ReFresh Working Group

Food Tank’s Refresh Working Group

The Refresh Working Group (RWG) brings together food, agriculture, and technology experts to ensure the positive application and responsible use of emerging technologies and data across these sectors. The group represents multisector stakeholders from across the agriculture, food, and technology industries, including distribution, retail, and consumer goods. RWG strives to ensure robust and healthy agriculture, and food marketplaces where innovation thrives and where small and big players alike can drive positive improvements throughout the global food system.

To join or for more information about Food Tank’s Refresh Working Group please email Food Tank Co-founder Bernard Pollack at bernard@foodtank.com

Refresh Working Group Publications

Refresh Working Group Members

Robert Nathan Allen

Founder, Executive Director

Little Herds

Marta Antonelli

Head of Research


Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition

Cynthia Billops

VP, Operations, Membership & Belonging

One Step Closer

Don Bustos

Owner


Santa Cruz Farm

Deb Casurella

CEO


MyAgData

Joi Chevallier

Founder, President


The Cook's Nook

Girish Chowdhary

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tim Day

Principal


Ice Miller LLP

Miri Eliyahu

Senior Research Analyst


Euromonitor International

Irving Fain

Founder and CEO


Bowery Farming

Craig Ganssle

Founder and CEO


Farmwave

Ashley Hartman

Managing Partner


Bluestein Ventures

Phillip Holmes

Founder and CEO


Swell Creative Group

Kyle Joseph

Former Head of AI Innovation & Partnerships

American Family Insurance

Mark Kaplan

Founder and Partner


Envisible

Laura Katz

CEO and Founder


Helaina

Kevin Krueger

Senior Manager Indirect Procurement


Insomnia Cookies

Lillian Kwang

Customer Success Lead


ClimateAi

Ali Lange

Privacy Manager


Google

Joe Luck

Professor of Biological Systems Engineering

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Lindsey Lusher Shute

CEO; Co-Owner


Farm Generations Coop; Hearty Roots Farm

Carlotta Mast

SVP and Market Leader


New Hope Network

Michelle Miller

Associate Director


University of Wisconsin Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems

Jeff Mitchel

Chief Technology Officer


HerdDogg

Rebekah Moses

Vice President of Impact Strategy

Iron Ox

Isa Mujahid

Founder


Sankofa Cooperatives

Audra Mulkern

Founder


The Female Farmer Project

Anthony Myint

Co-Founder, Executive Director

Zero Footprint

Michel Nischan

Founder and President


Wholesome Wave

Holly Parker

Chief Strategy and Program Officer

Fair Food Network

Alicia Powers

Managing Director, Hunger Solutions Institute

Auburn University

Amanda Ramcharan

Head of Global Breeding Corn Systems

Bayer Crop Science

Ankita Raturi

Assistant Professor


Agricultural Informatics Lab, Purdue University

Lee Recht

Vice President Sustainability


Aleph Farms

Ted Robb

Co-Founder


New Barn

Chinmay Soman

Co-Founder and CEO


EarthSense

Katie Stebins

Executive Director


Tufts Food & Nutrition Institute

Matthew Wadiak

Founder and CEO


Everybody CleanUp

Karen Washington

Co-Owner and Organic Grower

Rise & Root Farm

Olivia Weinstein

Nutrition Innovation and Implementation Director

Boston Medical Center

Rick Whitted

President and CEO


U.S. Hunger

Ben Worley

CEO


AgriSource Data

Jimmy Wright

President


Wright’s Market

Amy Wu

Founder & Chief Content Director

From Farms to Incubators

Erin Meyer

Sustainable Food Programs Coordinator

University of California, Merced

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