Team Member
Natalia Veinott
Natalia Veinott works with GFI team members in the U.S. and around the world to plan, produce, promote, and evaluate events, including GFI’s flagship Good Food Conference. Areas of expertise: administration, compliance, event planning, sanctuaries, education, online instruction.
Elliot Swartz, Ph.D.
Elliot Swartz analyzes scientific progress and bottlenecks in cultivated meat. Areas of expertise: cultivated meat: cell culture media, costs, and environmental impact
Irina Rodin
Irina Rodin, CIPP/E, J.D. leads GFI’s Information Technology team and provides legal support on privacy and data protection matters. Areas of expertise: Data Governance, Data Privacy, Salesforce.
Josh Richards
Josh Richards works to identify, solicit, and steward grants in support of GFI’s mission. Areas of expertise: writing, grants management, university research administration, field organizing, animal agriculture
Maille O’Donnell
Maille O’Donnell supports GFI’s Corporate Engagement team’s work to drive private sector support for alternative proteins. Areas of expertise: project management, environmental science and policy, writing, alternative protein commercial landscape
Sharyn Murray, CFA
Sharyn Murray crafts and executes strategies to support investors' exploration of and investment in the alternative protein industry. Areas of expertise: relationship development, public speaking, project management, investment research.
Heather Mount
Heather Mount oversees GFI's global brand system and creative production, including graphic design and web publishing. Areas of expertise: Project, process, and resource management, brand development, graphic design, and photography.
Patrick Landy
Patrick Landy performs maintenance and new feature development across GFI's web properties. Areas of expertise: Web development, JavaScript. React, jQuery, PHP, Gutenberg, Timber
Emma Ignaszewski
Emma Ignaszewski oversees the corporate engagement team’s industry intelligence and initiatives to catalyze corporate innovation that will radically transform the food system and deliver alternative protein products that compete on the key drivers of consumer choice: taste, price, and convenience. Areas of expertise: alternative protein market landscape, research & analysis, strategy, marketing & communications, alt protein sustainability & climate impacts.
