Our consultants use the tools, resources, rigorous training, and mentorship provided in the FFI consultant training program to better understand and guide food-focused businesses.
Food Finance Institute Trained Consultants

Level 1: Business Model Optimization
In Level 1, participants are 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: Financial Packaging
In Level 2, participants are trained on the process of raising appropriate debt, strategic investments, and equity investments in food, beverage, and value-added farm businesses. This includes a discussion of the legal, financial, and governance prerequisites 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, Founder of FFI and 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 ConsultantBusiness Development Consultant | Iowa State University Extension, Enterprise DevelopmentAmes, IA
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Daniel Lemmer
Premier ConsultantWausau, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Zacary Smucker-Bryan
Premier ConsultantDigital Experience Manager | Food Finance InstituteMadison, WI
Business Model OptimizationFinancial Packaging
Terri Urbanek
Premier ConsultantLa Crosse, WI
Business Model Optimization
Brock Waterman
Premier ConsultantPlatteville, 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