Lauren Adler is a pioneer in the craft chocolate industry with over a decade of experience introducing consumers to fine chocolate. She was the founder of Seattle retail store Chocolopolis and she is President Emeritus of the Fine Chocolate Industry Association (FCIA), a non-profit organization that promotes quality, innovation, ethical sourcing, and best practices in the fine chocolate industry. She has been a speaker and panelist at numerous FCIA conferences, the Fancy Food Show, the Northwest Chocolate Festival, the Southwest Chocolate & Coffee Fest, the DC Chocolate Festival and the Dallas Chocolate Festival and a chocolate judge for the International Chocolate Awards, the Good Food Awards, and the Northwest Chocolate Festival.

Lauren is a seasoned merchandising, operations and supply chain leader with experience establishing and optimizing operations for startups and growing companies in the specialty food, chocolate, grocery and retail industries. Before embarking on her chocolate journey, Lauren worked for Amazon.com and a regional grocery chain in New England. She has a proven track record of collaborating with vendors and internal teams to build systems & processes that rapidly scale. Lauren’s passion runs deep for healthy and sustainable food and agriculture systems that make an impact. Lauren received her MBA from The Tuck School at Dartmouth College.