Lisa L. Marsh, Founder/CEO MsPsGFree Inc
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Chicago
About
Lisa worked 27 years in Federal Law Enforcement and retired December 2017, to run
MsP’sGFree Inc as Founder/CEO. Mrs. Youlas Patterson-Brown, Lisa’s shero and mom is the inspiration and namesake of the company. MsP passed away at sixty (60) from congestive heart failure. James Patterson, Lisa’s dad, passed away at 42, from a stroke, and on October 23, 2018, Lisa lost a sister Venita (CoCo) Statam to a heart attack, Venita was 51.
Lisa has been gluten-free since 2009, formulated MsP’sGFree Inc after working farmers markets and taking an accelerator course at Sunshine Enterprises. Lisa certified MsPsGFree 12/23/2015, then had products on the shelf at Whole Foods Market, 9/19/2016.
Lisa is determined to take her family’s generational tragedy and turn it into triumph. MsP’sGFree Inc has products in 26 Whole Foods Market, and 44 Mariano’s locations in and around Chicagoland. MsP’sGFree also has items on Amazon, Walmart Marketplace, in Community Fresh Market, in Nourish + Bloom, Fayetteville Georgia, and on their ecommerce website: https://www.mspsglutenfree.com.
MsPsGFree produces delicious, nutritious and healthy gluten-free snack foods, with a current concentration on our gluten-free granola that is sold in Whole Foods Market and Mariano’s locations Chicago wide. MsPsGFree is also sold on Amazon and on our ecommerce website at www.mspsglutenfree.com. MsPsGFree focuses on females who are between the ages of 35-70, who are mostly women of color and those looking to snack healthier, move more, and live longer.
Additional Info
Lisa and MsPsGFree has won several accolades to include: 2021 Buy From a Black Woman Trademark Grant; 2022 UPS Grant Recipient; 2022 Brilliantly Black Award Recipient from Iheart Media; Founders First CDC 2022 Kitty Award Winner; 2022 Chicago Innovation Award Nominee; 2022 Lightbox Grant from The Maclyn Group; 2022 Macro Impact Support from Inspire 11; 2022 BMO Winning Women Grant; EY EAN video award in March 2023; 2023 Nextdoor Kind Foundation – Keep it local grant, Founders First CDC Awards finalist, and a Bey Good Foundation Grant, from Beyonce Knowles Carter in 2023.
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