Talk to one of FFI’s trained and certified Food and Farm Business Consultants!
All consultants listed below have completed and been certified through FFI’s Level 1 and 2 Consultant Training program, where they received training, skill-building, and coaching from food and farm business and finance experts.
These consultants are ready to help food, beverage, and value-added farm businesses optimize their business model and capital structure for profitability and navigate the process of raising appropriate debt, strategic investments, and equity.
PREMIER consultants have worked with FFI Innovative Finance Expert Tera Johnson, Founder of teraswhey®, to successfully complete a fundraising request for a food, beverage or value-added agriculture business.
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Food Finance Institute Trained Consultants
Cynthia Jaggi
Premier ExpertsFood 2 MarketVerona, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Lois Federman
Premier ExpertsWisconsin DATCPMadison, WI
Business Model Optimization
Duane Johnson
Premier ExpertsBusiness Development Consultant | Iowa State University Extension, Enterprise DevelopmentAmes, IA
Business Model OptimizationFinancial ManagementFinancial PackagingOperations
Sari Kimbell
Premier ExpertsBusiness Coach | Food Business SuccessColorado
Business Model OptimizationFinancial PackagingFinancial Resilience
Sarah Larson
Premier ExpertsFood Finance InstituteMadison, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Daniel Lemmer
Premier ExpertsWausau, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging

Zacary Smucker-Bryan
Premier ExpertsDigital Experience Manager | Food Finance InstituteMadison, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Father, Husband, Life-long learner… Zac is the Digital Experience Manager at the Food Finance Institute which helps a collaborative network build and fund profitable food and farm businesses. Zac previously worked at FFI as its first Program Manager. Before his most recent stint at FFI, Zac was the Digital Experience Strategist with the University of Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association (WFAA), leading the User Experience (UX) design, product development processes and measurement infrastructure for their portfolio of websites and applications. Zac also worked as the Investor Relations and Communications Manager for WCCN, an international nonprofit impact investing fund based in Madison which invests in Latin America.
Terri Urbanek
Premier ExpertsLa Crosse, WI
Business Model Optimization
Brock Waterman
Premier ExpertsPlatteville, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Jamie Rahrig
Michigan State University Center for Regional Food SystemsEast Lansing, Michigan
Business Model OptimizationFinancial PackagingFinancial ResilienceGrant WritingRaising Capital
Shaylee Wahl
Great Northern Development CorpWolf Point, Montana
Business Model OptimizationFinancial ManagementFinancial PackagingGrant WritingSales and Marketing
Angela Gardner
Arkansas Small Business & Technology Dev CenterArkansas
Business Model OptimizationFinancial PackagingFinancial ResilienceVAPG Grant Writing
Kelli Kelly
Agriculture & Food Systems Business Advisor | Nevada Small Business Development CenterFallon, Nevada
Business Model OptimizationFinancial PackagingFinancial ResilienceGrant WritingOperations
Eva Agudelo
Full Bloom Futures, LLCRehoboth, Massachusetts
Financial ResilienceGrant WritingOperationsSales and Marketing
Juan Aguilera
UTHealthEl Paso, Texas
Business Model OptimizationFinancial PackagingFinancial Resilience
Ciana Barnaba
Project Manager | Berkshire Agricultural VenturesMassachusetts
Business Model OptimizationFinancial PackagingFinancial Resilience
Katherine Bessey
Director of Cooperative Business Services | Cooperative Development InstituteMaine
Business Model OptimizationFinancial PackagingFinancial Resilience
John Steven Bianucci
Consultant | John Steven Bianucci Consulting
Business Model OptimizationFinancial PackagingFinancial Resilience
Noel Bielaczyc
Michigan State University ExtensionMichigan
Business Model OptimizationFinancial PackagingFinancial Resilience
Giselle Bruskewitz
Iowa Valley Resource Conservation And DevelopmentIowa
Business Model OptimizationFinancial PackagingFinancial Resilience