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Meet our team!
Gabriela Perez-Hernandez
Managing Director
Jonah Hurtado-Macias
Program & Events Coordinator
Heather Meyer
Marketing Consultant
Wendy Spreenberg
Senior Business Consultant
Michigan Small Business Development Center
Southwest Region
Dana Edwards
Kitchen Director
Sprout
Howie Sher
Advising Services
Founder Cohorts
JPG Resources
Meet our collaborators!
Caroline Bowker
FFI/OBE Programming & Outreach Specialist Food Finance Institute
John Hart
Development Director,
Small Business Development
City of Battle Creek
Laura Wood-Romito
Innovation Counselor, MSU Product Center
MSU Extension Educator, Wayne County
Partnership Liaison with Battle Creek Food Reimagined
Amy Hilton
Program Manager Entrepreneurship Initiatives
Grand Valley State University
Battle Creek Innovation Hub
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Jose Luis Orozco, Jr, LPC
Executive Director
Voces
José Aste
José Aste
Innovation Counselor
Michigan State University - Product Center
Christina Khim
Executive Director
Burmese American Initiative Inc
(Burma Center)