“Food for Health” Mentors

As part of its award, our “Food for Health” winning team, Fresh Routes, has access to a suite of strategic management, marketing and other consulting services from leading business and food systems experts to further develop their business plan. Food for Health mentors include:

• Zinka Benton, GoodTV, LLC:  Legal concept basics

• Mike Blumenfeld, Myron Blumenfeld and Associates: Entrepreneurship and business planning:

• Sarah Brannen, Pattern for Progress: Governmental affairs and economic incentives

• Majora Carter, The Majora Carter Group: Community engagement

• Erica Dorn, ACCION USA: Microfinance and crowd-funding

• Jeff Merrill, Northwestern University: Organizational change and business plan development

• Marcy Walsh and team from CRT/tanaka: Food marketing and P.R.

• Candace Young, Food Trust: Food enterprise technical assistance

• Zac Zeitlin, ZZ Ventures:  Financial opportunities, attracting capital and socially-minded investors

Thank you to all these professionals for the generous donation of time and expertise to help make Fresh Routes a reality!