Michele Thorne

Executive Director, Good Meat Project; Portland, OR

Michele Thorne is executive director of Good Meat Project (GMP). She is a dynamic educator, graphic designer, and strategic marketer by trade, a zealous good food advocate by choice, and a small livestock producer by destiny with over twenty years of impactful work building resilience across the food value chain - from production to packaging. Michele works in partnership to support and expand the GMP’s programmatic work connecting stakeholders across the meat value chain to shared values of transparency, collaboration, and inclusivity. She spent her early career as an entrepreneur and educator, eventually discovering a deep purpose in researching the direct impacts of food on human health, the economy, and the environment. As a data driven creative, Michele is fueled by curiosity and uses a unique approach to problem solving rooted in game theory and critical thinking. She is an authentic and active listener, life-long learner, and enthusiastic participant of transformative change, especially in food systems. @goodmeatproject