2022 Cultivate Tomorrow Hackathon Pitch Event
Distinguished Speakers
Timothy Olsen, PhD
Global Director, Cultured Meat at Merck KGaA
Lejjy Gafour
President of CULT Food Science
Cutting-Edge New Food & Ag Tech
Shannon Nangle
Co-Founder and CEO of Circe
Eugene Wang
Head of Sophie's Bionutrients
Discussion Panel
Nicky Quinn
Global Marketing Director at Aleph Farms
Christina Agapakis
Creative Director at Ginkgo Bioworks
Isha Datar
Executive Director of New Harvest
Danielle Nierenberg
President of Food Tank
Dr. David Block
Professor and Chair at UC Davis
Discussion Panel
Navigating Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Cultivated Food Industry
Angela Braren
Head of New Ventures at Perfect Day
Eric Schulze
VP of Product & Regulation at Upside Foods
Max Rye
Co-Founder and Chief Strategist of Turtle Tree
Jess Krieger
Co-Founder and CEO of Ohayo Valley
Let's Discuss the Ethics of Commercializing Cultivated Foods
ARI RATNER,
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF BRAND MARKETING
PERFECT DAY
RITA HUANG,
HEAD OF MEDIA RELATIONS
TURTLETREE LABS
CHARLOTTE FRON
COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT ASSOCIATE
BIOMILQ
KRISTIE HUNG,
B2B MARKETING MANAGER
THE EVERY COMPANY
TERYN WOLFE,
DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT & STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS
MATRIX MEATS
BEN FRIEDMAN,
HEAD OF PRODUCT
WILDTYPE
ALAN PERLSTEIN,
CEO
CALIFORNIA CULTURES
ARYÉ ELFENBEIN,
CO-FOUNDER
WILDTYPE
CHRISTOPHE CHANTRE,
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
TENDER FOOD
BENNY LARSON,
VP OF RESEARCH AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
WILDTYPE
JESS KRIEGER ,
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
OHAYO VALLEY
JESSICA WEAVER
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
CULTURED DECADENCE
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NICKY QUINN,
GLOBAL MARKETING DIRECTOR
ALEPH FARMS
SHOU WONG,
VP EXTERNAL
INNOVATION
TURTLETREE
BENJAMIN FREEDMAN,
CHIEF OF STAFF
NEW CULTURE
DENIS RING,
FOUNDER
OCHO CANDY
RON SHIGETA,
FOUNDER
IACCELERATE.TECH
MARILYN MCNAMARA,
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
MATRIX MEATS
KRISTOPHER GASTERATOS
FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR
THE CELLULAR AGRICULTURE SOCIETY
SAAM SHAHROKHI,
CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE CTO
MISSION BARNS
TRAVIS CALLUE,
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
HIGHER STEAKS
BOB CONNOLLY,
VP OF MARKETING
MISSION BARNS
MATT GIBSON,
CEO/CO-FOUNDER
NEW CULTURE
CAS SMITH,
DIRECTOR OF GROWTH
GINKGO BIOWORKS
DAVID KAPLAN,
PROFESSOR
TUFTS UNIVERSITY
Mentors
Mentors were assigned to 1-2 teams for the duration of the 2022 hackathon, providing guidance and insights to students along the way.
Judges
Judges of the 2022 hackathon event reviewed final presentations and reports and selected the winners of each track area.
Track 1: Advertising Strategy
Ola Kulynych – Collaborative Fund
Sean Paquet – SVG Ventures
Kris Gasteratos – Cellular Agriculture Society
Carlos Vargas – Cargill
Meera Zassenhaus – New Harvest
Nate Crosser – Blue Horizon
Allison Gold – Verge Scientific
Pegah Mariani – Verge Scientific
Tim Fleschner* – Ultra
Jesse Lou* – MBA Harvard Business School
Track 3: Underutilized Resource
Bianca Datta – New Harvest Fellow
Luca Cera – Merck
Megan Kelly – Merck
Katherine Ruwe – BetterMeat Co.
Andrew Stout – New Harvest Fellow
Tasha Hermes – Cargill
Yadira Tejeda-Saldana – New Harvest
Nick Johnson* – Davis Alt. Protein Project
Rachael Floreani – Associate Professor, UVM
Ted O’Neill* – New Harvest Fellow
Nahee Kim* – Senti Biosciences
Kara Leong* – UC Davis
Track 2: Scientific Communication
Olivia Katcher – Collaborative Fund
Luisa Sucre – Collborative Fund
David Tonucci – Artemys Foods
Kathleen Nay – Perfect Day
Adil Yusuf* – Stealth Startup
Sophie Retchin* – Chapel Hill Alt Protein Project
* Indicates past involvement as an organizer of Cultivate Tomorrow.
Winning Teams
Expert judges announced the winning teams during the 2022 Cultivate Tomorrow Award Ceremony.
