Executive Sweet: Lily's Sweets Founder Cynthia Tice and Former CEO Jane Miller on the Next Compass Coffee Talk
Executive Sweet: Lily's Sweets Founder Cynthia Tice and Former CEO Jane Miller on the Next Compass Coffee Talk
Cynthia Tice (Left), Founder, and Jane Miller (Right), Former CEO, Lily's Sweets
Join natural and organic leaders Cynthia Tice, Lily’s Sweets founder, and Jane Miller, former CEO, will join Compass Coffee TalkTM for a wide-ranging conversation about their collective experience leading and shaping influential companies. Fresh from the recent acquisition of Boulder, Colorado-based Lily's for a reported $425 million by The Hershey Company, Tice and Miller will share perspectives on their impressive track records of success, the state of the industry, their vision for 2022 and next steps.
About Cynthia Tice
After 40 years in the natural products industry, Cynthia Tice is focused on supporting women in business, finding and introducing the highest quality delicious products for healthier living, supporting young entrepreneurs, and sustainability. Her career in the industry began when, fresh out of college, she opened a natural food store in Philadelphia, and she remains passionate about natural foods and their benefits to people and the planet. In 2012, Tice founded Lily’s, a line of delicious, no-sugar-added line of treats that has disrupted the confection and baking categories. Following the initial launch of four bars, Tice added Lily’s No Sugar Added Baking Chips in 2014, and they became the number one item in natural-channel baking. She later partnered with private equity firm VMG to capitalize on Lily’s growth.
About Jane Miller
Jane Miller has more than 35 years of executive experience in the food industry with both startups and Fortune 500 companies. Most recently the CEO of Lily’s, Miller’s previous CEO positions include Rudi’s Bakery, ProYo High Protein Ice Cream, and HannahMax Cookie Chips. Her career began at PepsiCo, where she became President of Frito-Lay's Central division. Miller co-founded Haevn, a company dedicated to creating jobs for the next generation of leaders, and founded career advice website Jane Knows. She is the author of Sleep Your Way to the Top and Other Myths about Business Success (FG Press, 2014). Miller serves on the boards of the University of Colorado Leeds Business School, Watson Institute and Eldorado Springs Artesian Water. She earned her MBA from Southern Methodist University and a degree in Russian Studies from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.
About Compass Coffee Talk™
Take a 30-minute virtual coffee break with Compass Coffee Talk™. Hosted by natural industry veterans Bill Capsalis and Steve Hoffman, Coffee Talk features lively interactive conversations with industry leaders and experts designed to help guide entrepreneurs and businesses of any size succeed in the market for natural, organic, regenerative, hemp-derived and other eco-friendly products.
Compass Coffee Talk™ is produced by Compass Natural Marketing, a leading PR, branding and business development agency serving the natural and organic products industry. Learn more.
