Our Mission

Empowering the coffee industry with a cleaner, healthier approach to precision decaffeination™: preserving taste, improving efficiency while improving human and planetary health.

Leadership Team

Our leadership team brings together deep expertise in coffee, biotech, food systems, ecommerce, and commercialization. Together, we are building a new standard in decaffeination by combining scientific rigor with go-to-market expertise to scale a sustainable, operations-friendly solution.

  • Aryeh

    Aryeh Ganz

    Co-Founder & Executive Chairman

    Cornucopian Capital, Barnstorm Foundry

  • Eric

    Eric Quick

    CEO

    Revolution Foods, Source Global, Plum Organics

  • Ingrid

    Dr. Ingrid Swanson Pultz

    CSO

    U of W, Mopac Biologics, PvP Biologics

  • Justin

    Dr. Justin Siegel

    Co-Founder & Advisor

    IIFH, UC Davis, U of W, PvP Biologics

  • Robby

    Dr. Robby Divine

    Co-Founder & Inventor

    U of W, UC Davis, Starbucks, Impossible Foods

Advisory Team

Caffree is supported by an accomplished advisory board representing expertise across operations, talent, legal, product innovation, and the coffee industry. This diverse team of leaders plays a crucial role in guiding the company’s growth, commercialization strategy, and product expansion

  • Eric Lauterbach

    Strategy and Business Advisor
    CPG & Coffee Veteran

  • Bill

    Bill Ristenpart

    Coffee Industry Advisor
    UC Davis Coffee Center

  • Eich

    Erich Veitenheimer

    Legal Advisor
    Cooley

  • Harold

    Harold Schmitz

    CPG & Science Advisor
    The March Group, Mars Inc.

  • Phil

    Phil Johnston

    Talent Advisor
    Spencer Stuart

  • Jessica Yankell

    Commercial Consultant
    TheMindCo, Pepsi