Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO HARNESS THE POWER OF FOOD INNOVATION AND MARKETS TO TRANSFORM THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM AWAY FROM CONVENTIONAL ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND TOWARD PLANT-BASED MEAT, EGGS AND DAIRY; PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING CELLULAR AGRICULTURE (E.G., CULTIVATED MEAT AND PRECISION FERMENTED DAIRY AND EGG PROTEINS); AND PRODUCTS PRODUCED VIA FERMENTATION (COLLECTIVELY, ALTERNATIVE PROTEINS").
CREATING A SUSTAINABLE, HEALTHY, AND JUST FOOD SYSTEM.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - GFI'S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT ACCELERATES THE SCIENCE OF ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN TECHNOLOGIES. GFI'S SCIENTISTS ARE THE GLOBAL EXPERTS IN THIS SECTOR AND WORK TO ENSURE THAT A ROADMAP EXISTS FOR ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN INNOVATION, THAT THE BEST SCIENTISTS ARE ENGAGED IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT SIGNIFICANT FUNDS ARE DIRECTED TOWARD THE HIGHEST IMPACT AREAS OF ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN RESEARCH. GFI'S SCITECH TEAM IS FOCUSED ON THREE PRINCIPLE ACTIVITIES:1. ANALYZING CURRENT AND FUTURE TECHNICAL CHALLENGES AND IDENTIFYING THE MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALTERNATIVE PROTEINS.2. MOBILIZING FUNDING FOR OPEN-ACCESS RESEARCH AND EARLY-STAGE COMMERCIALIZATION OF ALTERNATIVE PROTEINS.3. INSPIRING AND SUPPORTING THE NEXT GENERATION OF INNOVATORS IN THE ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN INDUSTRY.
COMMUNICATIONS - GFI'S COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WORKS TO ENSURE THAT GFI'S WORK ACROSS THE OTHER PROGRAMMATIC DEPARTMENTS ACHIEVES MAXIMUM IMPACT AND POSITIONS GFI AS A THOUGHT LEADER IN THE ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN SPACE. THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM SECURES MEDIA ATTENTION FOR MISSION-ALIGNED COMPANIES, FOR THE SCIENCE OF ALTERNATIVE PROTEINS GENERALLY, FOR GFI'S REGULATORY AND STATUTORY WORK, AND FOR GFI'S CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, THEREBY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF GFI. COMMUNICATIONS DRIVES THE CONVERSATION ABOUT INNOVATIVE ALTERNATIVES TO INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL AGRICULTURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, INSERTS GFI EXPERTS INTO THE CONVERSATION AT KEY CONFERENCES, AND MAINTAINS A WEBSITE THAT SERVES AS THE WEB'S CENTRAL HUB FOR INFORMATION RELATED TO ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION.
INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT - IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2019, GFI'S INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WAS RESTRUCTURED INTO THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT LEVERAGES THE EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES DEVELOPED BY GFI'S U.S. STAFF AND DEVELOPS NEW STRATEGIES AND MATERIALS FOR LOCAL MARKETS BY TAKING CULTURE, LANGUAGE, RELIGION, SYSTEMS, AND OPPORTUNITIES INTO ACCOUNT. THUS, ON A GLOBAL SCALE, MORE SCIENTISTS WILL FOCUS ON ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN; POLICY AND REGULATORY PROGRESS WILL BE ACCELERATED; MORE COMPANIES WILL BE GENERATED AND THOSE THAT ARE CREATED WILL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL; AND MORE MEDIA COVERAGE OF ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN INNOVATION WILL BE GENERATED.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Bruce Friedrich | PRESIDENT, TREASURER, EXEC. DIRECTOR | 40 | $95,286 |
| Sarah David | SECRETARY, COUNSEL, DIR. OF FINANCE | 40 | $72,216 |
| Amy Shepherd | SECRETARY, COUNSEL, DIR. OF FINANCE | 40 | $21,138 |
| Stewart David | CHAIR | 5 | $0 |
| Nathan Runkle | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Kathleen Freston | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Vandhana Balasubramanian | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
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