David J. Lee

Mr. Lee has served as a member of the Zevia board of directors since July 2022, and has over two decades of experience across retail and consumer industries driving business transformation, supply chain optimization, operations and finance. Mr. Lee previously served as President of AppHarvest, a leading AgTech and sustainable food company building some of the country’s largest indoor farms leveraging cutting-edge technology, from January 2021 through November 2022, and continues to serve on its board. Prior to AppHarvest, Mr. Lee served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Impossible Foods, where he led the business functions to transform it from a pre-revenue to hyper-growth company with global sales and a comprehensive commercial manufacturing and supply chain capability. Prior to Impossible Foods, Mr. Lee was the Chief Financial Officer of Zynga and responsible for leading the company’s finance and corporate development teams. Mr. Lee previously served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance and Strategy at Best Buy and as Senior Vice President of Consumer Products at Del Monte Foods, where he ran the global food business. Mr. Lee also spent time helping to turn around PG&E during the California Energy Crisis as Director of Strategic Planning serving as strategy consultant at McKinsey, in venture capital investing at EPVC, and in advertising at the Leo Burnett Company. Mr. Lee currently serves on the board of directors of Benson Hill, and is a Fellow at the Council of Korean Americans and a Fellow of the Network of Korean American Leaders. He earned his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.A. from Harvard College.