2024 MBArk2Boulder Registrants (through 1/1)

Funso Adewuyi – University of Georgia Terry College of Business MBA ’24
Merihan Ahmed – Colorado State University Impact MBA ’24
Emily Alexander – University of Michigan School of Environment and Sustainability ’24
Ameyo Attila – MIT Sloan School of Management ’25
Sara Axelrod – Head of Public Affairs, Crusoe Energy*

Taylor Bartlett – Colorado State University Impact MBA ’24
Dorothy Bayern – Content Designer, Dorothy Bayern Consulting (San Francisco, CA)
Kendra Bennett – CMO/Co-Founder, Honey Bunchie (Longmont, CO)
Jenna Bensko – Food Business Manager, Compassion in World Farming (Boulder, CO)
Chris Bentley – Co-Founder, Pet Sustainability Coalition (Boulder, CO)
Jen Berliner – Head of Marketing and Sales, Patagonia Provisions (San Francisco, CA)*
Adwait Bhave – Colorado State University Impact MBA ’24
Madeline Blankenship – University of Georgia Terry College of Business MBA ’24
Della Bradt – Associate Director of Product Management, Hello Fresh (Brooklyn, NY)
Annie Brown – VP of Development, Rodale Institute (Boulder, CO)

Bill Capsalis – former Managing Executive Director, Naturally Boulder (Boulder, CO)
Alberta Carpenter – Fellow/Researcher/Engineer, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (Boulder, CO)
Jasmine Carey – Colorado Mesa University ’25
Kristine Carey – Executive Director, Naturally Boulder (Boulder, CO)
Shivansh Chaturvedi – Yale School of Management ’25
Lisa Cheung – University of Michigan Ross School of Business ’24
Jeanine Cho – Founder, Brand Thesis Lab (Dallas, TX)
Stephen Cowan – Founder, BeyondMicrogreens.com (Boulder, CO)
Lindsey Cunningham – CEO & Founder, RollinGreens (Boulder, CO)
Ryan Cunningham – RollinGreens (Boulder, CO)

Christine Dahm – Operating Partner & CMO, Harbinger Ventures (Boulder, CO)/former VP of Marketing Noosa Yoghurt and Nestle Prepared Foods*
Katie Daniels – Owner & Creative Director, McKenna Daniels Design (Boulder, CO)
Dr. Tom Dean, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Enterprise, Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO)*
Brian Deegan – Colorado State University Impact MBA ’23
Samantha DeLonge – Colorado State University Impact MBA ’24
Alexander Dial – Yale School of Management ’25
Josh Dudenhoefer – (Denver, CO)
Allie Dunne – University of Colorado Leeds School of Business ’24

Regan Ebert – Board Member, TableTrust Brands (Boulder, CO)/former President/GM, Danone
Sophie Egan – Founder, Full Table Solutions (Boulder, CO)
Ryan Eichmann – University of Oregon Lundquist ’25

Morrad Fadel – VP, Innovation and Commercialization, Meati Foods (Boulder, CO)*
Steve Fader – former VP Operations & Development, Whole Foods Market (Olney, MD)
Allison Falco – University of Colorado Leeds School of Business ’24
Farnosh Family – Founder, Sun Ghee (Denver, CO)
Susan Fecko – Principal, Black Dog Studio (Boulder, CO)
Shannon Fekula – Manager of Sensory Science, Meati Foods (Boulder, CO)
Alexa Ferritto – Senior Supply Chain Manager, Sweet Loren’s (Denver, CO)
Shenna Fitzgerald – Director of Impact & Strategic Communications, Creative Alignments (Boulder, CO)
Betsy Foster – President and Co-Founder, Love.Life (Austin, TX)*
Jason Friday – Co-Founder, Bar-U-Eat (Steamboat Springs, CO)

Susie Gallaudete (Nederland, CO)
Victoria Garcia – CEO & Founder, Apapacho Cacao (Parker, CO)
Andy Goeke – Colorado State University Impact MBA ’23

Wangene Hall – Columbia Business School ’24
Hayley Hanes – Associate Director of Consumer & Product Insights at HelloFresh (Boulder, CO)
Matthew Hargis – Farm to School Supervisor, Detroit Public Schools/Arizona State Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems ’25
Lexi Haskins – University of Denver Daniels College of Business ’25
Rachel Hirsch – University of Southern California Marshall School of Business ’25
Buzz Hofford – Owner and Founder, Sustainable Foods Network (Denver, CO)
Katie Hogan – Produce Buyer and Supply Planning Analyst, Shamrock Foods (Litchfield Park, AZ)/Arizona State Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems ’25
Sydney Hopp – Sales Operations Coordinator, Creative Alignments (Boulder, CO)
Elizabeth Horvath – VP Marketing, North America, Kerry Foods (Beloit, WI)*
Sloan Hurley – University of Colorado ’25

Omogbolahan Idawu – University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business ’25

Rebecca Jun – Boston University Questrom School of Business ’25

Brooke Kahl – Case Western University Weatherhead School of Management ’25
Gene Kelly – Professor of Pedology, Colorado State University*
Heather Kennedy – Associate Teaching Professor at University of Colorado Boulder/former Senior Director of National Marketing at Whole Foods Market
Dave Kingsbury (Nederland, CO)
Amy Kirtland – EVP Innovation and Growth, KeHE Distributors* (Boulder, CO)
Ricardo Kumelys – University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business ’25

Seth Lantz – Business Development Manager, Allegro Coffee (Thornton, CO)
Alyssa Larson – University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business ’25
Dave Lawrence – CESM Chief Scientist in the Climate and Global Dynamics Lab, National Center for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, CO)*
Shelby Layne – former Director of ESG, Strategy & Communications, Bolthouse Farms; Interim Director of Strategy, Sol-ti (Los Angeles, CA)*
Travis Leahy – Founder, Bundle (Boulder, CO)
Arianna Lewis – University of Colorado Boulder ’24
Emily Lewis – Yale School of Management ’25
Linda Appel Lipsius – Executive Director, Denver Urban Gardens (Denver, CO)*
Karla Lopez – Yale School of Management ’25

Jordan Macknick – Energy Engineer and Environmental Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO)*
Kim Mallek – Design Director, Might Fudge Studios (Boulder, CO)/EMBA University of Colorado Leeds School of Business ’24

Jack Martin – Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business ’25
Ashley Martinez – University of Michigan Ross School of Business/School of Environment and Sustainability ’24
Nikki Matz – University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business ’25
Holly McCullough – University of Colorado ’24
Todd McCullough – Chief Development Officer, Continuus Materials (Littleton, CO)
Grace McEnery – Yale School of Management ’25
Kathleen Merrigan – Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)*
Kelly Miano – Marketing Consultant, Benevolent Mercenaries
Clint Mickel – Senior Director, Brand Management, Vital Proteins (Chicago, IL)*
Jane Miller – CEO, Rudi’s Rocky Mountain Bakery (Boulder, CO)*
Maddie Morales – Food & Nutrition Services Field Specialist, DC Public Schools (Washington, DC)/Arizona State Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems ’25
Reegan Moskowitz – Partner Support Representative, Food Bank of the Rockies (Denver, CO)
Srishti Mutha – Duke University Fuqua School of Business ’24

Kelly Nelson – Whole Foods Market (Thornton, CO)
Sam Nelson – Co-Founder, Bar-U-Eat (Steamboat Springs, CO)
Anastasia Nevzgoda – University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business ’24
Rotem Nir – Google (Boulder, CO)

Daniel Toshihiro Okane – University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business ’25
Olushola Oladejo – Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business ’24
Miguel Oliveira – Director of HR – Categories, Danone (Broomfield, CO)*
John Olander – Dot Connecting Change Agent, Team Touch 5 (Denver, CO)
David Olson – Professor, Cal State University Bakersfield
Susanne Olson – Librarian, Ojai Unified Schools (Ojai, CA)

Milana Pakes – Bard College Graduate Program in Sustainability ’25/Energy Equity at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO)
Regina Palatini – Duke University Fuqua School of Business ’24
Lars Panquin – University of Michigan School of Environment and Sustainability ’24
Zoe Parham – Colorado State University Impact MBA ’24
Hannah Parks – University of Massachusetts Isenberg School of Management ’25
Matt Parry – CEO & Founder, The Good Crisp Company (Boulder, CO)
Edward Payne – COO/Co-Founder, Honey Bunchie (Longmont, CO)
Jems Stevenson Pompee – Colorado State University Impact MBA ’25
Jodie Lindsay Popma – University of Colorado Masters of the Environment ’25/Board Chair, Slow Food Boulder
Molly Prucha – Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business ’24
Yogesh Pulivarthi – Yale School of Management ’25

Christina Ra – VP Marketing and Communications, Meati Foods (Boulder, CO)*
Doug Radi – President, Sweet Loren’s* (Golden, CO)
Olek Randall – University of Colorado Leeds School of Business ’25
Mark Retzloff – Founder of Alfalfa’s, Horizon Organic, and Aurora Organic Dairy, CEO of Natural Habitats (Longmont, CO)*
Denis Ring – Founder and CEO, OCHO Candy (Oakland, CA)*
Emma Ritson – Sloan Hurley – University of Colorado Leeds School of Business/Masters of the Environment ’25
Stephen Ritz – Founder and Professor of Sunshine, Green Bronx Machine (Bronx, NY)*
Jenna Robbins – University of Colorado ’24
Ramona Roof – Marketing Executive (Denver, CO)
Brandon Rowold – Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition, KeHE Distributors (Chicago, IL)*
Ally Ruchman – University of Michigan Ross School of Business ’24

Namit Satara – University of Chicago Booth School of Business ’25
Kim Schaub – University of Victoria Gustavson School of Business ’23
Creighton Shaffer – University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business ’25
Aaron Shapiro – University of Colorado Leeds School of Business/MENV ’25
Alexandra Skibitskaya – University of Colorado Masters of the Environment ’25
Stephanie Snell – Lead Dietitian, University of Colorado Boulder/University of Colorado Leeds School of Business ’24
Kavi Solanki – University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business ’24
Budi Sosorodjojo – University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business ’25
Anna Sostarecz – Food Business Manager, Compassion in World Farming (Wheat Ridge, CO)
Josh Sperling – Urban Futures and the Energy-X Nexus, New Concepts Incubator at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO)
Lauren Start – VP of Marketing at Rudi’s Rocky Mountain Bakery (Boulder, CO)*
Darlene Steward – Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO)
Tom Szaky – CEO, TerraCycle (Trenton, NJ – REMOTE)*

Luke Tierney – CEO & Founder, Eco D2C (Boulder, CO)
Joelle Trubowitz – University of Colorado Leeds School of Business ’24

Alden Wade – University of Colorado ’25
Julie Waggoner – Director of Operations, CU Boulder Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility
Terri Walters – Faculty Member at University of Colorado Boulder/President of Katevan (renewable energy) Consulting
Kathryn Wendell – Executive Director, CU Boulder Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility
Katya Wendt – Yale School of Management/School of the Environment ’25
Jordan Wick – (San Francisco, CA)
Sara Wing – Sustainability Consultant, Stok (Denver, CO)
Ashley Wong – University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business ’25
Talia Worth – Operations Manager, Regenified (Boulder, CO)

Dr. Jeffrey York – Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, University of Colorado Boulder*

Alden Zeff – University of Colorado Leeds School of Business ’25
Sasha Zhang – EIT, Menlo Park Ventures (San Francisco, CA)

* also a presenter