
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.

