Our consultants use the tools, resources, rigorous training and mentorship provided in the FFI consultant training program to give sophisticated financial technical assistance to food, beverage and value-added agriculture businesses.
Food Finance Institute Trained Consultants

Level 1 Training Participants
Level 1 Training Participants were trained in current market trends in the sector, the basics of conducting market research, various business models in food (and their accompanying metrics/capital structure) as well as in-depth case studies of business model optimization.
Level 2 Training Participants
Level 2 Training Participants were trained in the process of raising appropriate debt, strategic investments, and equity investments in food, beverage and value-added farm businesses. This included a discussion of the legal, financial and governance prerequisites to and implications of raising equity.
Our Premier Consultants have successfully completed a project, like a fundraising request for a food, beverage or value-added agriculture business with Tera Johnson, FFI director and founder of teraswhey®, to earn this certification.
Cynthia Jaggi
Premier ConsultantFood 2 MarketVerona, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Lois Federman
Premier ConsultantWisconsin DATCPMadison, WI
Business Model Optimization
Duane Johnson
Premier ConsultantIowa SBDCAmes, IA
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Daniel Lemmer
Premier ConsultantWausau, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Terri Urbanek
Premier ConsultantWisconsin SBDCLa Crosse, WI
Business Model Optimization
Brock Waterman
Premier ConsultantPlatteville, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Zacary Smucker-Bryan
Premier ConsultantFood Finance InstituteMadison, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Adam Haen
FEED KitchensMadison, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Adrian Galbraith-Paul
Heritage FarmPhiladelphia, PA
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Amina Omari
FoodBIPIthaca, NY
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Amy Bruner Zimmerman
UW - MADISON SBDCMadison, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Andrea Hughes
WWBICMadison, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Angela Vendetti
Angela Vendetti ConsultingPhiladelphia, PA
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Ann Karlen
University of Vermont Food Hub Management ProgramPhiladelphia, PA
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Anna Chotzen
Viva FarmsBurlington, WA
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Anne Hlavacka
Wisconsin SBDCLa Crosse, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Anne Inman
Wisconsin SBDCMadison, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Anthony Ndoca
Jim D. Gage ConsultingChicago, IL
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Barbara Pillow Sidibeh
Chicago, IL
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Barbara Wyckoff
Creative DisruptorsSilver Spring, MD
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging