Our story
Adeline Grove starts with two things I love.
Adeline is my daughter. The Grove is where it all began. Alameda, where we live, takes its name from the Spanish word for a grove of poplar trees.
Someday I hope Adeline looks at what I’ve built and sees that it’s worth betting on yourself.
Together, her name and our home capture the idea behind this firm: planting something new, with care, and helping it grow.
I spent my career in corporate.
I spent about 14 years growing brands at a Fortune 500 food company, learning something new with each role. The best chapter was leading Columbus Craft Meats, an acquisition we ran as a standalone business. I owned the P&L across marketing, R&D, operations, and sales, with a 40-person team. That’s where I learned that brands don’t grow from a campaign alone. They grow from an operating model: the right strategy, connected to how you actually sell, make, and deliver.
The bigger my roles got, the more I missed the part I love most: rolling up my sleeves and building something from the ground up. So I followed that passion, bet on myself, and left to help businesses grow directly.
That’s why I started Adeline Grove.
I work with founders who have a great product and are ready for the next step: raising capital, landing major customers, and scaling without losing what makes the brand theirs. I bring the general manager and brand leadership that early teams don’t usually have yet. I’m a co-builder. Your vision stays yours, and I help build the engine behind it.
Build the brand. Build the engine.
