Stephanie Lind
Founder
ESA (elohi strategic advisors)
Stephanie Lind is the Founder and Chief Business Development Officer at Elohi Strategic Advisors. Prior to Elohi, Stephanie spent over 25 years working for Fortune 500 companies including PepsiCo, Sysco, and McDonald’s supply chain partner Havi Logistics. Most recently, she led the global sales initiatives for Impossible Foods during their 2018 break-out year. Stephanie has crossed Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain roles repeatedly moving from Retail to Foodservice to Industrial channels. Stephanie founded Elohi Strategic Advisors in 2015 to assist small, natural, and sustainable brands in their quest to launch in the foodservice channel. Currently, she expanded Elohi into assisting all food, beverage, and associated companies with their growth into the foodservice, industrial, and retail segments.
Julia Thompson
Culinologist III, Food Scientist
CuliNex
Julia is a Culinologist III at CuliNex. She is the teams leader in plant based food applications. Her background in food science has provided her with the base knowledge to dive into the science of plant based application work.
Julia joined CuliNex in 2020. Before CuliNex, she has worked as a food scientist and process technologist for many different food companies gaining knowledge in different areas of product development and manufacturing. These companies include Kettle Cuisine, High Liner Foods, Idaho Pacific, The Chia Co, and Ingredion.
Throughout her career, Julia has taken an interest in creating a food system that is shaped to support the planet and its people. She is continuing to learn about the social and environmental impacts of food.
Julia has a BS in Food Science and Technology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is a member of the Plant Based Foods Association.