Maria Olide is the Chief Operating and Financial Officer of BEAM Circular, an organization catalyzing a bio-industrial manufacturing hub in the North San Joaquin Valley. BEAM Circular is leveraging the community’s power to transform agricultural waste into economic and environmental opportunities. Maria, who grew up in the Northern San Joaquin Valley, is dedicating her current work to improving the economic, environmental, and health conditions of its residents. Throughout her career, Maria has held various finance leadership roles, including serving as a partner in the management consulting practice and a manager in the audit practice at KPMG, a divisional CFO at ADP, and most recently as the CFO at Farmers Business Network, an agricultural technology company. Maria holds a BS in Business Administration from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford University.