Doug Rauch spent 31 years with Trader Joe's Company, the last 14 years as President, helping grow the business from a small, nine-store chain in Southern California, to a nationally acclaimed retail success story with more than 340 stores in 30 states. He developed their prized buying philosophy, created their unique private label food program, and wrote and executed the Business Plan for expanding Trader Joe’s nationally.  

Doug is CEO of Conscious Capitalism, Inc.; a Trustee at Olin College of Engineering; a recent Senior Fellow in Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative; and serves on the board of several for-profit and non-profit companies. He is currently working on a non-profit solution to the issue of “food waste” and hunger/obesity by bringing high quality, nutritious food at affordable prices to the underserved in our inner cities.