Alison Gilbert, founder of Project AG, is a pastry chef turned COO turned business strategist and advisor. Alison is passionate about helping emerging women entrepreneurs build thriving businesses that in turn fuel economic growth and cultural health.

Prior to building Project AG, Alison was hire four and COO of food media company Tasting Table where she helped grow it into a forty person, multi-million dollar business reaching a readership of millions. To date she’s helped over one hundred entrepreneurs and businesses across commerce, media, tech, design and fashion.

Alison holds a BA from The George Washington University and a certification in Pastry Arts from The French Culinary Institute (now The International Culinary Center)—she makes a mean salted chocolate chip cookie (if she does say so herself).