Lavanya Venkateswar

Lavanya Venkateswar has a strong background in the food and beverage industry with experience in various roles. Lavanya started their career at Orval Kent Foods as a Senior Food Technologist from 2002 to 2007. Lavanya then joined The Kraft Heinz Company as a Food Scientist in 2007. Lavanya later worked at Continental Mills as a Food Scientist from 2010 to 2013, and then transitioned to the role of Product Manager from 2013 to 2015. Lavanya then joined Starbucks as a Product Manager for Global Blended Beverage Innovation in 2015. Lavanya's most recent work experience has been at Univar Solutions, where they held multiple roles. Lavanya started as a Product Manager for Food Ingredients from 2017 to 2020, then became the Head of Marketing & Technical Sales for North America - Food Ingredients from 2020 to 2022. Currently, they are serving as the Global Director of Marketing & Technical Sales for Foodology by Univar Solutions.

Lavanya Venkateswar has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Marketing from the University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business. Lavanya also holds a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Food Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Nutrition & Dietetics from the University of Madras. Additionally, Lavanya attended Abu Dhabi Indian School, although their specific degree or field of study at that institution is unknown.