Lynda Resnick

Lynda Resnick is vice-chairman and co-owner of The Wonderful Company, along with her husband, Stewart Resnick, who serves as chairman. The Wonderful Company is a privately held, Los Angeles-based global enterprise that produces a diverse range of high-quality, healthy products, including such iconic brands as Wonderful Pistachios, Wonderful Halos, Wonderful Seedless Lemons, POM Wonderful, FIJI Water, JUSTIN and Landmark wines, and Teleflora.

Mrs. Resnick oversees worldwide marketing and product development for The Wonderful Company. She earned her nickname, “the POM Queen,” after making pomegranates and POM Wonderful—the antioxidant-rich pomegranate juice—a national sensation. She’s also known for creating unforgettable advertising campaigns and groundbreaking marketing strategies, such as “Get Crackin’” for Wonderful Pistachios and Teleflora’s “Flowers in a Gift,” which won a Gold Effie Award.

Throughout her career, as her commercial success has grown, so has her dedication to philanthropy. She personally guides The Wonderful Company’s innovative philanthropic endeavors, the heart of which focuses on wide-ranging efforts to enhance the lives of people in the communities where its employees live and work.

Ranked #6 on Forbes’s list of America’s Most Successful Self-Made Women, Mrs. Resnick is also a recipient of an honorary degrees from Bard College and California State University, Fresno. As the author of the best-selling book “Rubies in the Orchard,” she shares her marketing secrets, urging people to “think inside the box,” rather than outside, and find their Unique Selling Proposition. She is currently working on her next book, detailing a new and accessible approach to philanthropy.