John Pattison

John Pattison has a diverse work experience, starting with their role as a Mentor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2024. Prior to that, they held a similar position at MERLIN Mentors in 2023. In 2022, John served as the Director of Partnerships at UPSIDE Foods. Before that, they co-founded and led Cultured Decadence as the CEO. John was also involved with New Harvest, a non-profit research institute, where they served as a Board Member and Treasurer from 2018 to 2022. Additionally, they worked as the Director of Operations at New Age Meats in 2019 and a Summer Associate at BMO Capital Markets in 2018. John gained experience as an Intern at The White House and Venture Accelerator Intern at Blue Startups in 2017. In the same year, they participated in the Google Student Veterans Summit, a program aimed at helping veterans transition to the civilian workplace and providing insights into Google's culture.

John Pattison attended the NYU Stern School of Business from 2017 to 2019, where they obtained an MBA degree. Prior to that, they studied Chinese at Peking University from 2009 to 2010. John also completed their undergraduate education in Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 2005 to 2008. John Pattison's earliest education was at Brookfield Academy from 2001 to 2005.