Anna Lappé is the Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations working for food system transformation around the world. A recipient of the James Beard Leadership Award, Anna is also the national bestselling co-author or author of three books and is the contributing author to, or featured in, nineteen more. Anna is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, working with a Global Alliance team across 6 countries and nearly as many time zones.