Lynda Resnick

Vice Chairwoman

Wonderful Co.

THE LATEST: In September Resnick and her husband, Stewart, donated $750 million to Caltech for research into sustainability practices and combatting climate change. She oversees marketing and product development at Wonderful Co., which sells produce grown in the Central Valley under its brand names, including POM Wonderful, Halos and Wonderful Pistachios. Resnick spearheaded last year’s rollout of Wonderful Seedless Lemons.

BACKGROUND: Resnick has been a major donor and served as board vice chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She is an executive board member of The Aspen Institute’s board of trustees and a Lifetime Trustee. At age 19, Resnick dropped out of college and founded an advertising agency, a move that years later led her to her husband and business partner, Stewart Resnick. She received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in 2012 from Bard College and in 2019 ranked No. 7 among Forbes’ "Top 80 Most Successful Self-Made Women in America."

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