Jeff CHURCH is a dynamic and accomplished Chief Executive Officer and business owner with 30+ years of prior success in delivering superior shareholder value for rapidly growing, disruptive businesses that span a wide variety of different industry segments. For the past 20 years, Jeff has leveraged his unique skill set of being both an operator as well as a investor to independently acquire, start or build 8 for profit companies and one social enterprise. These nine transactions demonstrate his unique ability to leverage disruptive opportunities to drive superior multiples on original investment – 5.3x personal return, 3.2x investor return.

Jeff’s startup expertise has been developed over the past 15 years while focusing on the Consumer. Suja Juice was Jeff’s most comprehensive startup. Jeff and two other co-founders created the brand and Jeff was the solo CEO for the first 8 years. Jeff led Suja through a 50% investment led by Coca-Cola and the eventual repurchase back of Coke’s shares. Suja Juice was determined by Inc. 500 to be the 2016 fastest-growing food and beverage brand in the USA and the 13th fastest growing of all businesses in America. Suja sold in 2022 for over $300m and today has close to $350m in annual revenue.

Jeff has a unique skill set in that he can either be driving an early stage start up that has a “need to scale” and strap the business on his shoulders to the professional manager who is equally comfortable working as a seasoned CEO that reach all the way over to also be the raw start up entrepreneur. Jeff is an excellent team mentor and executive leader with a proven ability to build, develop and inspire team members.

Jeff has a degree from Harvard Business School and is a CPA.

Jeff CHURCH

Senior Advisor