Moderator
Gary Hirshberg
Co-Founder and Chief Organic Optimist
Stonyfield Organic
Financing Your Business
Elliot Begoun
Founder and Brand Champion
TIG
David Bell
President and Co-Founder
Idea Farm Ventures
Andrew Chambers
Commercial Finance Adviser
Eightfold Financial Svcs
Gavin Haworth
Regional Manager, Bay or Plenty and Rotorua
ANZ Business
Walter Robb
Principal
Stonewall Robb
Former co-CEO
Whole Foods Markets
Andy Whitman
Managing Partner
Loft Growth Partners
Marketing – Positioning Your Brand Story
Kylie Bailey
Marketing Consultant
GoodSense
Bob Burke
Natural Products Consulting
Madeline Haydon
Founder & CEO
nutpods
Lisa King
Founder
Eat My Lunch & AF Drinks
Betsy McGinn
CEO
McGinn eComm
Andy McLeish
Partner & Head of Strategy
Shine Ltd
Walter Robb
Principal
Stonewall Robb
Former co-CEO
Whole Foods Markets
Corinne Shindelar
Principal
All Natural Strategies
Lunch Speakers
Bob Burke
Natural Products Consulting
Stephen Hennessy
Chief Growth Officer
Orgain
Carlotta Mast
Market Leader and Sr. Vice President of Content and Insights
New Hope Network
Betsy McGinn
CEO
McGinn eComm
Investor Cohort
David Barber
Co-owner
Blue Hill Restaurants
Founding Partner
Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
Brad Barnhorn
Principal
Barnhorn Growth Advisors
Randal Barrett
Managing Director and co-founder
Pioneer Capital
Elliot Begoun
Founder and Brand Champion
TIG
David Bell
President and Co-Founder
Idea Farm Ventures
Bob Burke
Natural Products Consulting
Kirsty Campbell
Director/Comm’l Advisor; Ind Director
NZHL Financial Services, NZ
Andrew Chambers
Commercial Finance Adviser
Eightfold Financial Svcs
Angus Cooper
M&A/Sell-side Advisor
Agile Projex
Robert Craven
CEO
Findaway Adventures
Stephen Daubert
Investor
Echo Capital Group
Mark Feinberg
Managing Partner
Feinberg Capital Advisors (“FCA”)
Marisa Fong
Co-Founder
The Madison Group
Seth Goldman
Co-Founder
Eat the Change®
Jeanna Love
Commercial Manager
Poutama Trust
Nick McCoy
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Whipstitch Capital
David Plummer
Partner
Capital Advisory Partners New Zealand
Walter Robb
Principal
Stonewall Robb
Former co-CEO
Whole Foods Markets
Nancy Rosenzweig
Founder and Principal
ValuesAligned Capital
Jon Sandbrook
Investment Manager
WNT Ventures
Tom Spier
Founder & Managing Partner
Boulder Food Group
Chuck Templeton
Managing Director
S2G Ventures
Elly Truesdell
Managing Partner
New Fare Partners
David Wang
Founding Partner
Migrant Investor & Entrepreneur Association
Andy Whitman
Managing Partner
Loft Growth Partners