Maria manages People Operations, benefits, payroll, compliance, and employee life cycle changes to ensure everything runs smoothly, which allows GFI team members to focus on their work with the confidence that their needs are well taken care of, while also enhancing the overall employee experience. Areas of expertise: People Operations, benefits, employee experience, payroll, and compliance
Kaitlyn Gilioli coordinates IT projects and initiatives and serves as the liaison between the IT team and internal clients. Areas of expertise: collaboration, organization, project management, process development
Julia Nemon is GFI's Director of Finance and Operations. Areas of expertise: financial planning and analysis, grants and contract management, non-profit operations
Laura Henry supports GFI's financial reporting by serving as administrator of the team's expense application and assisting the Finance Team with corporate credit card tasks that impact transaction processing. Areas of expertise: nonprofit finance, administration, data entry, application training and support
Pol Sorquist supports GFI's mission, vision, and values by stewarding purposeful, meaningful, and engaging people and culture initiatives and experiences. Areas of expertise: Enablement and training, DEI, employee engagement, career development, start-ups
Ava Kuser serves as the People Operations Coordinator for GFI's Collaborative Assistance Team, specifically supporting the areas of Payroll and Human Resources. Areas of expertise: Human Resources, Employee Engagement, Onboarding, Payroll, Administrative Support
Marco Pelloni leads the web development team to help provide GFI's online web experience. Areas of expertise: web strategy, web development, user experience
Lauren supports GFI to achieve its mission by ensuring GFI’s culture supports team members in creating a world where alternative proteins are no longer alternative. Areas of expertise: People Operations, culture, employee experience and engagement, employee relations, performance management, training and development, and DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion)
Brittaney is a marketing automation expert leveraging email marketing analytics tools to support teams across GFI in creating powerful data-driven campaigns in support of the GFI mission. Areas of expertise: Pardot (Account Engagement), Salesforce, SQL, HTML, CSS
Chethana Biliyar is responsible for Collaborative Assistance Team (CAT) department management and oversight of administration, finance, IT, and people operations. Areas of expertise: administration, finance, policy and procedure implementation, training, USG international procurement and grants management
