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Helping mission-driven organizations turn strategy into impact across food, nutrition, and health systems

Profile Summary

With over a decade of experience at the intersection of nutrition, policy, and strategy, including leading projects for the top-tier consulting firm Boston Consulting Group and a PhD in Nutritional Sciences, Jesse helps organizations design, implement, and fund solutions that strengthen food and health systems. With Food Systems Solutions, I offer mission-aligned, data-driven consulting tailored to your needs. Key Questions I Can Help You Answer: - How can we turn your mission into actionable food system strategy? - What are the most pressing needs in your geography or sector? - Where should we invest for the greatest impact on target populations? - What funding sources should we pursue to ensure long-term sustainability? - How does your innovation fit into the broader food and health ecosystem? - Is your model scalable, financially sound, and mission-aligned? - What resources—financial, technical, or human—do you need to grow? Learn more at https://foodsystems.solutions or send me a message for a free consultation

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Nutrition Science
• ★ Business Strategy
• ☆ Public Health
• ☆ Food Security
• ☆ Global Health
• ☆ Business Operations
• ☆ Public-Private Partnership
• ☆ Small Business
• ☆ Data-Driven Decision Making
• ☆ Nonprofit Organization Administration
• ☆ Project Management
• ☆ Risk Management
• ☆ Management Consulting

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Market Research, Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Go-to-Market Strategy Consulting, Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Financial Consulting

Data & AI Data Visualization

Work Experience

Owner

Food Systems Solutions

May 2025 - Present

Project Leader

Boston Consulting Group

January 2022 - May 2025

Researcher

University of Wisconsin Madison

September 2016 - December 2021

Education

Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition

University of Wisconsin Madison

September 2016 - August 2021

Biochemistry

Queen's University in Kingston ON

September 2011 - June 2016

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Sheftel, J., Bresnahan, K.A., Fadjarwati, T., Tanumihardjo, S.A.(2020). Modified relative dose response values differ between lactating women in the United States and Indonesia . Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Sheftel, J., Surles, R.L., Tanumihardjo, S.A.(2019). Highlight Article: Retinol isotope dilution accurately predicts liver reserves in piglets but overestimates reserves in lactating sows . Experimental Biology and Medicine. 244. (7). p. 579-587.

Bationo, J.F., Zeba, A.N., Coulibaly, N.D., Sheftel, J., Davis, C.R., N Bassole, I.H., Barro, N., Ouedraogo, J.B., Tanumihardjo, S.A.(2019). Liver retinol estimated by ¹³C-retinol isotope dilution at 7 versus 14 days in Burkinabe schoolchildren . Experimental Biology and Medicine. 244. (16). p. 1430-1437.

Sheftel, J., Sowa, M., Mourao, L., Zoué, L.T., Davis, C.R., Simon, P.W., Tanumihardjo, S.A.(2019). Total adipose retinol concentrations are correlated with total liver retinol concentrations in Male Mongolian gerbils, but only partially explained by chylomicron deposition assessed with total α-retinol . Current Developments in Nutrition. 3. (2).

Jesse Sheftel, Jean Fidèle Bationo, Augustin N. Zeba, Souheila Abbeddou, Nadine D. Coulibaly, Olivier O. Sombier, Imael Henri Nestor Bassole, Nicolas Barro, Jean Bosco Ouedraogo, Sherry A. Tanumihardjo (2018). Serum Carotenoids Reveal Poor Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Schoolchildren in Burkina Faso . Nutrients.

Olsen, K., Suri, D.J., Davis, C., Sheftel, J., Nishimoto, K., Yamaoka, Y., Toya, Y., Welham, N.V., Tanumihardjo, S.A.(2018). Serum retinyl esters are positively correlated with analyzed total liver Vitamin A reserves collected from US adults at time of death . American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 108. (5). p. 997-1005.

Titcomb, T.J., Sheftel, J., Sowa, M., Gannon, B.M., Davis, C.R., Palacios-Rojas, N., Tanumihardjo, S.A.(2018). β-Cryptoxanthin and zeaxanthin are highly bioavailable from whole-grain and refined biofortified orange maize in humans with optimal Vitamin A status: A randomized, crossover, placebo-controlled trial . American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 108. (4). p. 793-802.

Sheftel, J., Loechl, C., Mokhtar, N., Tanumihardjo, S.A.(2018). Use of stable isotopes to evaluate bioefficacy of provitamin A carotenoids, vitamin A status, and bioavailability of iron and zinc . Advances in Nutrition. 9. (5). p. 625-636.

Sheftel, J., Gannon, B.M., Davis, C.R., Tanumihardjo, S.A.(2017). Provitamin A-biofortified maize consumption increases serum xanthophylls and ¹³C-natural abundance of retinol in Zambian children . Experimental Biology and Medicine. 242. (15). p. 1508-1514.