Jane Franch Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Berkeley, California, United States

Jane Franch is the Senior Director of Climate Impact at Pivot Bio, a sustainable agriculture company transforming the way farmers grow the food the world needs. The company’s patented nutrition technology harnesses nature to solve agriculture’s biggest challenge: delivering nitrogen to plants to feed a growing population without the negative impacts of.

- Owned supply relationships from farm to warehouse, enabling Numi's purpose driven business model built on strong partnerships and shared impact. Established direct source for rooibos, improving cost & logistics efficiencies for growers and Numi. Secured novel, niche, and difficult to source ingredients by scaling up direct sourcing, enabling Numi to win.

Oakland, CA

Emeryville, CA

Responsible for driving operations, including staff management and P&L oversight, across Sustainability, Food Safety, and Training within Food & Agriculture division. Leadership across department of 35 employees, with 8 direct manager level reports. Client engagement for key accounts.

Emeryville, CA

- Developed bespoke ethical sourcing programs, including auditing / verification protocols, auditor trainings, and on the ground program implementation with stakeholders across the value chain. Programs designed to manage risk and optimize outcomes across a range of ESG issues, including environmental stewardship, deforestation, agrochemical management.

Emeryville, CA

- Primary responsibility for Starbucks C.A.F.E. and Cocoa Practices, with a focus on Africa and Asia.- Training and auditing for locally based verification organizations and auditors/verifiers, including training and auditing at origin, developing reports and program updates for client, and internal coordination with program staff and locally based.

Assistant to Professor Gordon BradleyAssistant to Professor Frank Gruelich

Researched implications and outcomes associate with the visual perception of the forest landscape under FSC, SFI, and non-certified management and preparing results for academic presentation. Developed annotated investigative paper on the increasing role of REIT and TIMO investor ownership structures in forest management decisions and outcomes.

Carmel, CA

- Founding director of the Native Plants education program at an award winning K-12 environmental non-profit, MEarth at the Hilton Bialek Habitat. Budget, fundraising, and staffing responsibilities within Native Plants & Habitat Restoration program. - Established legacy partnerships with multiple stakeholders in habitat restoration in and around Monterey.

Bangkok, Thailand

http://www.jockmontgomery.comDesigned and implemented best practices for converting world-class freelance travel photographer from slide to digital photography, including workflow for converting 60,000+ slide images to digital. Scanning, color correction, and archiving (including keyword search) for digital images. Prepare and submit images for media.

Ba, English Literature

Ms, Forest Management/Forest Resources Management

Graduate Certificate, International Development Policy And Management

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