Molly Stanek
Molly began her career in CEA in 2009 as the Associate Director of Horticulture for Sweet Water Organics, a revolutionary aquaponic farm in an old abandoned industrial building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She went on to co-found Imagine Aquaponics, a firm that designed commercial-scale, sustainable waste-to-resource food production systems and provided internationally attended trainings and consultation to both educational and nonprofit entities. After seven years as an AgTech entrepreneur, Molly joined Plenty, a vertical farming leader in San Francisco where as General Manager, she and her team delivered three iterations of system designs, SQF food safety certification, and the first ever product launch at retail. Her career’s next chapter was as SVP of Farms for Sensei Ag where she founded and built out the future farms division for Larry Ellison and Dr. David Agus’s indoor farming company focused on data driven, sustainably rooted, technology enabled food production systems.
A proud Wisconsinite, Molly returned to her home state to join Superior Fresh as VP of Growing and Operations where she combined technology and operations to take the amazing concept of aquaponics to the national stage. She currently is Founder and Principal of EcoAgTech, a consulting firm specializing in sustainable business development.