Hi There!
I’m Alyssa Golemme
Experienced consultant.
Trained entrepreneur and engineer.
Food sustainability activist.
My Why
In a world rife with food deserts, food insecurity, and growing greenhouse gas emissions, my goal is to help people get access to nutritionally dense, safe, and affordable food grown sustainably.
What I've Been Up To
Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
Volunteer Farmer
At the 2018 Food Loves Tech conference, I met Jason Grauer, the head of crop production for Stone Barns, who said that farmers are the intermediary between the ground and the body. Since December 2018, I have been volunteering at Stone Barns, assisting with the harvest for their Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) program and partner restaurant Blue Hill. I have been getting hands on experience learning how to create a healthy and sustainable food system from one of the global leaders in agroecology.
Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Beyond Food
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT selected 44 Bootcampers from around the world to develop a sustainable new food venture in a week, leveraging the innovation framework and curriculum taught in core entrepreneurship classes at MIT. Classes were taught in Taiwan by faculty and mentors from the Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship at MIT. My team researched and developed a venture focusing on an early warning health detector for small hold farmers in east Africa to solve for lack of access to veterinarians, medicine, and wide-spread diseases. We pitched this idea to industry professionals and Taiwanese governmental figures.
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Team in Training
Working with mission driven organizations was a passion I discovered during my time at Georgia Tech, while fundraising $109,000 and recruiting over 140 participants to join Team in Training. Team in Training is an endurance based philanthropy that fundraises for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, while training participants to run a half or full marathon. After I joined as a participant myself, I quickly became a member of the executive board, where I helped officially found the organization as a university club and took over as president the next year.
Georgia Institute of Technology
BS Mechanical Engineering
I developed my interest in sustainability while taking mechanical engineering courses focused on alternative energy systems. Three of my major course work projects involved working with Ford on an expandable solar roof panel design for automobiles, working with Cox Communication on their initiative of being zero waste to landfill, and a project looking into utilizing a piping network under solar heated pavements at airports for power generation. My education provided me with a willingness to learn and taught me to take advantage of developing a strong network.
PwC
Advisory Senior Associate
Hands-on experience providing enterprise compliance risk assessments, risk control self-assessments, and third-party risk management programs for global organizations. Managed onshore and offshore resources, up to 25 at a time along with managing up to a $1.5 million budget. Recognized by clients and colleagues for producing high quality deliverables supported by meticulous planning, attention to detail, and advanced problem solving skills. Developed strong communication skills to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders and rapidly establish a strong rapport with c-suite level clients.
