Angie Crone

CEO, Upcycled Food Association

Angie Crone is a leader in food systems sustainability and redesign. Working as a change agent with top global brands to implement environmental and social impact programs, she is spearheading a movement that offers tangible solutions to address food loss and waste challenges in supply chains. She is currently the Interim CEO of the Upcycled Food Association where she champions upcycling - the process of converting food by-products that would otherwise not get to human consumption into a new ingredient or edible food product through value-added processing - as one of the most critical solutions to breaking the resource waste cycle and mitigating the climate crisis. Angie brings 10+ years of nonprofit program design and brand development experience. She has worked with mission-driven companies like Prather Ranch, Numi Organic Tea, and Imperfect Foods. Previously, she led the CPG team at Fair Trade USA where she led the first fair trade certification in the US dairy industry. Angie holds a BS in Environmental Science from Shepherd University, and an MPA in Environmental Science and Policy from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.