Selected examples of operating partnership and board-level work.

Examples below reflect interim operating leadership and fractional executive engagements across mission-driven organizations — from early-stage and pre-revenue ventures to growth-stage businesses navigating scale, transition, or complexity. PK Growth Partners brings big-company rigor and best practices without big-company bureaucracy. The firm is engaged to step into senior roles, develop new strategies, and lead execution, partnering with both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.

Interim / Fractional Operating Leadership Engagements

Newman's Own logo
KT Tape logo
General Mills logo
General Mill G-Works Venture Studio logo
Founding Farmers logo
Murphy's Naturals logo
Arnold Worldwide logo
Theo Transformation Advisory logo
University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce logo
Lehigh University logo
Quebracho Empanadas logo
Publicis Sapient logo
Mundo Verde logo
Heifer International logo

Board of Directors & Advisory Board Positions

Isaac's Poultry Market logo
National Food Museum logo
Merryfield logo
Halfday iced Tea logo
TIG Collective logo
Big Idea Ventures logo

Prior Full-Time Operating Leadership Experience

NuTek Natural Ingredients logo
Salt for Life logo
Hungry Harvest logo
No Kid Hungry logo.
Honest Tea logo
Nestle logo
The Coca-Cola Company logo
Diageo logo
Danone logo

Select Entrepreneurial Operating & Growth Initiatives

The following examples reflect entrepreneurial operating leadership roles where growth strategy, execution, and organizational alignment were accountable outcomes — not standalone marketing engagements.

Pay What You WantPizza Truck and Good Tastes Better social experiments for Newman’s Own.

National Honesty IndexandThe Great Recyclemajor Honest Tea event, PR, social activations.

Only Organicirreverent campaign by the Organic Industry to pushback on deceptive food marketing.

Practice Safe Saltdigital campaign for NuTek Natural Ingredients/Salt for Life on the dangers of hidden salt.

Refreshingly Honestfirst ad campaign for Honest Tea.