Anna Lappé

Anna Lappé is the Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations working for food system transformation around the world. For more than a decade, the Global Alliance has been at the forefront of organizing philanthropy to work together for a transition to food systems grounded in the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, interconnectedness, health, renewability, and resilience. At the Global Alliance, Anna builds on this legacy, in partnerships inside and outside philanthropy, to support the urgent transition to food systems that work for people and planet. Before joining the Global Alliance in 2023, Anna had worked for more than two decades as an advocate and author on food, farming, and sustainability. The founder or co-founder of three national organizations, including Real Food Media, a communications strategy nonprofit, and the Small Planet Fund, which supports food and farming advocacy and movements worldwide, Anna is is a frequent public speaker, with TEDx talks and Food MythBuster videos viewed millions of times. A recipient of the James Beard Leadership Award, Anna is also the national bestselling co-author or author of three books and is the contributing author to, or featured in, nineteen more. Anna is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, working with a Global Alliance team across 6 countries and nearly as many time zones.

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