Jessica Grelle
Senior Vice President of Innovation
The Safe + Fair Food Company
Jessica Grelle has lead an extensive career in product line development and innovation for national brands. She is a food scientist and a mom, with a unique perspective on the natural food industry and its consumer. Motivated by her passion for health and wellness, Jessica created the Mama Jess line of products. Mama Jess continues to service the health conscious consumer with clean, organic pasta and ethnic sauces. Jessica continues to create products for the food industry through her work at The Safe + Fair Food Company, a Chicago based food allergy snack food company. She has developed their entire portfolio of delicious, better-for-you snack foods. Grelle studied Nutrition and Food Science at Penn State University and then went onto a successful career in the food industry. Prior to starting the Mama Jess product line, she ran a research and development lab for a private label food company. She has developed hundreds of innovative food products for companies such as Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Procter & Gamble, Annie’s and Safeway. Several of her products have won industry and tradeshow recognition and awards. As an industry expert, she taught Beverages 201 University at Flavors of North America for industry peers. Jessica has been a featured guest chef on ABC/The Live Well Network’s “Let’s Dish,” and Celebrity ‘Farm to Table’ Chef events. She was also profiled in Martha Stewarts’s Whole Living magazine. The Natural Foods Community has recognized Jessica as an influential entrepreneur with the NEXTY Award, development of the trend-forward, Mama Jess Line and being a clean eating pioneer. Jessica is fueled by her passion for healthy eating and good nutrition - especially on the healing power of diet in disease. Jessica contributes her time and knowledge to the Advocate Aurora’s Integrative Medicine Nutrition therapy and Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center diet therapy studies. One of her favorite places is in her kitchen whipping up new recipes for her family.