About Our Sponsors
ABOUT LYNDA RESNICK
Lynda Resnick is vice chair and co-owner, along with her husband Stewart Resnick, of The Wonderful Company. This privately held, Los Angeles-based multi-billion dollar global company is dedicated to harvesting health and happiness around the world through its iconic brands, bringing consumers everywhere the freshest, highest quality pistachios, almonds, citrus and pomegranates; bottling the finest water and wines; and creating colorful floral arrangements that truly touch the heart.
From the orchard to family dinner tables, The Wonderful Company’s vertically integrated business model ensures the highest standard of quality, integrity and consumer satisfaction across all its brands. As a result, every year, nearly half of all American households purchase The Wonderful Company’s products, which is a reflection of the husband-and-wife team's deep commitment to inspiring healthier choices by growing wholesome foods that nourish naturally. This long-standing commitment is evident in their market share, with Wonderful Pistachios, Wonderful Halos, POM Wonderful, FIJI Water, Teleflora and JUSTIN Wine all ranking #1 in their respective categories.
Mrs. Resnick runs worldwide marketing and product development for The Wonderful Company and all of its brands, and she is renowned as the creative spirit behind such innovative and inspiring campaigns as Teleflora’s successful “Flowers in a Gift”; for making POM Wonderful, the antioxidant-rich pomegranate juice, a national sensation; and for producing the iconic Wonderful Pistachios commercials. She also authored the best-selling book on marketing, Rubies in the Orchard.
In 2015, she ranked #11 among Forbes’ inaugural Top 50 Most Successful Self-Made Women in America, and in 2012, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by New York’s prestigious Bard College.
Central to Mrs. Resnick’s successful approach is “doing well by doing good,” a core value that places tremendous importance on corporate social responsibility. Under her personal supervision, The Wonderful Company continues its rich heritage of giving back, especially in the communities in which its employees live and work, specifically California’s Central Valley and the island nation of Fiji. Through the generosity of the Resnicks and The Wonderful Company, an average of $40 million or more is contributed annually, which is largely directed toward ongoing community development efforts; a new comprehensive employee health and wellness program, featuring two fully staffed health clinics; and robust educational initiatives ranging from scholarships, school grants, two preschools, art programs and summer schools to the acclaimed Wonderful Agriculture Career Prep program and Wonderful College Prep Academy, a Central Valley charter school established by the Resnicks in 2009. To date, the couple’s varied educational programs have already enriched the lives of more than 60,000 Central Valley youth.
Mrs. Resnick’s extensive philanthropic interests and activities extend beyond The Wonderful Company, including her role as a major donor to and board of trustees vice chair of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; an executive board member of The Aspen Institute’s board of trustees; a member of the Milken Foundation executive board; and a board member emeritus for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others.
Mrs. Resnick is a proud parent of five and grandparent of four, and she calls Beverly Hills and Aspen home.
ABOUT STEWART RESNICK
Stewart Resnick is chairman and president of The Wonderful Company (formerly Roll Global). This privately held, Los Angeles-based $4 billion global company is dedicated to harvesting, processing and marketing healthy products through its iconic brands.
From the orchard to family dinner tables, The Wonderful Company’s vertically integrated business model ensures the highest standard of excellence, integrity and consumer satisfaction. As a result, every year, nearly half of all American households purchase The Wonderful Company’s products, and this long-standing commitment to quality is evident in their market share, with Wonderful Pistachios, Wonderful Halos, POM Wonderful, FIJI Water, Teleflora and JUSTIN Wine all ranking #1 in their respective categories.
Central to the Resnick’s approach is “doing well by doing good,” a core value that places tremendous importance on corporate social responsibility. Across the company’s business operations, Mr. Resnick has made significant investments in sustainability research and advanced irrigation technologies, on extensive solar installations at four primary facilities, and in the utilization of fuel cells to generate 35% of required electricity without combustion or air pollution. Additionally, The Resnick Sustainability Institute at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) provides a path to sustainability by focusing on the innovative science and engineering research required to develop groundbreaking technologies and solutions to global energy and climate challenges.
The Wonderful Company continues its rich heritage of giving back, especially in the communities in which its employees live and work. Through the generosity of the Resnicks and The Wonderful Company, an average of $40 million or more is contributed annually, which is largely directed toward localized community development efforts; a new comprehensive employee health and wellness program; and robust educational initiatives ranging from scholarships and school grants to the acclaimed Wonderful Agriculture Career Prep program and Wonderful College Prep Academy, a California Central Valley charter school established by the Resnicks in 2009.
Mr. Resnick’s extensive philanthropic interests and activities extend beyond The Wonderful Company. He sits on the Board of Trustees for Caltech, the J. Paul Getty Trust, Bard College and Conservation International. Among the Resnicks other generous contributions are the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at the UCLA School of Medicine, the Resnick Program for Food Law & Policy at the UCLA School of Law, and The Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Mr. Resnick graduated with a bachelor of science in business administration from UCLA and earned his Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law. He is a proud parent of five and grandparent of four, and he calls Beverly Hills and Aspen home.
