Events: Haas
Edible Education 101 Course
Date / Time: Starts January 23, 2019. Wednesday evenings from 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Location: Andserson Auditorium
Register by course number: UGABA192T-2
Edible Education 101 is a two-unit weekly lecture series that brings renown experts—leading academics and practitioners--- to campus to share their visions, research and experiences about food and its critical role in our culture, well-being and survival. Past guest experts have included Michael Pollan, Carlo Petrini, Raj Patel, Marion Nestle, and Dan Barber. Students are required to complete assigned readings, attend all lectures, and write two papers. The course is open to undergraduate and graduate students from all schools at the University.
Non-Haas Events/Activities/Info
NEW: Graduate Certificate of Food Systems
More information
Contact: Rosalie Z. Fanshel, Program Manager, Berkeley Food Institute, rzfanshel@berkeley.edu
The Berkeley Food Institute, School of Public Health, and Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley are pleased to announce the launch of a new Graduate Certificate in Food Systems. The certificate responds to an escalating need to empower new leaders with the capacity to create innovative solutions to pressing food and agriculture challenges. Building on UC Berkeley’s strength as a multi-disciplinary pioneer in food systems studies, the Certificate in Food Systems prepares Masters and Doctoral students to think critically about the multi-level, multi-system factors that affect food production, distribution, and consumption locally, nationally, and globally.
Rabobank-MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize Competition
App Deadline: Closes 12/21
Register here
The Rabobank-MIT Food & Agribusiness Innovation Prize, sponsored by Rabobank and supported by MIT J-WAFS and the MIT Food and Agriculture Club, is a premier business-plan competition for university and graduate students. The competition takes place in two stages: teams will submit their first round applications by late December, from which finalists will be selected to pitch their business plans at a final event in Spring 2019 and compete for a total of $30,000 in prize money.
MBArk2Boulder Food Leadership Conference
Date / Time: January 2 - 4, 2019
Location: University of Colorado
Register here
This is the latest program from MBArk, which has been connecting students to the natural products industry since 2011.
It is geared toward graduate students, undergrads, and recent grads from all around North America who are passionate about careers in food – from marketing to sustainability to agricultural systems to entrepreneurship to investing to addressing food waste. Also contact Doug Massa, CMG Relationship Manager, for more details.
Survey for Project MAPS (Mental Health Awareness and Perceptions)
Project MAPS explores the perceptions of mental health, help seeking, and anxiety. Participants who complete this survey will have the chance to win a $50 gift card. Most individuals are able to complete the survey in approximately 10-20 minutes. Reach out to Temple University student Linda (linda.ruan@temple.edu) or Dr. Laura Pendergast (laura.pendergast@temple.edu) with any questions or concerns.
Career Opportunities
NEW: Crafty
Role: General Manager and Interns
Reach out directly to: Harry Goldberg (harry_goldberg@mba.berkeley.edu)
Crafty’s mission is to help companies craft better workplaces. They work with offices to elevate happiness by providing snacks, beverages, alcohol, and cool happy hour events! Crafty is seeking a General Manager to be our first expansion market GM and an instrumental part of our expansion plans. Your primary responsibility will be to own, run, iterate, & ideate the launch of Crafty’s first expansion market. More details here.
NEW: Good Medicine Co.
Role: MBA Strategist
Reach out directly to: astrid@thegoodmedicinecompany.com
Interested in supporting an early-stage start-up get clean food to more people? Good Medicine Co-Founder Astrid Schanz-Garbassi is looking for a savvy MBA student to help her build a roadmap and financial model for the company. Her vision is to build a "pharmacy” of delicious, clean, targeted products for all of life’s health moments. Good Medicine Co will eventually offer care packages and subscriptions filled with foods to support everything from prenatal nutrition to cold and flu to surgery recovery. Their first product is designed to support postpartum recovery and is targeted at new moms — you can read more about it on their pre-launch site. Astrid and her business partner are open to cash or equity compensation for this work.
NEW: Revolution Foods
Role: Internal Audit Senior Manager, FInancial Planning and Analysis Manager
See job postings are on CareerNet, Deadline is 12/21
Revolution Foods is a fast-growing, mission-driven company. Our core business is in building lifelong healthy eaters through making kid inspired, chef crafted food accessible to all. The Senior Manager, Internal Auditor is responsible for developing and adhering to an internal audit program, identifying and assessing internal risks, obtain and evaluate internal policies and procedures, preparing and presenting reports regarding findings, developing recommendations, and conducting follow-up audits. The Financial Planning & Analysis Manager will provide Financial Planning and Analysis support for all corporate functions, preparation of all Board presentation, consolidation of total company performance, and management of all KPI summaries.
Green Valley Creamery
Role: Brand Manager
See attached description and send e-mail to christina@redwoodhill.com with "GVC Brand Manager" in the subject line. Mention Shom Gupta referred you.
The Brand Manager for Green Valley Creamery is a core member of the marketing & sales department with a broad range
of responsibilities. Under the guidance of the Director of Marketing, the Brand Manager is in charge of developing and
executing clearly-defined marketing, communications and innovations strategies to support our ambitious growth goals and
to increase awareness for the Green Valley Creamery brand. This is a highly visible position with great potential for learning
and growth.
Premier Nutrition Corp.
Role: Associate Brand Manager Internship & Full-Time
Sign up for a coffee chat on December 3 from 12:00pm - 4:00pm and apply for the role on Careernet.
PNC), is a leader in nutrition products (bars, drinks, powders) that bring good energy to people everywhere. Managing and growing the PowerBar®, Premier Protein®, Supreme Protein®, and Joint Juice® brands, the company has successfully made nutritious high protein products mainstream, and continues to expand its offerings in the everyday portable energy space. Contact Doug Massa (dmassa@haas.berkeley.edu) if you are unable to attend the coffee chat but are still interested in the organization.
FutureFoodCo Food Future Fund Fellow
Role: Food Future Fund Fellow
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Apply by sending your resume and cover letter to info@foodfuture.co.
FoodFutureCo is offering a unique opportunity for motivated individuals to work closely with our core team, EIR and advisor community to get hands-on exposure to accelerator and fund operations, food system design, social entrepreneurship, key industry leaders, and much more.
The Fellow will be expected to dedicate a minimum of 15-20 hours per week towards supporting the Food Future Fund. This position requires a six-month commitment with longer term, and full-time potential.
Sweetgreen
Role: Associate Chief of Staff
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Apply here
As the Associate to the Chief of Staff at sweetgreen, you will work closely with the Chief of Staff to assist in supporting the executive team to articulate the strategic vision and execution plan across the organization. You will partner with internal stakeholders at varying levels to serve as a key resource, ensure deadlines and deliverables are met, engage in a broad array of strategic activities and assist in drafting internal and external communication on behalf of the leadership team. You will use your organizational skills and self-starter attitude to prioritize and complete multiple asks simultaneously. This role is an ideal opportunity for an ambitious and talented candidate looking to gain business management insight and build experience in a hands-on environment directly supporting executive leadership.
The Wonderful Company
Role: MBA Strategy Intern for Summer 2019
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Apply by looking it up on CareerNet
Resume submission due by January 1, 2019. Candidate should have 2-5 years of experience in operations, management consulting, investment banking, private equity, or equivalent leadership development positions. Additional experience with CPG strategy, with experience in operations, finance, and/or marketing preferred.
Contacts
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2018 Board (New Board Coming!)
Co-Presidents: Jose Alonso / Shom Gupta
VP Careers: Victoria Williams-Ononye / Greg Schorr
VP Academics: Maryli Cheng / Maggie Fried
VP Finance: Nick Greczyna
VP Communications: Bree Jenkins
VP Community: Julianne Feder
VP Campus Partnerships: Nellie Boonman / Robert Bui
VP Bay Area Partnerships: Joanna Lyons
VP Sustainability: Elaine Hsu
VP Food Entrepreneurship: Aun Hussain
VP CPG: Jacob Koshland
VP Food Tech: Steele Lorenz
VP Investing: Richard Levernier
VP Food Service: Kevin Phan
VP Health / Nutrition: Kate Hancock
VP Desserts: Shweta Joshi
VP Tacos: Naomi Siegel
VP Beyond Dumplings: Sipian Wang
Club Advisor: Will Rosenzweig
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