Two established, respected CPG founders discuss how being mission driven has helped establish their industry presence. We’ll get into deeper discussions on how these founders have helped develop a voice for sustainable farming, sourcing ingredients with integrity, and establishing a network for the next generation of food and beverage leaders.
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Date & Time
Wednesday October 25th, 2023 12:00pm PDT
End Date & Time
Wednesday October 25th, 2023 12:30pm PDT
Location
Booth #1350
| MODERATOR |
 Audarshia TownsendContent Director, Food & Beverage Insider A lifelong Chicagoan, Audarshia Townsend is a veteran food and beverage journalist who serves as the content director for Food & Beverage Insider. She also appears regularly on local and national media outlets to discuss food and beverage trends. When Townsend's not on the eats beat, she's an avid yogi and meditation practitioner. |
| SPEAKERS |
| Clarice Owens Cofounder, Healthy Oceans Seafood Co. Clarice Owens is a co-founder of Healthy Oceans Seafood Company, the owner of the brand Pescavore, based in Santa Cruz, California. Their company is a vertically integrated manufacturer of sustainable, wild-caught seafood products. Pescavore, their flagship product, is a 1.5 oz single serve portion of tuna jerky that boasts 5 times the omega 3s, half the sodium, and 5 times less sugar compared to the nation’s leading meat snack. Their locally caught tuna has a significantly smaller carbon footprint than meat, representing a groundbreaking innovation in the 3 billion-dollar US meat snacks category. Through strategic partnerships with major retailers such as Target, Safeway, and REI, Clarice and her team are dedicated to providing consumers with delicious flavors, premium ingredients, and powerful functionality in their products. Clarice Owens embarked on her career as the first black female conferred in Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s more than 100-year program in Aerospace Engineering. She has made significant contributions in top tier technology companies, including Boeing, Solar Turbines, and Bloom Energy, before shifting her focus toward sustainable food systems. Presently, Clarice and her team are devoted to developing market-based approaches that enhance capacity and value in US seafood supply chains while addressing structural deficiencies responsible for negative impacts on fishermen and the environment. Passionate about the convergence of food and technology, Clarice brings an outsider's perspective to a legacy industry, recognizing its potential for disruption and transformation. |
 Marc WashingtonFounder and CEO, Supergut Marc Washington is the Founder & CEO of Supergut. His background spans leadership roles across a wide variety of consumer health and wellness businesses, including serving as the CEO of Irwin Naturals, a leading producer of soft-gel herbal supplements; President & COO of Beachbody, a nutrition and fitness company with products including Shakeology health shakes, P90X, and the Beachbody-on-Demand digital fitness platform; and working 9 years at The Wonderful Co, a healthy food & beverage company, where he served in a variety of roles including corporate CFO, Head of Sales for Teleflora, and Director of Strategy & Operations for FIJI Water. Inspired by the memory of his sister, Marc founded Supergut to empower people to reclaim and sustain better control of their health through gut-health superfoods based on the powerful science of the gut microbiome. Marc holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and B.S.E. from Princeton University. Marc’s areas of expertise: Health & Wellness, Nutrition, Gut & Metabolic Health, Prebiotic Fiber & Resistant Starch, Entrepreneurship, Food-As-Medicine, Multicultural Health Disparities, Diversity & Inclusion. |
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