• Bob Burke – Marketing, Product, and Industry Advisor

Recognized as one of the top 25 Big Builders of what now exists as the Natural Products Industry, Bob Burke founded Natural Products Consulting in early 1998 and is now one of the leading industry consultants. . Bob launched his career as Vice President of Sales and Corporate Development for Stonyfield Farm Yogurt from 1986-1998.  He has also been a member of the Host Committee of the Organic Trade Association for over 5 years, has served as an outside Board member of Equal Exchange for over eight years, and has served on the Board of Advisors for numerous highly successful start-up companies in the natural foods industry.  Bob actively advises Runa on the intricacies of the Natural Products Industry, including price points, distributor relationships, merchandising, and corporate strategy.

• Margaret Bradley – Marketing, Design & Product Development Advisor

With over 18 years of experience, Margaret Bradley is a marketing communications professional with a strong track record of contributions in advertising, consumer marketing and brand management within the consumer packaged goods, retail and service industries.  Having developed integrated strategic marketing communications programs for new and existing brands while in the advertising industry for worldwide agencies Darcy Masius Benton & Bowles and Foote Cone & Belding in San Francisco, Margaret brings innovation and passion to ensure that Runa is effective in front of the retailer and the consumer.   Leading the marketing communications and public relations efforts on the client side for 14 years at Qantas Airways, Boston Market and Safeway Inc. consumer brands division, Margaret demonstrated her success launching new brands through O Organics and Eating Right.  Margaret generously advises Runa LLC managers on a variety of themes including branding and positioning strategies and consumer communications strategies.

• Danny Warshay – Business Advisor & Brown University Professor

Danny Warshay has devoted his career to building, managing and harvesting high-growth entrepreneurial ventures.  He is the founder and managing director of DEW Ventures, a platform he has used to launch and develop a variety of new, quickly growing companies.   Earlier in his career, as co-founder and managing director of Health Business Partners — the nutrition industry’s premier venture capital and financial advisory firm — Danny built and led the firm's venture capital practice. Danny’s corporate experience came at Procter & Gamble as a member of the Duncan Hines Brand Management team where he managed the development and marketing of new products. Danny was a founding board member of the Brown University Entrepreneurship Program where he is now a Trustee Emeritus and Brown Faculty member.  As the professor for the class in which Runa founders developed this business plan, Danny has been involved since the get-go and deeply cares about the growth and success of Runa and its founders.

• Bill Stone – Legal & Investment Advisor

As a Principal of OutsideGC, a venture capitalist law firm, Bill Stone brings a unique combination of legal and business experience having served both as outside general counsel for companies in several different industries, and as an executive business development professional.  Bill has acted as general counsel to multiple technology, manufacturing, service and retail companies, and brings extensive experience in capital raising transactions, from early-stage angel rounds, through venture rounds and registered public offerings. Bill is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Tufts University and a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Harvard Law School.