Elysabeth Alfano

After receiving her degree from The Thunderbird School of Global Management, Elysabeth Alfano started her career in Brand Marketing with Special K and Frosted Mini Wheats at The Kellogg Company. She then successfully ran her own international company before exiting and focusing on investing. In 2019, she started Plant Powered Consulting to help brands launch and succeed by solidifying branding, growing brand awareness and carving out market share. A seasoned speaker and writer, Elysabeth combines her business acumen, journalism and on-camera skills to host The Plantbased Business Hour and The Plantbased Business Minute.

Because plant-based business is often about food, Elysabeth has a certificate in nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and is a Food For Life Instructor for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, offering wellness, nutrition and cooking programs for corporate clients. She is the go-to, plant-based, on-camera chef for WGN-TV.