Lynn has over thirty years of experience in all aspects of the natural food industry–from retail to distribution to wholesale to manufacturing. She has held general management positions at the Arcata Co-op (now Northcoast co-operative) and the Consumers co-operative of Berkeley and was development director for Associated co-operatives (where she also served on the board of directors). She has worked on building consumer brands at three major natural food manufacturers and retired recently as director of sales and marketing at Spectrum Organic Products, Inc. Lynn has an executive M.B.A. with an emphasis in marketing.