Meaghan McGrath

Meaghan is Director of Food Tech for 9 North Group, a firm that specializes in scaling innovations in food and agriculture. Since her time at Yale, Meaghan has worked for companies advancing innovative business models to scale more sustainable food production including Local Bounti, Plenty and Agriculture Capital. Across her roles, Meaghan has focused on strategy, partnerships and product development.

During her time at Yale SOM/FES, Meaghan worked for Patagonia’s internal venture capital and corporate development group and on Sonen Capital’s real assets investment team. She also pursued her own research related to sustainable food and agriculture. Meaghan is a graduate of the 2022 International Fresh Produce Association's Leadership Development Program, was a 2016 Natural Products Expo West MBAssador and a finalist in the 2015 Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge.

Meaghan graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder and received an MBA/MEM from Yale’s School of Management and School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in 2016. She lives in Idaho and spends her spare time skiing and exploring the mountains.