Sue Graziano Adams, Founder, CEO Sue Graziano grew up Bremerton, WA. and earned her BA in communication disorders at Washington State University in 1984. Moving to San Francisco, she completed her masters degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology. Sue's career kept her in the bay area working for many health care facilities including Summit Medical Center, and UCSF where she treated both adults and children in acute care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation and outpatient clinics. Sue was chosen to start the in-house Speech Pathology department at Summit Medical Center where she developed an inpatient and outpatient swallowing program. With a passion for evaluating and treating swallowing disorders, Sue worked hard to have those patients return to the joy of eating good food regardless of it's consistency. This began her vision of Blossom Foods. Sue started Blossom Foods in the spring of 2005 with the idea that tasty food should be available to all in a variety of textures. Her hope is to bring the great taste of Blossom Foods to those that need it. Sue continues to live in the bay area with her husband Chris, and their two children Jack and Grace.

Juerg Aeschbach, Head Chef The "Chef's Chef," Juerg Aeschbach is a seasoned contributor to the food product development industry with a career spanning over 35 years. He brings innovative and trend-conscious products to the market place, specializing in refrigerated, frozen and shelf-stable food products. Chef Aeschbach has worked in Research & Development, Plant Operations, Product Start-ups and Scale-ups. He's held senior positions at Del Monte and Venezia Italian Foods, and has developed successful food products for such notable clients as Albertsons, FIS-Nestlé, Wolfgang Puck Food Co., Richelieu Food Group, Chef John Folse & Company, and Blossom Foods. Chef Aeschbach is a member of the American Culinary Federation and the Research Chefs Association.

Natalie Gaines, Advisor Natalie Gaines began her career in 1988 in Washington, DC at the National Rehabilitation Hospital evaluating and treating the adult population in swallowing disorders (dysphagia). Natalie became a leader of a 6 member team of specialist speech pathologists, spoke at the State and National Levels on dysphagia and served as a guest lecturer at George Washington University to the graduate program. She has since served in the acute care and rehabilitation settings in Berkeley California at the Alta Bates/Summit Medical Center as a Senior Speech Pathologist working with physicians, nurses, patients and their families on diet modifications as well as strengthening exercises for improving swallowing function and safety.

Bob Hill, General Manager Bob has over 25 years of management and consulting experience, with most of the time spent in food and beverage companies. Bob has held management positions within Clorox, Quaker Oats, and Nestle, and was the President of Kerns Beverages, LLC - - the maker of Kerns Nectars, a national juice brand. Bob has also successfully consulted for companies across such industries as food & beverage, cleaning products, advertising, medical products, and computing peripherals. His consulting practice focused on strategic market planning, brand building, and new product development. Bob s education includes a BS degree from UC Berkeley ( 78) and a MBA from the Kellogg School of Northwestern University ( 83).

Sheila Coffey Kilty, Operations Sheila Coffey Kilty comes to Blossom Foods with more than 15 years of Sales Planning and Distribution Management experience. Sheila earned her undergraduate degree at U.C. Berkeley. She began her career with Macy s , where she focused on store operations management. She continued her Retail career with Mervyns where she managed buying office merchandise planning and distribution. Sheila also has extensive experience in the consumer products industry. In her 7 years with The Clorox Company, she managed the Walmart and Sam s replenishment team responsible for creating orders for all vendor managed inventory items. Sheila also worked in the Logistics Planning group, overseeing corporate supply chain initiatives, and managed the implementation of a new business planning process across several business units. Sheila is very customer focused and understands the need to effectively manage the flow of information and products to ensure your success with Blossom Foods.

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