FS6 Advisors

• Leilani Barnett, Regional Manager, Community Development, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• David Bennett, Supermarket Industry Consultant, Mollie Stone’s Market -Co-Founder
• Ted Cizma, Executive Chef, Space Explorations Technology
• Michael Cosby, Leadership Consultant
• Rada Doganjieva, Agriculture Programs, Clif Bar 
• Mike Dovbish, Executive Director, Nutrition Capital Network​
• Sophie Egan, Author, How to Be a Conscious Eater, and Founder, Full Table Solutions
• Lorin Fries, Founder and Lead Partner, FutureTable  
• Maisie Ganzler,  VP Strategy, Bon Appetit Management Company
• Monica Jain, Founder & President, Fish 2.0
• Laura Jenkins, Director of Partnerships, GlobalSF​
• AG Kawamura, Farmer;  former California Secretary of Agriculture
• Roberta Klugman, Founder, Klugman and Associates
• Angela McKee Brown, Deputy Executive Director, The Edible Schoolyard Project
• Daphne Miller, MD, Clinical Professor | Family & Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Project Scientist | COEH School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
• Loretta Oden, Chef and Native American Food Historian 
• Mark Ritchie, Former Secretary of State, Minnesota
• Susan Rockefeller, Founder Musings and Partner Louverture Films​
• Nancy Roulston. Director of Corporate Policy & Animal Scientist, Farm Animal Welfare. ASPCA®.
• Faye Sahai, Global Head of Innovation and Business Centers at AIG
• Errol Schweizer, Natural Products Retail and Food Policy Professional
• Katrina Stanislaw​, Partner, FoodCrunch; Sustainable Food Systems Adjunct Professor, Montana State University
• Wood Turner, Agriculture Capital Management; Former VP Sustainability - Stonyfield Farms
• Tom Turpen, Founder and CEO, SensIT Ventures

Mentors

To support FS6 entrepreneurs, we provide access to an extensive network of mentors that represent the leading thinkers and practitioners across the food system, including seasoned entrepreneurs, non-profit and corporate leaders, investors and business domain experts. 

  • Mentors who work with individual accelerator cohort participants help develop their business or program in support of achieving their next major milestone. As part of the cohort intake process, FS6 works with entrepreneurs to determine what areas a participant would most benefit from support by a mentor and FS6 works closely with our mentors to identify a good match. 
  • Mentors who work with a cohort as a group primarily focus on a specific topic in the curriculum. Examples include:
    • A particular area of business strategy such as fundraising vehicles, go-to-market plans or messaging and branding
    • Insights into key areas of the value chain from farm to fork and the integration of sustainability, health and equity objectives
    • Status and implications of active policy initiatives such as traceability and transparency standards, SNAP programs or federal waste reduction targets.​
Some of our mentors:
• Andrew Beebe, Managing Director, Obvious Ventures
• Aner Ben-Ami, Director of Investments, PI investments
• Kate Danaher, Senior Manager, Social Enterprise & Integrated Capital, RSF Social Finance
• Dana Gunders, Staff Scientist & Food Waste Expert, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Allison Hagey, Food System Policy, Legal & Regulatory expert, Braunhagey & Borden LLP
• Jessica Hayes, Sustainable Supply Chain & Procurement Expert, Blue Apron
• Justina Lai,  Director of Impact Investing, Wetherby Asset Management
• Jonathan Mi, Principal, Brightpath Capital Partners​​
• Deana Moore, Founder, Owner, The Markitecture Studio
• Jennifer O'Conner, Founder, Guidelight Strategies ​
• Meredith Storton, Lending Associate, RSF Social Finance
• Julia Sze, Good Food Ventures​, Arabella Advisors
• Karen Trilevsky, Founder, FullBloom Baking Company