Scott Collier

Scott is a manager of Global Growth and Business Development team at Whole Foods Market. Our team oversees the Whole Foods Local Producer Loan Program as well as structuring win-win equity investments and partnerships with suppliers and operating partners of Whole Foods Market. Scott’s prior experience includes over 25 years of negotiating deals and growing companies in technology, retail and consumer product sectors as a venture capital Managing Director at Capital Southwest Corporation in Dallas and Triton Ventures in Austin, and as a corporate development manager at Vignette Software, The Hearst Corporation and organic superfoods company Nutiva. The journey has provided Scott the privilege of working with dozens of passionate and creative entrepreneurs.

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