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James Beard Impact Award 2025
The James Beard Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to celebrate, support, and elevate the people behind America’s food culture and champion a standard of good food anchored in talent, equity, and sustainability.
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Seanicaa Edwards Herron
President and CEO
Patrice Lazard
Communications and Operations Coordinator
Sharlene Brown
COO
Lori Hylton
Director of Strategic Programming
Eva Mazura
Project Manager
Board of Directors
Seanicaa Edwards Herron
President and CEO
Kellee James
Co-Founder of Freedmen Heirs Foundation
VP of Agriculture
Dr. Ron Rainey
Assistant Vice President and Professor
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Dr. Loutrina Staley
Plant and Soil Scientist
Karl Binns, Jr.
Founder and Principal
KAVO Consulting, LLC
Megan Rock
Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer
Sustainability and Innovation
CHS, Inc.
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