View our team below and see why making delicious heart-healthy snacks isn’t just our job, it’s our passion!
Ramona CappelloFounder, CEO and President
Ramona has a 25-year track record of delivering excellent business results for a variety of food and beverage companies by leveraging strong brands or creating new ones. Most recently, she played a key role in the management of Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Company prior to its sale, and she’s also held senior management roles at Nestlé Foods, Kendall Jackson Wine Estates, and Celestial Seasonings. A fervent University of Southern California Trojan fan, where she graduated as valedictorian from the Business School, Ramona is also passionate about improving Americans’ heart health, as she lost her father and both grandfathers to heart disease. As CEO of Corazonas Foods, she’s committed to building a passionate company that’s bringing a fun approach to addressing a serious issue, by offering great tasting snack foods and through supporting education about heart disease. She maintains her light-hearted approach to life in her free time by being an awesome aunt to her seven nieces and nephews, traveling internationally, gourmet cooking and snow skiing with her friends and family.
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Matt BuckleyExecutive Vice President of Sales
Matt has spent his career working in consumer package goods where he spent the first 16 years at PepsiCo until he decided to follow his passion for a more entrepreneurial role at Naked Juice. He and his team were instrumental in leading the sales initiative that took Naked Juice from a regional player to a prominent national player in three years at which time the company was purchased by PepsiCo. His commitment to Health and Wellness stems from his previous work and his personal commitment to represent products that provide consumers with great tasting food while delivering positive health benefits. He is a strong advocate about supporting a heart healthy diet with proper exercise, as he needs to keep his cholesterol in check due to a family history of high blood pressure and heart disease. Matt supports his own heart healthy lifestyle by balancing the right nutritional choices with a daily run.
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Bob CrumbyChief Financial Officer
Greg FryVice President of Quality and R&D
Greg is a food scientist with several years of experience in the food industry, having previously worked with leading mainstream and natural food companies including Premier Nutrition, Mauna Loa, Kraft Foods and Dole. At Corazonas, he makes sure that each bag of our chips taste great and delivers all the heart-healthy goodness of whole grains, fiber and plant sterols. He was attracted to joining the Corazonas team because of its commitment to making a snack with proven heart benefits AND one that’s high quality and delicious for everyone to enjoy. Greg is a true believer in the credo “everything in moderation” and practices a heart-healthy lifestyle including exercise, a diet low in saturated fat and maybe a bit more than his fair share of Corazonas.
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Scott LewisDirector of Sales, West
Scott has over 17 years of sales experience working in national sales, operations, category management and people management for a variety of consumer products companies. His past employers include Naked Juice, PepsiCo, Johnson & Johnson and Nabisco Foods Company. Outside of work, Scott leads an active life with his wife of 15+ years, Angela, and their three children by participating in various heart healthy family activities that include running, surfing, basketball, baseball, softball and soccer to name a few.
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Langley PerryDirector of Sales, East
Langley brings 30 years of experience in the consumer product world in all categories of the store to Corazonas. He spent 24 years with Pillsbury in grocery, dairy and frozen, and has worked in all regions of the country at some period throughout his career. Most recently he directed sales on the east coast for Naked Juice, which was acquired by PepsiCo after three years. Langley loves all sports and attributes his heart-healthy lifestyle to staying active through his basketball and tennis leagues. He has 4 children with his beautiful wife and lives in the Atlanta area.
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Jeff PiersonDirector of Sales Operations
Jeff has over 20 years of diverse sales experience working in new business development, sales operations, and general management for both consumer products companies and grocery store operations. His past employers include Hershey’s / Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corp, Rexall Sundown / Met-Rx USA, Inc., Ralphs Grocery Company, and Food 4 Less Supermarkets Inc. Outside of work, Jeff leads an active, yet balanced, life with his wife Lauren and their new baby daughter Kendall.
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Emily VargasExecutive Office Manager
Emily comes to Corazonas with vast knowledge of administrative and executive office management after 26 years with a major beverage corporation. She also has a working knowledge of the medical field having spent almost seven years working for a major Los Angeles hospital, and then as a Certified Medical Assistant for 3 years. She knows how important it is to eat healthy, get plenty of rest, and stay on top of stress levels to keep them at an all time low. For that reason alone, Emily is excited to have joined a heart healthy company with products that not only are good for you, but taste great too! Emily and her husband, Christopher, have 3 daughters and 4 grandchildren, and love to travel and camp when time permits.
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Cherly OlenikCustomer Service Manager
Cheryl’s love for customer service in the food industry began at Alta Dena Dairy and most recently at Naked Juice where her role for 13 years included both management and logistics. Her most passionate project however was staying home for 12 years as a full-time mom to her three daughters. She maintains a heart-healthy lifestyle by avoiding red meat and poultry, eating lots of seafood, whole grains, fruits and veggies, and exercising daily. Cheryl is excited to join such a dynamic and passionate team and to again be involved with a company that focuses on improving health with fun food that tastes good.
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