Orchid Holistic Search

🌿 Founder of a boutique, high-impact executive search firm, personally billing $500K–$1M annually while leading a team dedicated to placing purpose-driven leaders in natural products, wellness, and sustainability. Partnering with conscious companies (🌱Startup - $500M) and Private Equity firms to build leadership teams that drive long-term success.

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Blanco y Negro Sostenible

Connecting our community to their food, and to one another. One bite at a time.  Leading growth strategy for a 2.5 acre regenerative woman-owned farm, packaged goods, retail food and experiences business in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.

Vice President of Growth & Culture 

Regenerative Magic Retreats

Taking busy executives out of their comfort zones and into the wild, lush beauty of Costa Rican nature.  Curated groups will explore farming, food as medicine, nature and authenticity as sources of connection and community.  Filling our cup regenerates our own personal magic. ✨

Founder

Venteon Finance

Managed a split-desk (business development & recruitment). Specialized in accounting, finance and HR professionals for direct-hire and contract placement in the Metro Detroit - Ann Arbor areas. Pioneered new market segments of not-for-profit, education and healthcare. Implemented strategic marketing initiatives to grow and retain client base.

Sales & Recruitment Executive

Let’s find YOUR people! 💎🌺🔎

For a decade and a half, I have had the honor of stewarding conscious hiring for Natural CPG brands and manufacturers, Private Equity firms and other adjacent orgs doing good in the world. We build leadership teams that align with mission and fuel growth. At Orchid Holistic Search, we take on just a few searches at a time to go deep and get it right for our Clients. No mass emails. No bots. Just precision matchmaking for purpose-driven brands with an average time to fill of 36 days. ⚡️

🌿 Regenerative Hiring: Living on a farm in Costa Rica has reinforced what I’ve always known: growth thrives with care, diversity, and the right conditions. So do leadership teams.

✨ Beyond hiring, leaders need S P A C E to thrive. I curate wellness & personal growth retreats in Costa Rica for women in industry, giving founders and executives time to pause, realign with purpose, and lead with clarity. In 2023, I was honored with the New Hope Joy Award, nominated by retreat guests who found deep transformation & joy in these experiences.

Angela Marturano

Certified Humane

Consumer Services & Program Records Manager

TETON WATERS RANCH

R&D Manager

Purchasing Manager

Operations Materials Planner

Design work and management of inventories of paper packaging goods for finished products. Support operations and logistics team in receiving and entering PO's, communicating with buyers, keeping documentation of origin, transition and completion of POs and product delivery. Support sales team with new customer setup. Support copackers with inventory management. Assist research and development and marketing teams in development and production of new product labels, UPCs, nutritional panels, etc.

Operations Support Administrator

TETON WATERS RANCH LLC

5 Star Talent and Entertainment, Inc.

Provide administrative and business support to the President and Owner of 5 Star’s flagship office and support other members of the office team. 
	Maintain President’s calendar – plan and schedule meetings, telephone conferences, track mileage for in-state travel.
	While writing proposals and contracts for clients, negotiate favorable terms and pricing agreements with entertainers for services at clients’ special events.
	Improved office efficiency by implementing new calendar and client/event tracking systems.
	Assist president/owner of 5 Star in coordinating with clients to contract the best possible entertainers for their event(s).
	Efficient use of Sage Act database system to track client, vendor, and entertainer information.
	 Coordinate with entertainers to keep all pertinent information updated so that it may be passed on to existing and potential clients. 
	Prepare daily bank deposits through Quickbooks.
	Communicate with entertainers to keep current on their photos, music samples, biographies, song lists, etc. for continuous update of 5 Star website.

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Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Quickbooks

Executive Assistant/Event Coordinator

Udi's Bakery

Supported company’s CEO, researching customer and vendor feedback on a variety of artisanal food items produced in Udi’s main bakery.
	Assisted bakery manager in scheduling daily production of a variety of bread and pastry products for daily retail and restaurant customers according to daily orders and weekly purchase orders.
	Supported office staff in maintaining CEO and Managers’ calendar. 
	Played crucial part in converting ordering system from Datapax to Global Bake.
	In charge of arranging shipping and billing for large purchase orders through Grocery EC Online for major customers such as Kroger, Costco, Sprouts and Vitamin Cottage. 
	Supported office staff in daily customer invoice credits and returns. 
	Supported quality assurance department in day-to-day tasks as well as monthly inventory counts.
	Occasional telecommuting.

Executive Assistant/Production Coordinator

Cook St. School of Fine Cooking

Front of House Manager

Connecting consumers to better food through animal welfare. Culinary school grad, Animal Welfare advocate and CPG professional. Ensuring the health and humane care of cattle, poultry, pork, sheep, goats. 7+ years in grass-fed beef product development. Cross-functional expertise. Operations, R&D management (innovation and reformulations), raw materials planning and purchasing, USDA label compliance and approvals, UPC management, CO-manufacturer and vendor relations, program and specification compliance.

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