Hailey Grohman

Project Manager & Operations Specialist

 

Hailey Grohman is an operations and development professional with deep experience in shared kitchen management, construction oversight, and complex facility launches. She integrates food systems expertise with architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) project management to ensure that operational strategy, facility design, and financial sustainability are closely aligned. Hailey has supported food facility projects across the full lifecycle, from feasibility and design coordination through construction and launch. Her expertise includes shared kitchen operations and compliance, budgeting and capital planning, SOP development, workflow optimization, and cross-functional team coordination.

Previously, Hailey served as General Manager of Fork Food Lab, overseeing daily operations of a 6,000-square-foot shared commercial kitchen supporting more than 40 food businesses and developing operational systems, compliance protocols, and partnerships. She also served as Expansion Operations Manager at Pilotworks, where she led the buildout of six shared kitchen facilities totaling more than 150,000 square feet, managing MEP scopes and delivering projects on time and on budget.

More recently, Hailey managed multimillion-dollar development projects, including simultaneous hotel developments exceeding $10 million in total value, with responsibility for financial controls, capital expenditures, and construction coordination.

Today, Hailey is a consultant at New Venture Advisors, where she supports food system and shared kitchen projects through feasibility analysis, operations strategy, and facility-aligned program design.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 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)