51 Sweet Deliverance

Sweet Deliverance is a modern female-founded food company crafting nourishing and nutrient-rich granola with thoughtfullysourced ingredients right in the heart of New York’s Hudson Valley. Sweet Deliverance aims to teach through practice that granola can be so much more than just sugar and oats: more wholesome, delicious, and craveable than ever imagined.

Founder Kelly Geary spent decades working in the food industry as a chef; combined with her experience as a postpartum doula, she originally developed a meal preparation business and nutritional consulting for expectant mothers. When a client with gestational diabetes was looking for a low-sugar, high-protein way to kickstart her day and support her lactation, Kelly began experimenting with granola–nuts, seeds, and grains sweetened only with maple syrup and coconut sugar carefully selected for their nourishing qualities. The granola was a hit with her clients, but Kelly really knew she had created something special when her clients’ partners, husbands, neighbors, and friends started reaching for the sweet and savory mix. Kelly lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her family.

52 Spring & Mulberry

Kathryn is a true industry disrupter, leader, and ultimately a dedicated and talented woman who has used the obstacles thrown her way as steps towards exciting change in the food industry.

Spring & Mulberry is a modern food brand exploring a world of sweet beyond sugar. After a cancer diagnosis in her early thirties, Kathryn committed to removing infammatory refned sugars from her diet and began exploring the healing properties of food. In an effort to satisfy her sweet tooth, she started experimenting with the favors of dates, nuts, and cacao and created the Spring & Mulberry’s frst-of-its-kind date-sweetened chocolate bar. The brand’s aim is to transform America’s relationship with sugar, inviting new possibilities in both favor and function by using naturally sweet and delicious globally-sourced ingredients such as jammy dates, foral pollens, rich cacaos, and tangy spices.

Kathryn previously worked as the Vice President of Global Marketing at Pantone and Brand Manager for Veuve Clicquot Champagne, LVMH. She holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA in Economics from the University of Michigan. She lives in Raleigh with her husband and daughter.