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Natalie

Natalie Keng is a pioneer in the area of innovative leadership development and is the Founder and CEO (“Chief Eating Officer”) of Global Hearth™, a multi-faceted business that leverages the power of food and culture to promote team-building and client engagement in support of corporate initiatives through its Cooking Up a Better World™ platform of inspiring, interactive, and impactful presentations, tours and events. Keng is the bestselling author of Egg Rolls & Sweet Tea, and the creator of the first award-winning line of Georgia-grown, Asian-inspired sauces (launched at Whole Foods Market) that feature natural ingredients and harken heritage recipes, earning her the title The Sauce Maven™. Before starting her own business, Keng was a strategic marketing executive in a Fortune 100 corporation. She has also headed leadership development initiatives at national non-profit organizations and served in public office. Keng is a recipient of the Greater Women's Business Council Trailblazer Award and was appointed to serve on the Governor's Health Task Force. She has been featured in PEOPLE magazine, Southern Living, Garden & Gun, NPR, Taste of the South, Harvard Magazine, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Splendid Table, and Woman's World. A graduate of Vassar College, Keng holds a Master of Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She lives in her hometown of Smyrna, Georgia.