FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Eve Turow-Paul is a globally-recognized thought leader on youth food culture, well-being, and sustainability. At FCL, Turow-Paul supports groundbreaking strategic narrative and behavioral design research around food and climate issues. Through her writing, consultancy (ETP Insights), and nonprofit leadership, Eve focuses on harnessing food culture as a tool for mental, physical, and environmental health. Her latest book is Hungry: Avocado Toast, Instagram Influencers, and Our Search for Connection and Meaning (BenBella, 2020), which explores the ‘why’ behind today’s biggest food and lifestyle trends.

DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY

Sophie Egan, MPH, leads strategic partnerships, spearheads implementation and impact strategies, and facilitates trainings of FCL’s best practices for how to talk about food and climate. An internationally recognized leader at the intersection of food, health, and climate, Sophie is the author of How to Be a Conscious Eater: Making Food Choices That Are Good for You, Others, and the Planet (Workman, 2020). Sophie is also a New York Times contributor, and the founder of Full Table Solutions, a consulting practice that’s a catalyst for food systems transformation.

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

As a hands-on, strategic project leader contributing to a sustainable transition in the food sector, Chhavi Jatwani leverages design thinking, systems thinking and creative problem solving for complex food system challenges. Chhavi has managed projects for CPG companies like Nestle, Dole and Ab-Inbev and for organizations like FAO, EIT Food and the Italian trade agency. She is a two-time grant holder to research design thinking in the agrifood sector and has been recognized as one of the 100 leading protagonists in the fight against climate crisis.

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Gesina Beckert has a degree in International Business and holds multiple design-thinking certificates. Over her career in food supply chains, circular economy and renewable energy organizations, she implemented social and environmental impact on four continents. She is dedicated to applying the latest research from those fields to develop narratives and design environments that inspire climate-friendly and healthy eating behaviors.

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS LEAD

A career journalist and creative leader, Kelly Killian as more than a decade of experience reimagining and launching innovative content programs for foodservice media brands and organizations, including Foodservice Equipment Reports, Restaurant Business and FoodService Director. A frequent speaker and moderator at conferences and events, she is a respected voice and storyteller in the industry. She is a mentor with the Generation Next program by Ad Age and Meta, and serves on the board of Aspiritech, a QA testing company that empowers individuals on the autism spectrum through meaningful employment and social opportunity.

SENIOR RESEARCHER

Danielle Boles, PhD, received her PhD in Psychology from Stanford University where she developed scalable interventions to address socioeconomic and racial disparities in health promotion. Prior to Stanford, she received her BA in Psychology and Environmental Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz where she led university efforts to democratize food systems and sustainability movements. Her research has informed health tech startups, dining services, and youth education programs how to change cultural narratives of plant-based foods and harness the untapped potential of marginalized communities to contribute to global health and climate goals.

SENIOR RESEARCHER

As a social and environmental psychologist, Julie Delose, PhD, uses the empirical approach to understand human attitudes and motivations for engaging in sustainable behaviors. After earning her master and doctoral degrees in psychology from the University of Georgia, she was Assistant Professor of Psychology at Young Harris College. She has led and advised on numerous research projects and taught lower and upper-level psychology courses, including environmental psychology, psychology of eating, and research methods and statistics. Her research has been published in Self & Identity, Appetite, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and the Journal of Social Psychology.

SENIOR DESIGN RESEARCHER

Stephanie Szemetylo received her MDes in Integrative Design from the University of Michigan, where she investigated the role of participatory design approaches in developing behavior change interventions to encourage plant-forward eating in restaurant contexts. Before her graduate studies, Stephanie was an industrial designer at Kohler, where she collaborated with interdisciplinary teams on front-end research and design projects across Kitchen and Bath product categories, earning three international design awards and four U.S. patents. Stephanie earned her BS in Industrial Design from the University of Cincinnati.

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Veronica Champine, PhD, earned her doctorate in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (HDNR) and MS in Conservation Leadership from Colorado State University (CSU). Her PhD dissertation focused on promoting native plant gardening behaviors in the U.S. and her Master’s Capstone project evaluated the social outcomes of a free summer breakfast program in Fort Collins, Colo. She also holds a BA in Psychology with a minor in Educational Studies from UC Santa Barbara. She’s worked as a research scientist at the CSU Animal-Human Policy Center and as an adjunct professor in the HDNR department, and her work has been published in multiple academic journals.

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

In her past lives, Kidest Fikremariam has served as an instructional designer, project manager, and behavioral health researcher across higher education, nonprofit, and tech industries. Originally from Washington, D.C., Kidest is passionate about public service, and has enjoyed working on a variety of projects spanning climate action, global health, and K-12 education at the United Nations, Talkspace, and Teachers College. Kidest earned her Master of Arts in psychology, and her Bachelor of Arts in political science and East Asian languages and cultures from Columbia University, where she was a John W. Kluge Scholar.

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Ting Ting Eeo holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies/Business from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before joining FCL, she held roles in sales, program management, and operations across various nonprofits and social enterprises, working in climate change policy, technology, and sustainable agriculture sectors.

RESEARCH PROJECT MANAGER

Before joining FCL, Katie Silva worked at ideas42 driving impact by applying behavioral science research in the fields of economic justice, education, charitable giving and governance. Katie also conducted research studies at Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center to advance knowledge on chronic pain and the effects of financial stress on health. She holds a BS in Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University and is passionate about the intersection of behavioral science and climate-smart food consumption and production. She is dedicated to applying her research and behavioral design skills to tackle climate change by building an equitable, nutritious, and sustainable food system.