Investor Relations

Eric Healy—CEO and Chairman of the Board. Eric has been our Chief Executive Officer since inception in November 2017. Mr. Healy brings over 13years of experience as a mechanical engineer, product development engineer, and a food entrepreneur. Prior to founding BranchOut, Mr. Healy was the owner/partner of the No-Bake Cookie Company, running all aspects of the company. Mr. Healy served as a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Stratos Product Development, Synapse Product Development (both consumer product development engineering firms) as well as a Mechanical Engineer at the Boeing Company. Eric earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University.

John Dalfonsi—CFO and Director. Since 1995, Mr. Dalfonsi has closed public and private equity and debt financings, merger and acquisitions, advisory and fairness opinion transactions and Nasdaq and NYSE/AMEX IPOs. He has worked with companies in the healthcare, industrial, consumer, technology, cleantech and resource sectors. During this period, Mr. Dalfonsi has spent the bulk of his career at ROTH Capital Partners, LLC and Paulson Investment Company, LLC. Mr. Dalfonsi has been the Managing Member at Eagle Vision Fund G/P., LLC since 2021. Mr. Dalfonsi earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business .

David Israel—Independent Director. David Israel, one of our co-founders and a nominee as independent director, boasts a successful history of food entrepreneurship. As the Chief Executive Officer of Good Planet Foods since 2018, David brings extensive experience in natural food product development and management. Additionally, as the Chief Executive Officer of BFY Food Group since 2017, David brings an immediate network of distributors and buyers that will continue to scale BranchOut as growth accelerates. David developed and created Pop Gourmet as its founder.

Greg Sommerville—Independent Director. Greg  Sommerville is an accomplished 30-year Sales and Marketing veteran of the U.S. Food Industry. Greg is currently North America Controller & Chief Executive Officer at Savencia Fromage and Dairy, which is the world’s leading specialty cheese company and has held the position since August of 2021. In North America, Savencia has top share positions in cream cheese, domestically-produced and imported specialty cheeses, hummus, and plant-based dips and snacks. Prior to joining Savencia, Mr. Sommerville spent 20 years at Land O’Lakes, Inc., starting in July of 2001 and leaving in July of 2021, where he held a variety of leadership positions in sales, customer marketing, category & consumer insights and sustainability. Mr. Sommerville is a trusted industry expert as he previously held board positions at the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association and the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association. Mr. Sommerville’s proven track record managing branded food products across the retail, food service and B2B ingredients segments will be invaluable toward supporting BranchOut’s future growth. Greg has a BS in Business from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from Quinlan School of Business.

Byron Riché Jones—Independent Director. Byron was appointed to our board of directors and the chairman of the Company’s audit committee on January 10, 2024. Mr. Jones is a distinguished executive with over 15 years in Project Management and Business Solutions experience, and has served as director of several publicly traded and privately held companies, specifically in the Commercial Real Estate, Consumer Goods, Hospitality, Technology, and Cannabis Sectors. Since 2012, Mr. Jones has been the Director of Project Management at Jones Lang LaSalle, one of the largest global real estate companies in the world, where for the past 10 years he has overseen over $50M (US) in capital and improvements for one of the leading Global Technology Institutions. Since 2021, Mr. Jones has also been the principal of ELEVEN03 Hospitality LLC, a growth portfolio company with holdings in notable Bay Area nightlife venues, including “NOVA nightclub’ and “Wild Rose Eatery and Lounge”. Mr. Jones earned an Honors BS degree in Business Management from the WP Carey School of Business with an emphasis in Small Business Entrepreneurship from Arizona State University in 2005.