Ellen Gustafson‎

Gustafson is born to Maura Nevin Gustafson and H. Robert Gustafson Jr. of Berwyn, Pennsylvania. Her father is on the faculty of Lehigh University and was the president of his graduating class at Lehigh University.{{Cite news |last=Reyes |first=Nina |date=2012-07-08 |title=Ellen Gustafson, Michael Campbell |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/fashion/weddings/ellen-gustafson-michael-campbell-weddings.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |title=Robert-Gustafson |url=http://www.bellrockintel.com/robert-gustafson.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=BELLROCK |language=en}} She received her BA from Columbia University in 2002, where she earned a bachelor's degree in International Politics, with her thesis concentrating on terrorism as a global issue.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-06 |title=Take Five with Ellen Gustafson ’02 |url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/latest/take-five/take-five-ellen-gustafson-02 |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=Columbia College Today |language=en}} At Columbia, she studied under Foreign Affairs editor Gideon Rose, which led to her work with the Council on Foreign Relations and then as a reporter for ABC News, specializing in terrorism. It is this period in her life that she credits with inspiring her to focus on the link between food and violence.{{cite web |url=http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/jul_aug08/alumni_profiles |title=Ellen Gustafson '02 Helps To Feed the World |publisher=Columbia College |date= |accessdate=2012-11-24 |archive-date=2013-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217015900/http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/jul_aug08/alumni_profiles |url-status=dead }}

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In 2007, Gustafson co-founded FEED Projects along with Lauren Bush, niece of former US President George W. Bush and a model who had created the "FEED 1" bag, a reversible burlap and organic cotton bag reminiscent of the bags of food distributed by the World Food Programme (WFP).{{cite web|url=http://www.inc.com/30under30/2010/profile-lauren-bush-ellen-gustafson-feed-projects.html |title=Lauren Bush and Ellen Gustafson, Founders of FEED Projects |publisher=Inc. |date=2010-07-19 |accessdate=2012-11-24}} The project aims to feed one child for a year per bag sold, with money from every purchase going to the World Food Programme.{{cite news|url=http://yourlife.usatoday.com/mind-soul/doing-good/story/2011/07/Feed-Projects-line-of-bags-helps-feed-hungry-kids/49468942/1 |title=Feed Projects line of bags helps feed hungry kids |publisher=USA Today|date= 2011-07-17|accessdate=2011-07-17}} Her involvement with FEED led to a number of accolades, including being named as one of Fortune Magazine's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs in 2009,{{cite web |url=http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/12/07/top-women-entrepreneurs/ |title=Top women entrepreneurs |publisher=Fortune Magazine |date=2009-12-07 |accessdate=2012-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217062154/http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/12/07/top-women-entrepreneurs/ |archive-date=2011-12-17 |url-status=dead }} Inc. Magazine's 30 Under 30 list{{cite web|url=http://www.inc.com/30under30/2010/profile-lauren-bush-ellen-gustafson-feed-projects.html |title=Lauren Bush and Ellen Gustafson, Founders of FEED Projects |publisher=Inc. |date=2010-07-19 |accessdate=2012-11-24}} and in the Diplomatic Courier's Top 99 Under 33 in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.diplomaticourier.com/special-features/top-99-under-33/489-ellen-gustafson |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122072611/http://www.diplomaticourier.com/special-features/top-99-under-33/489-ellen-gustafson |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-22 |title=Ellen Gustafson |publisher=Diplomatic Courier |date= |accessdate=2012-11-24 }}

Gustafson is also the former executive director of the FEED Foundation, the nonprofit wing of FEED Projects, which aims to tackle world hunger and has provided 60 million school meals to children around the world.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefeedfoundation.org/About-Us |title=About Us |publisher=FEED Foundation |date= |access-date=2012-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102103627/http://www.thefeedfoundation.org/About-Us |archive-date=2012-11-02 |url-status=dead }} They also place a lot spam calls from their headquarters in California.

Gustafson is the founder and executive director of the 30 Project.{{cite web|url=http://www.radioiowa.com/2011/10/12/world-food-prize-participants-talk-about-food-insecurity/ |title=World Food Prize participants talk about food insecurity |publisher=Radio Iowa|date=2011-10-12 |accessdate=2012-11-26}} This nonprofit aims to look back at the past 30 years and discuss why obesity rates and starvation rates have risen significantly over this time. In addition, the 30 Project also engages different people and companies within the food industry in an attempt to reverse these issues.{{cite web |url=http://www.openforum.com/articles/how-ellen-gustafson-will-change-the-future-of-food/ |title=How Ellen Gustafson Will Change The Future Of Food |publisher=American Express Open Forum |date= |accessdate=2012-11-26 |archive-date=2011-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715232050/http://www.openforum.com/articles/how-ellen-gustafson-will-change-the-future-of-food |url-status=dead }} Gustafson works alongside Danielle Nierenberg at the 30 Project.{{cite web |url=http://www.30project.org/who |title=What's 30 Project? |publisher=30 Project |date= |access-date=2012-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209062326/http://www.30project.org/who |archive-date=2012-12-09 |url-status=dead }}

Gustafson has spoken on subjects relating to hunger and her involvement with the FEED Projects and 30 Project. This includes speaking at Harvard Business School, NYU, Yale, the US Naval Academy, Lehigh University, George Washington University, and Columbia University.{{cite web|url=http://columbiasocialenterprise.org/conference2011/speakers.htm#gustafson |title=2011 Social Enterprise Conference Speakers |publisher=Columbia Business School|date= |accessdate=2012-11-26}} She has also presented a TED talk.{{cite web|url=http://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_gustafson_obesity_hunger_1_global_food_issue.html |title=Ellen Gustafson: Obesity + Hunger = 1 global food issue |publisher=TED|date= |accessdate=2012-11-26}}

Additionally, she founded Food Tank: The Food Think Tank with Danielle Nierenberg.

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