
Mike Forbes
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Studied at Harvard Business School
Hiring Manager at BrightPet
Successful clients at
Not currently taking new clients
Work Experience

Board Member
BrightPet
August 2024 - Present
Hiring Manager
We exist to create a brighter future for pets and pet parents.

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
MaryRuth's
August 2024 - January 2025
Hiring Manager
At MaryRuth's we believe in supporting health & wellness, not just with our supplements, but also through offering Health Education. We believe that making the best supplements for your health means creating products with non-GMO, plant-based, vegan ingredients, with the fewest number of allergens as possible. We do our best to find only the highest quality ingredients and to formulate good-tasting products that assist in maintaining your health and aid your body on your way to wellness!

Board Member
Beyond Meat
July 2023 - Present
We're on a mission to change the way the world experiences chocolate, from the cocoa farmer to you.

Chief Executive Officer
Safely
January 2022 - June 2024
Hiring Manager
Safely™ was founded by supermoms who believe that great products should be accessible to everyone. They both saw that no cleaning brands out there had everything they wanted at an affordable price: powerful formulas that did the job, safe and thoughtfully chosen ingredients, and scents that didn’t smell like, well, CLEANING PRODUCTS. That’s why they created Safely™, to bring affordable products, without harsh chemicals, that smell amazing and actually work to every home in America. We believe plant-powered ingredients can be efficient enough to get the job done and gentle enough to use on every surface of your home. All Safely™ products are free of stabilizers, sulfates, parabens, phthalates, dyes, and animal byproducts.

CEO
Alter Eco
October 2018 - December 2021
Alter Eco® is the cleanest, greenest chocolate on Earth. The company aims to leave the planet in better condition than it was found, and just so happens to make mind-blowingly delicious chocolate. Alter Eco offers a full portfolio of melt-in-your-mouth chocolate bars, blissfully indulgent truffles and NEW keto-friendly Nut Butter Bombs. Alter Eco products are always Organic, Non-GMO, and free from gluten, grains, soy, and artificial ingredients, with some vegan options. They’re also always Fair Trade Certified, Carbon Neutral Certified, and packaged in no-waste packaging. In 2020, they launched the Alter Eco Foundation to transition their supply chain and the entire cacao industry to regenerative agriculture.

Executive Vice President
California Olive Ranch
October 2010 - October 2018
Hiring Manager
Built the #1 SKU in the olive oil category and scaled the company from $7 to $140MM.

Marketing Manager
General Mills
October 2006 - October 2010

Business Analyst
McKinsey & Company
July 1999 - July 2004
Mike was also given offers to work at

Clorox®

General Electric

procter and gamble

Lundberg Family Farms

Nutiva
Education

Harvard Business School
MBA, MBA
2004 - 2006

Wisconsin School of Business
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Marketing and Economics
1995 - 1999
Grade: Graduated with Honors Activities and societies: Senior honors thesis on Online Marketing selected for publication at a major academic conference.
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