Senior Associate
Stacey brings over 20 years of integrated marketing, communications and operations expertise in the organic and natural foods industry to Haven B Media. She specializes in partnering with businesses to create sustainable business initiatives and effective turn-around strategies for food, beverage, and service brands.
Her balanced worldview as a brand-builder and business operator helps Stacey to respond to our clients’ needs from a 360-degree perspective. Additionally, her hands-on experience in product recalls deepens our approach to crisis management and communications planning.
For the past two years, Stacey has been a marketing adviser and go-to-market strategist for incubator brands in the organic dairy and fresh foods categories. Previously, she was Director of Consumer Marketing for nSpired Natural Foods where she managed nine brands and created new sustainability initiatives through the World Cocoa Foundation for nSpired’s chocolate brands.
Prior to her years at nSpired, she was Director of Marketing and Brand Development for Trinity Springs water, an upstart Idaho spring water that became a natural foods category leader in under 24 months. She also worked for four years with the marketing team at the Odwalla juice company where she served as a communications specialist during the company’s highly publicized apple juice recall. Additionally, she spent six years working for natural food retailers in California and Hawaii.
In her previous life, Stacey was a modern dance choreographer and non-profit arts fundraiser. Presently, she is a self-described “animal behavior nerd” and spends her free time studying animal cognition and holistic health. She lives in Alameda CA with her husband, their ancient cat and four rescued canine companions.
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