Randy Allison : ALTER X Co.
Randy, born in 1971 in New York City, is a Generation X member and the oldest son of Mussy and Pop Pop. His background is a unique blend of Chicken Adobo and Presbyterian potlucks, a mix of Manila and Madison Avenue. In 1980, the Allison family, including Randy, relocated to Southern California in their 1976 Caprice Estate Station wagon, packed with wood-grain panels. Growing up under the smoggy skies of 1980s Los
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Adam Lowy : Move For Hunger
New Jersey native, Springsteen fan, and ASU Sun Devil for life, Adam founded Move For Hunger in the summer of 2009. Adam’s family has owned a moving company in New Jersey for nearly 100 years (dating back to Great Grandpa Lowy). After years of seeing so much food wasted when people move, Adam decided to take action.
When he’s not working, thinking, and talking about Move
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Lauren Abda : Rhode Island Poised to Emerge as a Top Food Innovator as Branchfood Sets Foot in Providence
In a strategic move that highlights Rhode Island’s potential as a food innovation hub, Boston based food launchpad Branchfood is expanding its operations into the state. Founded in 2015 by Lauren Abda, a Tufts University alumna who was drawn to nutrition and food innovation after her grandmother’s leukemia diagnosis, Branchfood has steadily grown as a nexus for “stage two”
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Chef Marc Murphy Joins Efforts to Aid Ukrainian Refugees
In the wake of the escalating conflict following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, renowned chef and restaurateur Marc Murphy has partnered with World Central Kitchen (WCK) to assist in feeding Ukrainian refugees who are fleeing the ongoing violence. The UN Refugee Agency‘s recent data suggests that the crisis has internally displaced approximately 6.5 million Ukrainians, while an
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Komal Ahmad: Revolutionizing Food Redistribution
Komal Ahmad, once a student of the University of California, Berkeley and a Navy midshipman, has transformed the way we think about and manage food waste. Although her South Asian immigrant background steered her towards conventional professions like medicine or law, her true calling was discovered on a seemingly ordinary day in Berkeley. An encounter with a starving
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Dr. C Nicole Mason : Born Bright : A Young Girl’s Journey from Nothing to Something in America
Nothing to Something in America
Recently named one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune Magazine, Dr. C. Nicole Mason is President/CEO Emeritus of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR). Having stepped into this role in November 2019, Dr. Mason was the youngest person to lead one of the major think tanks in Washington, D.C.
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