Kathy Stephenson joined CuliNex in September as the Director of Marketing, with the goal of elevating the organization’s presence in the marketplace, telling the CuliNex story, and introducing clients to current services. She will also oversee the launch of innovative initiatives the organization plans for clients looking for clean-label and plant-based formulation. CuliNex is the food industry's premier consulting firm providing product development and strategic business services focused on clean label food products.


Kathy has 30 years of food marketing experience with consumer, retail, foodservice and ingredient companies, both as a marketer and agency leader. Her first roles as a food scientist and brand manager at the Clorox Company led to work with various food marketing agencies and most recently a marketing and communication leadership role with Pear Bureau Northwest. Kathy’s food experience encompasses much of the market spaces shared by CuliNex clients, helping the team to find new service opportunities.


Kathy earned an MBA at UC Berkeley, Hass School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Technology from Oregon State University. She and her husband live in Portland, OR where she enjoys hiking and sampling the food cart landscape in her town.