Jessica Almy, J.D.

Jessica heads up the Washington D.C. office for the Good Food Institute, where our team of lawyers, analysts and policy experts leverage federal and state legislation, regulation, litigation, and multilateral engagement to secure public investments and ensure a level playing field for alternative proteins. Jessica has expertise in the U.S. regulatory landscape for alternative proteins (including cultivated/lab grown meat and plant based foods), and can also speak to how governments around the world are choosing to invest in alternative proteins. Prior to GFI, she advanced the public interest through policy and litigation at the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the D.C.-based law firm Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal. Jessica holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and an M.S. in Animals and Public Policy from Tufts University.