A conversation on how to think about food innovation from cultural shifts in meal expectations to efficiencies introduced with technology. Join us for our live Evolve podcast, Exploring Food Innovation, with Mindy Armstrong from Inspire Brands and Meaghan Kennedy from Orange Sparkle Ball. Panelist Mindy Armstrong Sr Director, Product Pipeline at Inspire Brands Mindy Armstrong is the Sr. Director of Product Pipeline for Buffalo Wild Wings. In short, she oversees innovation for the brand. Her passion and experiences lie at the intersection of flavor, food, and culture and have led her here, with stints as a radio producer and personality, an agency leader, a writer, and an entrepreneur along the way. She has been a facilitator, consultant, and client lead for restaurants, manufacturers, and brands and has had the opportunity to work alongside brilliant marketers, chefs, innovators, and thoughtleaders. Lucky, right? Prior to joining Buffalo Wild Wings and Inspire Brands, Mindy worked with clients to facilitate their innovation pipelines, keep them “in the know” on consumer, flavor, and food trends, guide culinary innovation for brands, manufacturers, and restaurants, lead trend tours to inspire ideas, and moderated loads of ideation sessions. Prior to her time in the innovation space, Mindy worked in a traditional advertising agency. Mindy holds a BS in Marketing and Advertising and an MBA from Missouri State University. Facilitator Meaghan Kennedy Founder, Orange Sparkle Ball Meaghan Kennedy, MPH founded Orange Sparkle Ball after graduating from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and conducting HIV research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Orange Sparkle Ball is an innovation and impact consultancy that accelerates initiatives in the private and public sector, as well as works with startups. Meaghan has taught at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She has been a guest reviewer at Georgia Tech since 2007, a judge for the Global Social Venture Competition and Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA), a mentor for social entrepreneurs and is a frequently invited to sit on innovation and entrepreneurial panels.
