Scott Mandell

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Mr. Scott Mandell serves as a Partner at Mandell Ventures. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at M Plant Productions. He serves as a President at Cannabistry. He served as an advisor at Cannabistry. He serves as Chief Executive Officer at M Plant. He was the Co-Founder & served as the Chief Executive Officer of Enjoy Life Foods. He previously served as Vice President at Bank One. This company provides outsourced research and product development, regulatory compliance, manufacturing process engineering, quality assurance programs, branding, and market activation to state-licensed growers and producers of medical marijuana. He is the founder and former CEO of Chicago-based Enjoy Life Foods, a company dedicated to developing, producing, and marketing great-tasting gluten-free, and allergy-friendly food products (2001-2016). In addition to starting Enjoy Life, Scott effectively created an entire category, which is now known as "Free From" through thought leadership, education, and certification standards. In February 2015, Enjoy Life Foods was acquired by Mondelez International, a $34 billion multinational food company in an all-cash transaction. Scott continued to oversee the Enjoy Life business (as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mondelez) until October 2016. In December 2013, Scott co-founded Mandell Ventures, a family-run business that invests its capital in early-stage operating companies and real estate assets. Before starting Enjoy Life Foods (1993-2001), Scott was a Vice President in commercial banking at American National Bank in Chicago (currently JP Morgan Chase). Scott currently serves on the Board of Trustees (and as Treasurer) of SPOON Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to building a world where children without families and those with disabilities are seen, nourished, and given a chance to thrive. Scott is a member of the Young Presidents Organization, a mentor to many upstart entrepreneurs (including being a "super mentor" at the Good Food Business Accelerator in 1871), and an active alumnus and frequent speaker at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Scott was named by Food Processing magazine in 2016 as one of five company leaders who are "revolutionizing Big Food". He was named an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award Winner in 2015, was the Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) Chicago Gala Honoree in 2014, was named to the Crain's Chicago Business "40 Under 40" list in 2008, and was inducted into the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame in 2006. Scott earned an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 2001 with concentrations in the areas of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Finance, and Management & Strategy. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University (Bloomington) in 1993 with a major in History and a minor in Business.