Don is a strategic legal advisor and corporate counsel to emerging growth and middle-market Food & Beverage, Food Tech, and Ag Tech innovators and investors. His clients are based in the major U.S. food hubs, including the Bay Area, Boulder, Brooklyn, Austin and Los Angeles. His law firm, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (DWT), has one of the largest food & beverage practices in the United States, with over 40 attorneys serving food venture entrepreneurs, emerging brands, larger food companies, and the private equity firms that invest in them, at every level of the food chain from "Farm to Label". Don is a Founding Faculty Member and member of the Advisory Board of the Food Business School at the Culinary Institute of America (Napa Valley). He currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the board of Directors of KCETLink TV, the public television station in LA, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Technion Society - San Francisco Chapter.

Lisa Curtis is the Founder & CEO of Kuli Kuli Foods, the leading brand turning global superfoods like moringa into lasting impact for your body and our planet. Kuli Kuli’s wellness powders and gummies are sustainably sourced from African women and other small farmers around the world and sold in 11,000 U.S. stores. Lisa began working on Kuli Kuli while serving in the Peace Corps and has grown it into a multi-million dollar social enterprise.

Prior to Kuli Kuli, Lisa served as the Communications Director at Mosaic where she managed a team of six to grow the company from zero to over $5M invested in clean energy. Previously, Lisa wrote political briefings for President Obama in the White House, served as a United Nations Environment Programme Youth Advisor, and worked at an impact investment firm in India. Lisa has been recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and Inc Magazine’s Top 100 Female Founders list. She has been featured in numerous outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and on MSNBC's Morning Joe. Learn more at www.kulikulifoods.com and www.lisamariecurtis.com.

Keith Kohler is an expert on all forms of debt financing. He is the author of CPG Financing Guide: Debt Financing and a frequent speaker and panelist on financing. His signature strategy call -- Your Financing Review -- gives founders a 2-3 comprehensive financing strategy to support their growth.

Anderson Silveira is a Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager for the San Francisco Bay Area market in Commercial Banking at Bank of America. In this capacity, his responsibilities include leading a team of specialists focused on understanding each client’s unique needs to deliver strategic financial guidance and solutions. Anderson’s mission is to help local companies thrive by achieving their business goals, no matter how simple or how complex.

Bringing 20 years of banking experience, Anderson joined Bank of America in 2019. Anderson began his banking career at Wells Fargo Bank. Throughout his banking career, Anderson has served mid-sized companies throughout the San Francisco Bay Area to support their commercial banking needs. Anderson has held various roles from Business Banker, Branch Manager, Business Acquisition Consultant, Business Development Officer, just to name a few.

To help create a more sustainable future for the companies and communities he serves, Anderson volunteers with several not-for-profit organizations focused on ending hunger, supporting education, growing local economies and homelessness. In addition, he is the Charter President of San Rafael Evening Rotary Club and he also serves on the Mill Valley Masonic Hall Association as a Past Master.

Originally from Brasilia, Brazil Anderson moved to San Rafael, CA in 2002 where he currently resides with his wife and two son’s.