Helene York

Strategic Advisor, Where Food Comes From; Faculty for the Food Business School at The Culinary Institute of America; San Francisco, CA

Helene York is a strategic advisor and specialist in sustainability and supply chain innovation, and an adjunct professor for the Food Business School at The Culinary Institute of America. She has spent her career questioning business as usual, partnering with chefs, and building trust among suppliers and distributors to move in new directions. For Bon Appetit Management Company, Helene created the Low Carbon Diet in 2008, the first US national program to implement climate-friendly menus. The key ingredient to this successful program: partnering with chefs, the 'choice editors' of our food system. At Google, she supported on-the-ground procurement teams in 27 countries and implementation of food waste reduction technology and practices across the world. At Guckenheimer, she led procurement, social and environmental responsibility, and garnered support for a broadly responsible procurement strategy that embedded shared value and profitability. Helene has also served on many boards including Humane Farm Animal Care, Chef Ann Foundation, Fishchoice, Asian Seafood Improvement Collaborative, and Project Open Hand. (San Francisco, CA)