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President/CEO
Briana has dedicated her life to doing well by doing good. She is passionate about our incredible home state and working with our partner farmers to help create a more resilient and adaptable coast. Since taking over as CEO at Atlantic Sea Farms in 2018, she and her team have expanded the company to work with 29 partner farmers from Portland to Eastport, the company's kelp supply by 20x, and grown sales by 800%. Bri has followed a winding path that brought her to kelp - including serving several tours as a diplomat in the U.S. Foreign Service, starting and selling a wholesale bakery in Portland focused on pies with an international flair and employing recent refugees resettled to the area, and creating the first Economic Development programming suite at the Island Institute in Rockland, Maine. She is an avid gardener, an obsessive cook, and a proud mother of two rad sons.
Kelp Supply Director
James is in charge of producing our kelp seeds and working with, and recruiting, partner farmers to help them grow high-quality kelp for our products. James, a native Alaskan, has worked with his family salmon fishing business since he was a kid and still gets back to fish during the summer. He joined Atlantic Sea Farms in 2018 after spending three years at the Island Institute, a coastal-focused non-profit, where he worked with fishermen to diversify Maine’s coastal incomes.
Sales & Marketing Director
Jesse has spent her career promoting food with integrity and activating the edible approach to healthy communities, economies, and environments. Before joining Atlantic Sea Farms in 2019, Jesse worked with mission driven food and beverage companies to tell their sustainability stories and educate consumers. Jesse, a native Midcoast Mainer, is deeply and proudly rooted in the Maine lobster industry.
Production Manager and Food Safety Specialist
Pete joined Ocean Approved in 2019 after over a decade in food manufacturing in the chocolate, dairy, and beverage industries. Pete's background focuses on Quality Assurance and food safety and he is responsible for keeping the Atlantic Sea Farms facility in top shape. Pete also manages the production and packaging of the beautiful kelp once it is harvested and delivered to our facility in Saco. Pete loves the ocean and maritime history and is thrilled to be a part of diversifying Maine aquaculture with ASF.
Retail Sales Manager
Zoe is an enthusiastic and impactful personality in the national natural food community, and a proud Mainer with a deep passion for the ocean and our working waterfronts, as well as brands on a mission to make a positive impact. Before joining Atlantic Sea Farms, Zoe worked with Maine brands Sea Bags and GrandyOats. Zoe brings a fresh perspective to the ever changing marketplace and her excitement for the social and environmental mission of Atlantic Sea Farms is contagious!
Continuous Improvement & Sustainability Manager
Casey is passionate about building an abundance of regenerative food products. As an environmentalist at his core, he is dedicated to finding solutions that improve the health of our food system without compromising the health of our planet. Prior to joining Atlantic Sea Farms, Casey did procurement and sustainability at B.GOOD, while also running a small mixed vegetable test farm for the company. He is excited to be back in Maine and working to grow Atlantic Sea Farms!
Kelp Innovation Specialist
Liz has always been in awe of the ocean, feeling her best at the beach, the dock or banding bugs on her partner’s lobster boat. Dedicating her life to all things ‘salty’ led her to Maine in 2010, where she has been farming the cool, clean, waters of the Gulf of Maine since 2016. While on the water crew at Bangs Island Mussels, she cultivated native mussels, scallops and kelp in Casco Bay. She has collaborated with researchers at the University of New England and the US Naval Academy on a Department of Energy aarp-e MARINER award to create a validated hydrodynamic model, using oceanographic instrumentation along with full scale kelp farms in Saco Bay. She is a published author in multiple scientific journals and has presented her research nationally. On land, Liz, has a background operating aquatic systems that she is excited to contribute and expand in the Atlantic Sea Farms nursery!
