Mary Coppola Heslep

Mary has spent her career developing brands as a design and marketing professional. As the creative lead at Ten Acre Marketing, Mary is focused on elevating fresh produce brands through strategic marketing, appealing to retail and foodservice buyers, and developing consumer relationships to grow overall consumption. As the vice president of marketing & communications for the United Fresh Produce Association, Mary lead the association’s marketing and communications strategies and developed resources that allow the fresh produce industry to advance their own brand marketing strategies through the signature event BrandStorm™ as well as quarterly trends research, webinars and more. Mary has an MFA in graphic design from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and a BFA in graphic design from the University of Massachusetts.