Robyn O'Brien

I was raised in Houston, Texas on meat and potatoes with a fair share of Doritos and Ding Dongs thrown in. I was not a foodie.

My background is motherhood and finance. I earned an MBA from Rice University on a full scholarship and graduated as the top woman in my class. I went on to work in the investment world, jockeying with the gang on Wall Street, as an equity analyst where I covered the food industry and the tech industry - meeting everyone from Martha Stewart, to Meg Whitman, to Henry Paulson, to the management team of Whole Foods along the way.

During those years, I learned a thing or two about “enhancing profitability and shareholder value” and “managing earnings and expectations”. And how management's primary responsibility is to the

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