Greg Steltenpohl is currently the CEO of Adina World Beat Beverages, a start-up focused on promoting fair trade principles and natural beverage products. Mr. Steltenpohl was formerly founder and former CEO of Odwalla, Inc, the leading U.S. supplier of fresh juice and nourishing beverages (www.odwalla.com).
Since his departure from Odwalla, Mr. Steltenpohl has been active as co-founder and Chairman of the Interra Project. Interra supports emerging markets of sustainable products and technology by aggregating the buying power of like-minded consumers through payment card networks. Together with founder and former Visa International Chairman, Dee Hock, Greg was a founding Trustee of the Chaordic Commons (www.chaordic.org). The commons is dedicated to developing new forms of purposeful organizations based upon the self-organizing principles of natural systems. Greg has also served on the boards of Frontier Natural Products Cooperative, Social Venture Network, (www.svn.org), and Santa Cruz Community Credit Union. Greg graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies and currently resides in San Francisco.
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