2025 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit

Julia Collins is a serial entrepreneur, sustainability leader, and champion for equitable innovation.

She is the Founder & CEO of Planet FWD, the leading sustainability and supply chain intelligence platform helping global consumer brands reduce their climate impact. Inspired by her own climate-friendly snack company, Moonshot—which she successfully scaled and sold to Patagonia Provisions—Julia launched Planet FWD to empower brands with the data and tools they need to decarbonize their value chains.

Previously, Julia made history as the first Black woman to co-found a unicorn company with Zume Pizza, which reached a valuation of $2.25 billion. Her career began in hospitality, where she co-founded celebrated restaurants including Mexicue and Murray’s Cheese Bar, and was a founding partner at Harlem Jazz Enterprises, the group behind The Cecil—named one of the Best New Restaurants in America by Esquire magazine.

Julia holds degrees from Harvard University and Stanford Graduate School of Business. She serves on the boards of the Climate Collaborative, FertilityIQ, and the Town School for Boys and is deeply committed to building a more regenerative and inclusive future across food, technology, and climate.

She lives in San Francisco, CA with her partner and two boys.