About the Speakers:

Justin Kolbeck is co-founder and CEO of Wild Type, which is using cellular agriculture technologies to make better meat. Before Wild Type, he spent nearly five years as a consultant at Strategy& (formerly Booz & Co.) helping companies develop and launch products, grow into new markets, and operate efficiently. Justin started his career as a Foreign Service Officer, serving in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Australia, and Washington DC. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Management, L’Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, and UC Berkeley.

Aryé Elfenbein is co-founder of Wild Type, where he directs the company’s scientific research. Aryé received his MD and PhD from Dartmouth; he completed his clinical training in internal medicine and cardiology at Yale. Prior to working at Wild Type, he completed fellowships in cardiovascular regenerative medicine research at Kyoto University and The Gladstone Institutes / UCSF. He currently practices cardiology in the critical care setting.