2025 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit

Michelle Mullins supports Tyson Foods as the Director of Operations, Food Loss and Waste. Her team works on initiatives to maximize the financial, social, and environmental uses for excess food to reduce food loss and waste. Michelle’s team also leads disaster relief efforts, partnering with Tyson’s operations and logistics teams.

Michelle has spent almost 3 decades at Tyson Foods in various roles supporting process improvement and data analytics for Poultry and Prepared Foods Operations, Supply Chain, and Logistics.

Michelle received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Arkansas. She lives in Fayetteville, AR with her partner, Jeff Mullins, daughters Devon and Maddie, as well as 2 dogs, Graham and Sugarbaby. Michelle spends her leisure time traveling, knitting, gardening, and is a saltwater aquarist and backyard chicken keeper.