Biography

Caroline eats adventure for breakfast. Her commitment to saying “yes” has led her on an unconventional path to transform the global food system, taking her from White House intern for First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative, to Fulbright Fellow in Taiwan, to UN World Food Programme assistant in Cambodia, to regenerative farmer in Italy, to venture-backed entrepreneur in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Prior to joining FSI, Caroline was the Co-Founder & COO of Renewal Mill, an award-winning startup upcycling the byproducts of food manufacturing into premium ingredients and delicious plant-based consumer products to reduce food waste at scale. She served as a founding board member and the inaugural Board President of the Upcycled Food Association, the first trade association and certification for upcycled brands.

Caroline started her entrepreneurship journey accelerating startups along the food supply chain at the Techstars Farm to Fork program. She also spent time at the global tech company HubSpot, where she founded and ran the company’s first women’s diversity program, Women@HubSpot. She continues to regularly advise and mentor startups across the food, tech, DEI, and circular economy sectors through Techstars, the National Science Foundation I-Corps program, ICA Fund, and the UC Davis Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Caroline currently sits on the board of the Baratta Center for Global Business Education at Georgetown University.

Caroline grew up immersed in food, working for her family’s ice cream business in Sandwich, MA. She studied Human Science at Georgetown University and has been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 (Food & Drink), the 50 Best Restaurants’ 50 NEXT, and the Grist 50 Climate Fixers lists. Her work has been featured in The Guardian, Vox, Fast Company, Food & Wine, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Associated Press, and The Boston Globe, as well as numerous podcasts.