Claudia Yang

Financial Specialist

 

Claudia is interested in the intersection of food, sustainability and finance. She spent five years in quantitative investment management at Dimensional Fund Advisors, where her most recent role was Associate Portfolio Manager specializing in U.S. small and microcap equity strategies. She has held finance internships with companies along the food value chain, including Gold Leaf Farms and Hancock Natural Resources Group.

 

Claudia volunteered on a regenerative agriculture farm in Austin, TX, which led her to pursue a master’s degree in business to transition into agriculture and food investing. Today, in addition to her role as financial analyst at New Venture Advisors, Claudia is a Structuring Associate at Amp Americas, a developer of biogas operations.

 

Claudia received an MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in June 2022 with concentrations in Finance, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management. As a double Maroon, she also holds an B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago.

 

 

 

 

 Whatcom County Food System Plan

New Venture Advisors supported Whatcom County staff and the Food System Committee in developing the Whatcom County Food System Plan, a 10-year roadmap for a more equitable and resilient food system. NVA led plan development, community engagement, and cross-sector strategy, integrating agriculture, fisheries and marine harvest, processing, distribution, and access to strengthen the regional food economy. (2023)

 Whatcom Local Food Campus

Whatcom Community Foundation continues to partner with New Venture Advisors to guide the development of the Kitchens@Millworks —a bold project uniting health, equity, and market access. Building on previous work with the Farm to Freezer program, the team developed an operational model, financial analysis, and partner strategy. NVA is evaluating expansion of farm-to-institution efforts and their potential relocation to the new campus. Advanced financial models support a multi-operator facility encompassing production, aggregation, retail, and community programs. (2026)