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I am a food systems advisor, changemaker, and storyteller, who shapes and scales viability, sustainability, and impact. My leadership capacity is fortified by expertise in the culinary craft and operations management, program administration, production efficiency, supply chain optimization, merchandising, distribution, and stakeholder relationships. I liaise trust, elevate value propositions, enhance customer experiences, communicate attentively, leverage resources, mitigate risk, and attain favored outcomes.I bridge gaps in supplier diversity, equity, and inclusion, and cultivate opportunities that support startup, mid-stage, and emerging BIPOC, MWBE, and DBE farmers, producers, artisans, and merchants. My most impactful work is incubating, promoting, and fortifying marginalized, underserved, and undercapitalized entrepreneurs and introducing their products and services to omnichannel wholesale and retail markets. Additional areas of expertise include:Food Systems Strategic Advisory and ConsultationCommercial kitchen design, configuration, equipment, and efficiencyGovernment, non-profit organization, private sector food systems administrationUSDA AMS Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Program and Value-Added ProductionFAA Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Management (ACDBE)