Team Member

Team Team Member

Shira Fischer

Shira provides support to GFI’s policy team to level the regulatory playing field for alternative proteins. Areas of expertise: regulatory processes, policy research, project management

1. Policy
2. Team Member

Team Team Member

Chelsea Montes de Oca

Chelsea Montes de Oca coordinates GFI’s messaging and global publishing activities, providing editorial review and cohesion to our blogs, reports, and other key resources. Areas of expertise: ethical storytelling, strategic messaging, writing, and intercultural communication

1. Communications
2. Team Member

Team Team Member

Kelli Cromsigt

Kelli Cromsigt leads the development of GFI’s evolving brand and web presence, campaign design, and visual storytelling. Areas of expertise: brand development, digital design, illustration, and communications design

1. Communications
2. Team Member

Team Team Member

Ashley Pittman

Ashley provides executive-level administration and project execution support to the CEO and other members of the executive team. Areas of expertise: project management, collaboration, nonprofits, administration, communication, animal welfare

1. Executive
2. Team Member

Team Team Member

Karen Formanski

Karen Formanski develops data-driven insights to accelerate the alternative proteins industry. Areas of expertise: research and analysis projects, consumer insights, market trends

1. Corporate Engagement
2. Team Member

Team Team Member

Simone Octigan

Simone manages GFI's global annual fundraising efforts. Areas of expertise: communicating impact, writing, data-driven fundraising

1. Development
2. Team Member

Team Team Member

Niki Kraska

Niki Kraska supports the Senior Associate Director of International Engagement and GFI’s international operations to expand GFI’s impact internationally. Areas of expertise: international development, youth development, project management, event coordination, and communication

1. Executive
2. Team Member

Team Team Member

Laura Coladonato

Laura serves as the Executive Assistant to GFI’s Collaborative Assistance Team. Areas of expertise: admin support, special education, teaching

1. Collaborative Assistance Team
2. Team Member

Team Team Member

Katherine Van Story

Katherine Van Story is passionate about building meaningful relationships with GFI’s community of donors to advance key funding priorities in the alternative protein space. Areas of expertise: development strategy, donor relations, fundraising, communications

1. Development
2. Team Member

Team Team Member

Rachel Faulkner, J.D.

Rachel Faulkner, J.D., is one of GFI’s in-house attorneys, focusing on legal support for the Policy and Corporate Engagement teams. Areas of expertise: legal advice, nonprofit administration, contract drafting and negotiation, intellectual property, legal research and writing, corporate outreach

1. Collaborative Assistance Team
2. Team Member