CIA NETWORK—INSIDER ACCESS
Join our active community of change-makers and leaders, including the CIA’s network of over 50,000 graduates—the food world’s most important alumni network. From test kitchens, labs and funding resources, to potential board members, partners and prospective investors—find and build the relationships you need to accelerate your future.
Cross-disciplinary Faculty
The FBS faculty is comprised of accomplished food industry practitioners, skilled teachers and dynamic professors from the world’s leading business schools who are passionate and knowledgeable about food.
World-Class Industry Leaders
Our network of remarkable leaders is accomplishing great things together. Connect with the people and partners you need to meet.
Personalized Mentorship
The FBS 1:1 Mentor Network connects enrolled master's students to top leaders in the food industry, including successful entrepreneurs, executives at Fortune 500 companies, venture capitalists, award-winning chefs and more. See our full list of mentors and learn more about the platform here.
FBS Peer-Mentors
Current Food Business School master's students have access to FBS peer-mentor graduates who can provide insights and mentorship based on their own personal experience going through the program.
PROFESSIONAL FACULTY
Our faculty are among the foremost doers, makers, entrepreneurs and innovators from the worlds of education, business, design and technology. They share a passion for craft and mastery, but also for surprise and experimentation.
Philip Colicchio, Esq.
Legal Strategies and Challenges for the Restaurateur
Brooke Golden
Differentiation, Branding, and Packaging
Chris Cornyn
Sales, Marketing, and Distribution
Kyleigh Wawak
Design Thinking for Food
Don Buder
Capstone Project (Food Business Playbook)
Dr. Bruce German
Food Systems
Jen Paragallo
Building, Proving, and Prototyping
Helene York
Manufacturing, Co-Packing, Supply Chain, and Legal Contracts
Robert J. Johnson
Professor of History in the Liberal Arts/Applied Food Studies Department of The Culinary Institute of America.
Dr. Justin Siegel
Acting Director, Innovation Institute for Food and Health, UC Davis
Matt Gregory
Director of Innovation and Emerging Platforms, Plum Organics; Former Director of Operations & Supply Chain, Two Degrees
Kurt Huffman
Owner & Managing Partner, ChefStable
Tom Tomich
Director, Agricultural Sustainability Institute Professor, UC Davis; Chair, Sustainable Food Systems, UC Davis
Neil Grimmer
Founder and CEO, Habit; Co-Founder and Chairman Plum Organics
Adia Benson
Culinary Designer, gravitytank; Chef, Storyteller; Food Prototyping Expert
GUEST INNOVATORS
Dr. Anne E. McBride
Making Change in the Food System: Leadership Perspectives
Don Buder
Capstone Project (Food Business Playbook)
Mark Erickson
Sam Kass
Senior Food Analyst, NBC News; Chief Consumer Experience Officer, Innit; and Former Executive Director of Let’s Move!
Kristin Groos Richmond
CEO and Co-Founder, Revolution Foods
Laura Tyson
Professor and Director, Institute for Business and Social Impact, U.C. Berkeley-Haas; Chairman, Blum Center for Developing Economies
Shally Shanker
Founder and Managing Partner, AiiM Partners
Glenn Carroll
Professor of Organizations and Senior Associate Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Ryan Shadrick Wilson
Chief Strategy Officer and General Counsel, Partnership for a Healthier America
Robyn Rutledge
FBS Advisory Council Co-Chair; Founder & CEO, SBG Consulting
Michael Kaufman
Partner, Astor Group
Jon Luther
Chairman of the Board, The Culinary Institute of America; Former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Dunkin' Brands
Ed Colloton
Managing Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners; Former COO, JP Morgan Capital
Michiel Bakker
Director, Global Food Services; Former Senior Director of Food & Bev, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Charlie Palmer
Renowned Master Chef and Entrepreneur; CEO, The Charlie Palmer Group
Heidi Neck
Professor and Chairman, Entrepreneurial Studies, Babson College; Faculty Director, Babson’s Symposia for Entrepreneurship Educators; Co-Founder, VentureBlocks
Ellen Marram
Former CEO, Tropicana; President, Barnegat Group; Operating Advisor, North Castle & Physic Ventures
Charles Merinoff
Co-Chairman, Breakthru Beverage Group; Trustee, The Culinary Institute of America
Robert A. Muh
Former CEO and Co-Founder, Sutter Securities Inc.; FBS Advisory Council ; Co-Chair; ; Chairman of the Board, The Culinary Institute of America
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Our Advisory Council is made up of some of the industry's most accomplished entrepreneurs and innovators, sector experts, and pioneering academics.
Cathy Jörin
Residency Experiences
Diane Mina
Founder and Creator of Diane’s Bloody Mary Mixers.
Debi Benedetti
Founder and CEO of Beyond the Possible.
Amy Klein
VP Product Innovation of SpoonfulOne.
Ron Tanner
Vice President of Philanthropy, Government & Industry Relations for the Specialty Food Association, owner of the Fancy Food Shows®, and the publisher of Specialty Food Magazine.
Colleen McClellan
Director of Client Solutions for Datassential.
Zak Weston
Foodservice & Supply Chain Manager at The Good Food Institute (GFI).
Rocco Cardinale
VP of Marketing at Franklin Foods (U.S. Subsidiary, Hochland SE of Germany).
Lisa Curtis
Founder and CEO of Kuli Kuli.
Kara Nielsen
Vice President of Trends & Marketing at CCD Innovation.
Steve Howard
Founder and CEO of Appanite, Inc..
Eve Turow-Paul
Author, Founder and Executive Director, Food For Climate League
Kara Goldin
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, hint, Inc.
Gary Hirshberg
Chairman, Stonyfield Farm and Managing Director, Stonyfield Europe; Chairman and Founding Partner, “Just Label It!"
Rusty Schwartz
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kitchentown
Sophie Egan
Author and founder of Full Table Solutions, a catalyst for food systems transformation
Laurie Demeritt
Chief Executive Officer, The Hartman Group
Jon Sebastiani
Founder of Sonoma Brands and KRAVE Pure Foods
Steve Case
Co-Founder, America Online; Chairman and CEO, Revolution LLC; and Chairman, The Case Foundation
Karen Frank
Partner, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
Naomi Starkman
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Civil Eats
Susan Mac Cormac
Partner, Morrison Foerster; Co-chair, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), Social Enterprise + Impact Investing, and Energy practices
Karen Trilevsky
Founder, FullBloom Baking Company; Board Member, Smart Cookie Scholarship Fund and Food, Family and Farming
Cleveland Justis
Executive Director, UC Davis Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Principal, Potrero Group
Sangita Forth
Start Up Advisor; Former Chief Marketing Officer, Pendulum Therapeutics; Former Chief Marketing Officer, Pique Tea
Lisa Mosconi
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine/NY-Presbyterian Hospital
Megan Mokri
Founder and CEO, Byte
David Lee
COO and CFO, Impossible Foods
Nikki Silvestri
Founder and CEO, Soil and Shadow, LLC
Kirsten Tobey
Founder and Chief Impact Officer, Revolution Foods
Sheryl O’Loughlin
CEO, REBBL; Author, Killing It! An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Head Without Losing Your Heart
Elizabeth Glenewinkel
Associate Partner, gravitytank; Experience Designer; Creative Educator
Kevin Brown
CEO and Co-founder of Innit Inc; accomplished tech sector entrepreneur and executive
Dondeena Bradley
Health and Well-being Expert; Global Head of Innovation at Weight Watchers; former VP of Nutrition Ventures at PepsiCo
Sam Kass
Senior Food Analyst, NBC News; Chief Consumer Experience Officer, Innit; and Former Executive Director of Let’s Move!
Kristin Groos Richmond
CEO and Co-Founder, Revolution Foods
