Jennifer Hebets
About Jennifer Hebets
Jennifer Hebets is the Director of Business Development for Food, Agriculture, and Ingredients at Brightseed, a position she has held since 2022. She has extensive experience in sustainability and business development, with previous roles at Tradin Organic, Mars, Palladium, and Chemonics International.
Work at Brightseed
Jennifer Hebets serves as the Director of Business Development for Food, Agriculture, and Ingredients at Brightseed. She has held this position since 2022, contributing to the company's strategic initiatives in the food and agriculture sectors. Her role involves developing business opportunities and partnerships that align with Brightseed's mission.
Previous Experience in Business Development
Prior to her current role, Hebets worked at Mars for seven years as the Cocoa Enterprise Director of Strategic Initiatives and Global Program Officer. In this capacity, she managed a portfolio of innovation programs across agriculture and manufacturing initiatives for the Mars Advanced Research Institute. Her earlier experience includes serving as a Sustainability Consultant at Tradin Organic for six months in 2015.
Education and Expertise
Hebets holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of California, Davis, where she studied sustainability, strategy, supply chain, and finance. She also earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Local and Regional Development from the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales in Quito, Ecuador. Additionally, she achieved a Venture Capital Executive Certificate from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business in 2018.
Background in International Development
Hebets has a background in international development, having worked as a Business Development Associate at Chemonics International in the Latin America Department. She also served as the Director of Operations and Communications for the Peru Cocoa Alliance, where she developed and implemented economic growth programs on behalf of the US Agency for International Development.