Tom McDougall is the Founder and CEO of 4P Foods, a food hub network based in the Mid-Atlantic, working with over 600 small farmers, ranchers, and food producers. As an advocate for equitable and regenerative food systems, Tom is a current Fellow with the Aspen Institute’s Food Leaders Fellowship Program, an Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Companies recipient, and Board member of several food-system organizations. In 2019, he helped Co-Found the Eastern Food Hub Collaborative, a network of mission aligned food hubs up and down the Eastern Seaboard, for the sole purpose of regional collaboration and a more cohesive, decentralized food supply chain. Tom is an entrepreneur and activist, advocating for long term policy change needed to shift support towards local and regional food systems for the sake of our farms, our communities, and our planet.