Alter Eco appoints confectionary industry veteran Mary-Ann Somers to Board of Directors
Alter Eco, a chocolate-centric food company that helps mitigate climate change through regenerative agriculture, and its majority owner NextWorld Evergreen, today announced the appointment of Mary-Ann Somers as Independent Director of Alter Eco’s Board. Somers is the first woman to join Alter Eco’s prestigious Board, bringing over 30 years of consumer products and technology experience, including senior roles in the confectionery, beverage, personal care, and direct-to-consumer software industries.
Somers and Alter Eco were introduced through the Women On Boards (WOB) Project, a nonprofit with the mission of empowering women business leaders and improving diversity and inclusion at the board of directors level. Growth equity fund and the majority owner of Alter Eco, NextWorld Evergreen, also helped secure Somers as the Board’s newest member. As one of 20 private companies that participated in the inaugural WOB Project cohort, Alter Eco is committed to furthering gender diversity in the board room and beyond.