Shrimp are big.
Each year, Americans consume 1.4 billion pounds of shrimp. Our sustainable, plant-based shrimp are every bit as delicious, and healthier for you and the environment than the real thing. Eating New Wave Shrimp allows each of us to make small changes in our lives that have big environmental impacts.
Our team.
Mary McGovern
CEO
A consumer packaged goods veteran with a 25-year track record of success, Mary brings invaluable knowledge garnered during her tenure at General Foods, Kraft, and Gillette. She also has deep experience in the plant-based arena, having worked in plant-based food consulting, and having launched plant-based Ocean Hugger foods. She is a graduate of Harvard Business School.
Michelle Wolf
Co-Founder & CTO
A talented engineer with consumer packaged goods experience at L’Oreal, Michelle is the driving force behind New Wave Foods’ product development and efficient scaling. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, her work lives at the intersection of her scientific knowledge and her passion for protecting our oceans.
Carol Dalitzky
CM&SO
Carol is a highly accomplished marketer with over 25 years in consumer packaged goods, driving results through powerful strategies, innovation, and brand building. Her experience includes stints at Kraft, General Foods, Ocean Spray and as a consultant at McKinsey & Co. and Henry Rak Consulting Partners. She graduated from Emory Goizueta Business School.
Joe Ackill
CR&DO
With over 30 years of experience in the food industry (including many at General Foods), Joe has a long track record of successfully identifying and developing products and systems for new business ventures and new product introductions. He is a graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology.
Dimitra Rizzi
Sales Lead
Dimitra is CEO of Elohi Strategic Advisers and a foodservice expert and entrepreneur. For the last 25 years, she has proven herself to be an accomplished C-suite leader in strategy and foodservices sales leadership and retail operations, from Wendy’s to GET Enterprises. She graduated from Benedictine University.
Noel Anderson
CSO
Noel has an extensive food and beverage background from Pepsi, General Foods, and Kraft. He is President-elect of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), and holds a BS, a MS, and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in Food Science and Nutrition.
Scott Buchele
VP of Manufacturing
With 35 years of food industry experience, specializing in acquisitions, integrations and start-up operations, Scott is uniquely skilled in all areas of product development and commercialization, site expansions and line extensions.