Jane Strode Miller Email & Phone Number

Jane is a CPG industry executive with experience ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. She, once again, is the CEO of Rudi's Rocky Mountain Bakery and previously held CEO positions with Lily's Sweets, HannahMax Cookie Chips, ProYo and Charter Baking Company (Rudi's Organic Bakery).Prior to Charter, Jane had twenty-five years of experience in large consumer product companies. She was part of an executive team that brought Hostess out of bankruptcy. She worked for HJHeinz as the Chief Growth Officer and then the President of the UK & Ireland Division. She ran the Western division of Bestfoods Baking (now Bimbo Bakeries). The first fourteen years of her career were at PepsiCo, where she rose to be the President of the Central division of Frito-Lay.Jane's passion is mentoring the next generation of leaders. She is the author of a sassy business book, Sleep Your Way to the Top (and other myths about business success). In 2021, she co-founded Haevn, a start-up focused on early career development.Jane previously served as a board member at the University of Colorado's Leeds Business School and Eldorado Springs Artesian Water and Justin's. Her involvement as a mentor for young professionals and start-ups resulted in her being named the Lifetime Achievement Award Winner for the Denver Business Journal in 2013, the Boulder Chamber of Commerce’s Women Who Light the Community in 2015, Naturally Boulder's Industry Leader in 2016 and Knox College's Alumni Award in 2017. Jane established the Jane Knows Scholarship Fund at Leeds supporting students who are the first in their family to go to college and received a service award from Leeds in 2018. In 2024, Jane was recognized as a Nosh Notable.Jane has a Russian Studies degree from Knox College in Galesburg, IL and an MBA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.