Kristi Rose

Kristi Rose currently serves as the Food Sourcing Manager at MANNA FoodBank in Asheville, NC, a position held since January 2023. Prior to this role, Kristi worked as the Planning Manager at French Broad Chocolates from July 2022 to January 2023 and held the position of Operations Coordinator at The Advent School from July 2021 to June 2022. Kristi's experience also includes serving as the Assistant Principal and 5th Grade Teacher at Tulsa Honor Academy between July 2017 and October 2020, as well as a Math Teacher with Teach For America from June 2017 to May 2019. Kristi’s earlier career encompassed roles such as Enterprise Assistant Buyer, Enterprise Business Analyst, and Business Analyst at JCPenney from June 2014 to May 2017, and a Sales Associate II at Hallmark Cards for a brief period in early 2014. Kristi holds a Master of Arts in Gastronomy from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management from The University of Texas at Dallas.