Dave is the visionary behind MOFAD. Widely considered a thought leader in the culinary world, Dave created and directed the Department of Culinary Technology at the French Culinary Institute (now the International Culinary Center) - at the time, no such department existed in the country. He has been described as being on the culinary education "vanguard' with "tremendous influence" on CNN's The Next List, and has been widely featured on television, in print, and on the radio. Dave is a business owner in Manhattan's Lower East Side, where he has lived with his family for nearly 10 years.

Emma has a wide array of experience as a writer, cultural historian, and educator. Prior to joining MOFAD, she worked and traveled extensively in Japan, where she became enamored of the cuisine of mountainous Nagano prefecture. She has also worked with food writer Melissa Clark, tested recipes and researched culinary history at Saveur, taught cooking classes in a New York City public school, and worked as a gardener at a Chicago-based urban agriculture non-profit. Her undergraduate thesis explored the influence of postwar urbanism and politics on the design and architecture of the New York City subway. Emma holds a BA with top honors in Art History from the University of Chicago.