Christie Lagally
About Christie Lagally
Christie Lagally is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rebellyous Foods, where she applies her expertise in food production engineering to the plant-based meat sector. With a background in aerospace engineering and experience at organizations such as Boeing and The Good Food Institute, she focuses on sustainable food innovation.
Work at Rebellyous Foods
Christie Lagally serves as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rebellyous Foods, a position she has held since 2017. Under her leadership, the company focuses on innovating plant-based meat products, merging engineering principles with sustainable food production. Lagally's background in food production engineering informs the company's approach to developing efficient and scalable solutions in the plant-based meat sector.
Education and Expertise
Christie Lagally holds a Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, which she completed in 2010. She also earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara in 2006. Additionally, she has a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Psychology from Sonoma State University. Lagally possesses expertise in energy conversion and thermal management, skills that are applicable in both the aerospace and plant-based food industries.
Background
Christie Lagally has a diverse professional background that includes significant experience in engineering and food innovation. She began her career as a Mechanical Engineer at Dynamic Structures and later worked at Boeing for five years. Lagally also held positions as a Process/Mechanical Engineer at Applied Filter Technology and as an Assistant Instructor of Mechanical Engineering at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Her early work laid the foundation for her later focus on sustainable food systems.
Previous Roles and Contributions
Before founding Rebellyous Foods, Christie Lagally worked as a Senior Scientist at The Good Food Institute from 2016 to 2018. In this role, she contributed to initiatives aimed at advancing plant-based food technologies. Additionally, she has been involved with Unreasonable as an Unreasonable Fellow since 2023, where she continues to engage with innovative solutions in the food sector. Her previous roles reflect her commitment to integrating engineering with sustainable food production.