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Nancy Matheson-Burns

Nancy owns and operates Dole & Bailey, a Certified Woman-Owned Food Hub based in Woburn. Founded in 1868 in Faneuil Hall, the company is known for providing chefs across New England with high quality foods and culinary expertise. An innovative force and industry leader on national and local levels, Nancy has helped guide her family's business for more than 40 years, the last 20 as president. Her commitment to connecting chefs with local, sustainable foods led to the growth of D&B's Northeast Family Farms and Northeast Family Fisheries. D&B is USDA Organic Certified, Non-GMO Project Verified, Humane Handling Certified, Animal Welfare Approved, a Greater Atlantic Federal Dealer, and ISO 9001:2015 registered. It is one of the few certified woman-owned USDA federally inspected establishments in the United States.

Nancy has won several prestigious awards, including the most recent Boston Business Journal’s Top 10 Woman Owned Businesses in Massachusetts in 2021. Nancy is the co-founder of LDEI New England.