Meet Our 2024 Expert Speaker Faculty

Celine Schiff-Deb

Chief Scientific Officer

MISTA

Eitan Fischer

Chief Executive Officer

Mission Barns

Fabio Valoppi

Chief Technology Officer

Perfat Technologies

Jim Astwood

Chief Technology Officer

Terviva

John Krzywicki

Vice President, Strategy

Checkerspot Inc.

Kathleen Alexander

Chief Technology Officer

Savor

Kyria Boundy-Mills

Curator, Phaff Yeast Culture Collection

University of California Davis

Marika Ziesack

Chief Technology Officer

Circe Bioscience

Mihir Pershad

Chief Executive Officer

Umami Bioworks

Minami Ogawa

Director, Cultivated Foods

Optimized Foods

Natalie Rainer

Partner

K&L Gates

Priera Panescu

Lead Scientist & Plant- Based Specialist

The Good Food Institute

Roman Laus

Chief Executive Officer

Mewery

Shara Ticku

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

C16 Biosciences Inc.

Steven Matzke

Senior Manager Innovation Discovery and Business Development

CP Kelco

Steven Winegar

Technical Lead

McWin Capital Partners

Surinder Singh

Chief Scientist

Nourish Ingredients

Tal Offer

Vice President, Research & Development

MeatAfora

Yaqi Grover

Partner

Lever VC