The Board

Jessica Berry has blended her passion for delicious coffee with her unwavering commitment to bear conservation and the preservation of their territories through founding Bear Grounds Coffee Co. With dwindling populations of the native species of bears across the world, she decided to make a difference for generations to come. Utilizing her combined experience of 6 years within the field of marketing and communication she set the groundwork and business plan for this 501(c)3.

 

Jessica earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of North Florida in Communication and has since journeyed to being a serial entrepreneur. She founded her first business in 2021 to perform digital marketing services for businesses and has since worked across a wide variety of industries including fine jewelry, healthcare, medical spas, e-commerce brands and more. She has a developed skillset in product design & development, social media marketing, website design, branding, graphic design and more that she performs for the organization.

Stephanie is a senior growth strategy and sales leader at a sustainable business advisory firm based in Toronto, Canada. Prior to working in business and finance, Stephanie worked for many years in environmental science and consulting. Stephanie first started with Environment Canada while in university, and after graduation Stephanie worked in the private sector as an environmental consultant in northern Alberta and British Columbia.

 

Stephanie has done bear habitat assessments in the field, by helicopter, and by using aerial/satellite imagery to inform and guide environmental regulators and private sector industrial clients to ensure the bear habitat was not encroached upon as per environmental regulations. Stephanie has a broad range of scientific experience that has been used to inform and guide various government entities and industrial clients in order to protect various species of wildlife and protected habitat zones that cross between Canada and the United States. 

 

Stephanie holds a professional designation as a qualified independent board director through the Corporate Director Institute (CDI). Stephanie's skills and subject matter expertise includes corporate governance, ESG and sustainability, financial analysis, revenue management, and growth strategy.  

Scott Tindall is a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) and a C-level financial executive with more than 35 years of experience managing treasury, financial reporting and operations primarily in the financial services sector (both domestic and international).

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Mr. Tindall’s areas of expertise include: 

• Financial accounting

• Strategic & operations management

• Treasury & cash management

• Personnel management

• Financial planning, forecasting & analysis

• Capital structure and management

• Risk management

• Board of Director and Audit Committee oversight

• Regulatory compliance and reporting 

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Scott works with his clients to analyze and prepare complex financial statements with actionable recommendations for improving financial performance through recommending cost, pricing, and operational modifications.

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Throughout his career, Scott has managed domestic treasury and back office operations for a $200 billion (assets) financial services corporation, created global treasury operations for a $1.5 billion (assets) microfinance bank operating in 23 countries, and served as chairman for numerous asset/liability committees across Eurasia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East that managed funding, deposit and lending pricing, FX hedging, lender relationships, and regulatory compliance.

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Scott earned his MBA from The Ohio State University and his BA from Kenyon College.