The EVERY Company

Arturo founded EVERY (formerly Clara Foods) in 2014. Prior to founding EVERY, Arturo served under Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Credit Suisse. He has been named to Forbes 30 under 30, the 2019 Person of the Year by the National Hispanic Institute, and one of 10 Latinos who inspire the United States by BBC World News. Arturo hails from Laredo, Texas and grew up living on both sides of the US-Mexico border. He holds a degree in Government & Comparative Politics from Harvard University.

Ranjan is responsible for developing EVERY’s proprietary precision fermentation technology platform for commercial scale manufacturing of animal proteins and developing its Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio. Prior to joining EVERY in 2019, he had 25 years of industrial experience in biotechnology in companies such as Genentech, Codexis & DuPont. In his last international assignment role at DuPont, he served as the Technology Director for South Asia & ASEAN where he was responsible for the 500 people technology organization supporting a diverse business portfolio cutting across multiple segments in industrial biotechnology, agriculture & nutrition and material science. Ranjan is named as a co-inventor in more than a dozen patent or patent applications. He holds a Doctorate and B.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and IIT Kanpur, India, respectively.

Eric leads EVERY’s contract manufacturing relationships and production strategy, as well as supply chain and logistics. Prior to joining EVERY, he held several leadership positions in the healthcare technology industry, including General Manager, Director of Strategy and Corporate Development, and Director of Product Management at LabCorp, a global leader in diagnostics and drug development. Eric has a BS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

George leads EVERY’s accounting and finance functions. Prior to joining EVERY in 2020, he led accounting, finance, and human resources at Surf Market. Before Surf Market, he worked as Vice President Finance for Moerae Matrix and was Senior Director of Finance for Tethys Bioscience. George graduated from California State University, Fresno with a BS in Accounting and received his MBA in Finance from the University of San Francisco.

Lance leads EVERY’s strategy, corporate development, and strategic finance functions. Prior to joining EVERY, Lance was the Chief Operating Officer of BioLumen, an early stage nutritional technology company. Before BioLumen, he operated an independent consulting practice, providing business consulting services to a number of biotech, medtech, and alternative protein startups and venture capital firms. Lance began his career in the investment management industry, serving as an Investment Analyst at McKinsey & Co. Investment Office and at The Rockefeller University’s Office of Investments. Lance holds a BSE in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from The Wharton School.

Melissa leads EVERY’s product and business marketing including driving product commercialization, liaising with our distributor partners and leading sales support. She has 25 years of marketing leadership experience working with both startups and established companies. Prior to joining EVERY, she led the business marketing efforts for F’real Foods from its initial startup in retail, then launching a new foodservice division. She also led the sales and marketing efforts for a biotech startup in both its commercial and children’s charity division. Melissa has a BS in Communications from the University of Wisconsin and an MA from Emerson College.