alliance Sales & Marketing (sponsor)
Additional meeting hosts will be announced soon.
To participate, you must register for Nosh Live. The event takes place in just a few weeks.
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Interested in hosting meetings? Contact our team to learn more about participating as a host.
About Nosh Live
Nosh Live, taking place Dec. 3–4, 2026, in Marina del Rey, Calif., is the flagship CPG food event from BevNET CPG Media. It brings together founders, investors, buyers and service providers for editorial-led programming, product discovery, the Nosh Live Pitch Slam and direct conversations about the decisions shaping food businesses.