Jen Shafer is a designer, social scientist, and entrepreneur. After earning a B.A. in Psychology from Rice University in Houston, she began her career as a mergers and acquisitions consultant working with clients in energy, technology, and healthcare. Eager to...
Matt is an entrepreneurial product innovation, operations, and supply chain leader with experience in consumer industries (primarily food, healthcare, and tech/hardware). He currently runs Big Forest LLC, a fractional operations and innovation services consultancy,...
Sezin is the co-founder and advisor of Mori, a Tufts SilkLabspinoff, that focuses on extending the shelf life of food by its edible silk coating. She has built and grew the technical strategy and team from 1 to 60+ and served as VP of R&D and VP of Innovation. She...
Jimmy teaches Food & Entrepreneurship (NUTR 280) at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition, co-teaches in an advisory/mentorship role for Master of Science in Innovation & Management students in New Product Innovation (EM221), and oversees special projects...
Hallie is the Operations Manager for the Food & Nutrition Innovation Institute. In this role, she is responsible for all administrative and operational aspects of the program. She previously managed several faculty research projects, including INDDEX, IMMANA, and...