A team that has come together to advance our shared vision for a plastic-free future.

Planetary Visionaries, Strategists, Scientists, Engineers, Designers, Technologists,

The LOLIWARE Team

Headquartered in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area, we're a diverse and global team of planetary visionaries, strategists, scientists, engineers, designers and technologists leading the seaweed and climate-tech sector.

The Core Team

Sea Briganti

CEO

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Sea Briganti is the Founder & CEO of LOLIWARE®, an AI-driven materials innovation company focused on addressing plastic pollution, climate change and building the blue economy. Raised in Hawaii and with a background in industrial design and breakthrough product development, Sea was tapped by global CPG companies like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestle and L'Oréal to build their innovation pipelines. With Sea's leadership, the LOLIWARE® team developed SEA TECHNOLOGY®, a patented, cutting-edge materials platform that utilizes seaweed to produce novel bioresins. These bioresins can be transformed into new products that are 100% certified plastic-free, home-compostable, scalable, cost-effective and regenerative. By generating new demand for ocean-farmed seaweed, LOLIWARE®'s technology also supports the livelihoods of coastal communities around the world. LOLIWARE® has secured $19.2M in funding from notable investors, including L Catterton, H/L Ventures, CityRock Capital and Kilara Capital. Driven by her unwavering belief in seaweed's potential, Sea envisions a plastic-free future.

Victoria Piunova, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer

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Dr. Piunova hails from IBM Research, where she holds the prestigious title of IBM Master Inventor. She brings over 10 years of experience in sustainable materials development for applications in biotechnology and sensing. Victoria has invented 25 issued US patents and authored more than 30 publications in peer reviewed journals. She is also a recipient of the American Chemical Society's Young Investigator Award and Young Industrial Polymer Chemist Award Victoria received her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California with Prof. Hogen-Esch and completed her post-doctoral studies at the California Institute of Technology in the group of Nobel Laureate Robert Grubbs. Victoria spends her free time traveling, skiing, running marathons and wine tasting.

Jonathan Plisco

Chief Commercial Officer

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Jonathan Plisco is the Chief Commercial Officer at LOLIWARE®. With over 40 years of experience in the plastics industry, Jonathan spearheads the company's global commercialization initiatives, concentrating on strategic growth and industry-wide innovation. Prior to his role at Loliware, Jonathan worked at Teknor Apex and GLS/PolyOne (Avient). He has held numerous senior leadership positions focused on commercializing cutting-edge technologies, global account management, distribution, and marketing.

Lana Lee

Chief of Staff

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Lana Lee is the Chief of Staff and Head of People Operations for LOLIWARE®. Lana has over a decade of experience managing programs, projects and people. She has held leadership and operations roles spanning the technology and higher education sectors – including Google, Sidewalk Labs, NYU and Apple. Lana graduated with honors from New York University with Bachelor’s degrees in Journalism and Art History, with a minor in Music Production; as well as a Master’s degree in Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs. Lana has a fondness for ziplining, dancing and trying the local hot sauce wherever she travels. She was accepted to compete in the Squid Games.

Alyssa Mitchell

Director of Operations

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Alyssa Mitchell is the Director of Operations at LOLIWARE®. She has 8 years of experience leading R&D, engineering and operations teams at sustainability start-ups. Most recently, Alyssa was the Director of Technology Deployment at Full Cycle Bioplastics where she scaled food waste-to-PHA technology. Beyond her professional life, Alyssa enjoys spending time outdoors and exploring nature through hiking and gardening. She also cherishes time with family, friends and her beloved chocolate lab.

Kayla Barker, Ph.D.

Polymer Chemist

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Kayla Barker is the Polymer Chemist at LOLIWARE®. Kayla received her Ph.D. in chemistry from Stanford University where she held a fellowship from the Center for Molecular Analysis and Design for interdisciplinary research. Prior to graduate school, she completed her B.S. in chemistry at Texas A&M University and received the ACS Organic Division Undergraduate Award. Kayla is enthusiastic about developing sustainable materials that leverage nature’s chemical structures. In her free time, Kayla enjoys swimming, working out and baking bread.

Andrew Donovan

Senior Integration Engineer

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Andrew Donovan is the Senior Integration Engineer at LOLIWARE®. He has 15+ years of experience supporting commercial, R&D, engineering, and operations teams in polymer material selection, design, and processing. Andrew has a Bachelor's of Science in Plastics Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He has worked in the Thermoplastic Elastomer and Engineering Resin space, as well as the Healthcare Device Manufacturing Industry. In his spare time, Andrew enjoys motorcycle riding, skiing, hiking, gaming, reading, and spending quality time with his two cats.

Allen Orr

Creative Director

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Allen Orr is the Creative Director for LOLIWARE®, with over twenty years of experience in digital design. Previously, Allen held design leadership roles at Huge where he oversaw 40+ UX and Visual Designers. Past clients include Apple, Lexus, Instagram, Reformation and Google.

Marla Tomorug

Lead Designer and Photographer

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With over a decade of experience in marketing, graphic design, and visual storytelling, Marla Tomorug leads the creative vision for Loliware, shaping its brand identity through compelling design and photography. Her passion lies in collaborating with mission-driven companies dedicated to making a positive impact on the planet. Marla's work is deeply inspired by her experiences as an underwater photographer and ocean advocate. After spending 18 months traveling the globe to document innovative solutions in ocean conservation, she brings a unique perspective to her role, blending her love for the ocean with a commitment to sustainability. When she’s not crafting impactful visuals, you can find Marla freediving or surfing the waters of Maui. On land, she enjoys experimenting in the kitchen, creating nourishing plant-based meals that reflect her dedication to a regenerative lifestyle.

The Scientific Advisory Board

Dr. Louis E. Metzger IV

Scientific Advisor

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Louis E. Metzger IV, Ph.D., is a Scientific Advisor to LOLIWARE®.

Louis believes that the precise engineering of biology will enable a revolution in how humans live, work, and interact with our planet.

He is the co-founder of a stealth-mode firm and is a scientific consultant. As Chief Scientific Officer of Tierra Biosciences, he helped to build an automated, cell-free “protein printing” platform with applications in synthetic biology and in green chemistry. As a scientist at Novartis Infectious Diseases, Dr. Metzger founded and led a team that hunted for novel antibacterial molecules. Additionally Louis leads Biocaptivate, a think-tank examining the culture of science, and is a Forbes contributor.

Fascinated by the biochemical treasures that have evolved in the oceans over deep time, Dr. Metzger is delighted to help LOLIWARE solve the problem of plastics pollution.

Dr. Garret Miyake

Scientific Advisor

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Garret Miyake is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board at LOLIWARE®.

He is a co-founder of New Iridium and Cypris Materials. He is currently an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Colorado State University.

He performed his Ph.D.studies at Colorado State University before conducting postdoctoral research with Robert Grubbs at the California Institute of Technology.

He has been awarded the Sloan Research Fellowship, the Cottrell Scholar Award, the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, the American Chemical Society’s Division of Polymer Chemistry Mark Young Scholar Award, and the American Chemical Society’s Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award.

Jeff Wooster

Scientific Advisor

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Jeff Wooster is a member of LOLIWARE’s Scientific Advisory Board.
Formerly, he was the Global Sustainability Director for Dow Chemical’s Packaging and Specialty Plastics division. With three decades at the company, he led the Global Packaging Project, the Ocean Plastics Leadership Network and other important projects. A lifelong chemical engineer, Jeff has 45 patents, has authored numerous publications and was the President of the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (AMERIPEN). For the last decade, he’s been focused on plastics sustainability and the issue of waste, spearheading a number of sustainability programs and leading conversations on how to build a sustainable future for our industry and the planet.

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Dr. Gang-Yu Liu

Scientific Advisor

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Dr. Gang-Yu Liu is a member of LOLIWARE’s Scientific Advisory Board. She received her Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Princeton University. After two years of postdoctoral research as a Miller Research Fellow with UC Berkeley, she became an Assistant Professor with Wayne State University in 1994. In 2001, she moved to the University of California at Davis (UC Davis) where she became a Professor of Chemistry in 2005. She also directs the Keck Spectral Imaging Facility, a campus core facility with UC Davis. She has over 100 publications, and numerous book chapters and U.S. Patents. Her research interests include the methodology development of 2-D and 3-D nanolithography, high-resolution material and bioimaging, and using nanotechnology to investigate and control cellular signaling processes. She is a member of the AAAS, ACS, ACBS, APS, and BPS. She received numerous awards for her research in nanotechnology and nanobiotechnology, including the Beckman Young Investigator Award, ACS Fellow, and AAAS Fellow. Comment end

The Board of Advisors

Oliver B. Libby

Managing Partner and Co-Founder,
Hatzimemos / Libby

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Oliver Libby is a member of the Board at LOLIWARE®.

Oliver B. Libby is Managing Partner and co-founder of Hatzimemos / Libby, a strategy and venture firm based in New York City. Founded in 2009, H/L is dedicated to accelerating companies, focusing on high-growth businesses that add value to society.

Mr. Libby also chairs the Board of The Resolution Project, Inc., a non-profit organization based in New York City which he co-founded in 2007. Through its Social Venture Challenges, held at leading youth conferences around the world, Resolution identifies undergraduate students who wish to launch new social ventures.

Mr. Libby has been invited to speak at Harvard, Columbia, and the United Nations, among other thought leadership venues and convenings and his work has been covered in publications including the New York Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, LinkedIn, VICE,Fast Company, Reuters, the NY Post, and The Huffington Post. He has spoken and published work focusing on the nexus between the future of work, job creation, innovation, social entrepreneurship, and leadership.

Cassy Liberman

Writer, Businesswoman and Philanthropist

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Cassy Liberman is a member of the Board at LOLIWARE. Cassy began her career as a lawyer though she has spent most of her career as owner/operator of her family offices; LJCB Investment Group and 5 Pillars Capital. Cassy is passionate about impact investment and using her financial resources to benefit our community and our environment whilst also working within and towards traditional financial return metrics.

Emma Jenkin

Mentor, Director and Advisor

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Emma Jenkin is a member of the Board at LOLIWARE®. Emma has over 20 years’ experience in finance across portfolio management, fixed income and impact investing. She is considered a climate pioneer and has led a number of domestic and global innovations across the clean energy transition, ESG investing, carbon finance and emissions trading. Initially working in investment banking, Emma also has entrepreneurial experience working directly in and with start-ups and early-stage ventures and has successfully established partnerships to accelerate innovation and product development. Emma is passionate about natural capital solutions and the amazing decarbonization potential of seaweed.

Justin Kamine

Co-Founder & Partner,
Kamine Development Corporation

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Justine Kamine is a member of the Board at LOLIWARE®.

Justin Kamine has been at the forefront of sustainable and environmentally progressive technologies and food movements for the past six years. Through his angel investments and entrepreneurial talents, he is deeply involved with growing technologies that are actively transforming the agriculture world, creating a more sustainable food supply chain, eliminating food and plastic waste, and building solar energy capacity. He has been consistently featured in CNBC, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and other publications.

Justin is a managing member of Kamine Development Corporation, the Kamine family’s development office. He is also a Co-Founder and Partner at KDC Ag, a company deploying a fresh food waste conversion technology to eliminate food waste and increase sustainable farming across the United States.

Justin has committed his life and dedicated his career to proving that environmentally sustainable investments and technologies can progress society while providing better than normal financial yields.

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