MEET THE NATURALLY CHICAGO
ASSOCIATE BOARD

About the Naturally Chicago Associate Board

The Naturally Chicago Associate Board is composed of a wide variety of food and beverage professionals.  The Board’s members come from a range of backgrounds including leading service providers for food and beverage startups, venture capital and debt firms, food and beverage producers, retailers and grocers, and food and beverage startup leaders, among other stakeholders within the Chicago food and beverage ecosystem.   The Associate Board works directly with Naturally Chicago's Locally Made startups each month to accelerate their growth by offering expert strategic advice and feedback.  The Board also strives to support Naturally Chicago fundraising and programming objectives.

  • Adam Falkof

    Adam Falkof

    CO-CHAIR, Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP

  • Sarah McCarron

    Sarah McCarron

    CO-CHAIR, Vice President, JPMorgan Chase

  • Dan Abel

    CEO, Pilot Project Brewing

  • Kati Behrens

    Kati Behrens

    Commercial Relationship Manager, Fifth Third

  • Trevor Burns

    VP Business Development, Reboot Media @ Reboot Partners

  • Bill Ciani

    Chief Customer Officer, Roth Premium Foods

  • Caroline Davidson

    Caroline Davidson

    Strategic Account Executive, Retail, CPG, Snowflake

  • Amy Devitt

    Senior Activation Marketing Manager, Kerry

  • Kaitlyn Fundakowski

    Senior Director, E-Commerce, Chomps.

  • Mo Ghabrial

    Senior Associate, Investments, S2G Ventures

  • Michael Gloer

    Michael Gloer

    Growth Insights, CA Insights

  • Fabian Gosselin

    Fabian Gosselin

    Investor, Cleveland Avenue

  • Zach Hanlon

    Director, Garlic Expressions

  • Jason Harris

    National Brand Manager, Presence Marketing

  • Giuseppe Infusiono

    Giuseppe Infusiono

    CIO, InvestBev

  • Gino Infusino

    Category Manager, U.S. Foods

  • Amanda Kellerman

    Amanda Kellerman

    Principal, Plante Moran

  • John Kim

    John Kim

    CEO, J PLUS Specialty Foods LLC

  • Alex Kleiman

    Alex Kleiman

    VP, Business Ventures & General Counsel, Momofuku

  • Katie Kowalski

    Katie Kowalski

    Director of Commercial Partnerships, Fairtrade International

  • Matt Leytman

    Matt Leytman

    CFO, KinderFarms

  • Ashley Lohoff

    Ashley Lohoff

    Senior Brand Manager, Constellation

  • Matt LoLordo

    Operations & Technical Manager, Kind North America

  • Chip Longenecker

    General Partner, Tonic Ventures

  • Justin Malina

    Director, Revenue Management, Simple Mill

  • Alena Marovitz

    Alena Marovitz

    Associate Brand Manager, Conagra

  • Dylan Melvin

    Director of Adult Beverage @ Foxtrot

  • Sarah Nathan

    Owner, Bloom CPG Consulting

  • Anthony Prousis

    Anthony Prousis

    MBA Candidate, Booth School of Business

  • Headshot_Alvaro Reyes

    Alvaro Reyes

    Sr Category Manager, KeHE

  • Kathryn Rowe

    National Sales Manager, HumanCo

  • George Russell

    George Russell

    VP, Arbor Investments

  • Mollye Santulli

    VC, Springdale Ventures

  • Stephen Scott

    Assistant Director, Savills North America

  • Teddy Seidman

    Teddy Seidman

    Strategic Partnerships, Growth Retail, Instacart

  • Kenny Silverman

    Consumer Investment Banking at Raymond James

  • Tara Tarazi

    Director of Supply Chain Strategy, DUDE Products

  • Headshot of Jordan Tepper

    Jordan Tepper

    Co-founder, Apologue

  • Ed Velasco

    Chief Revenue Officer, SRW Agency

  • Taylor Virgil

    Taylor Virgil

    President, DSP Insurance

  • Ryan Wiltse

    CPA | Operational Consultant

  • Amber Zabran

    National Brand Manager, Presence