Founder & Principal
Julie DiNatale
A senior, hands-on resource for organizations that need to connect strategy, markets, customers, partnerships, and execution — with a perspective spanning the ag and food value chain, ecosystem services, sustainability, and emerging agronomic innovations.
Education & Credentials
- M.S. Environmental Toxicology
- B.S. Environmental Science
- Sustainable Business Certificate
About Bridgeside Advisory
Bridgeside Advisory provides senior-level strategic counsel to companies, investors, and leadership teams navigating complex challenges in agriculture, food systems, and sustainability. Every engagement is hands-on, practical, and built around your specific mission with goals and timelines clearly defined and prioritized.
Julie DiNatale is an executive agriculture business leader with a proven track record of accelerating revenue, building strategic partnerships, and launching transformative solutions for innovative and resilient agriculture and food systems . She has led global business units as an EVP in the crop nutrition space, served as Chief Sustainability Officer for a $4B agriscience enterprise, and built high-performing teams across start-ups, scale-ups, and corporate settings.
Core Competencies
Selected Experience
OCP Nutricrops
EVP, Adaptation & Resilience
Built and commercialized a global business unit focused on a product pipeline spanning biologicals, soil health, plant health, diagnostics, and digital services across North America, LATAM, Europe, India, and Africa.
FMC Corporation
VP, Chief Sustainability Officer
Led global sustainability strategy for a $4B agriscience company; directed net-zero execution; ensured 100% of new crop protection solutions met elevated sustainability benchmarks; oversaw CSRD compliance and ESG rankings. Portfolio included global industry and government affairs.
Land O'Lakes / Truterra
Director, Sustainability Partnerships
Monetized regenerative agriculture programs and carbon credits; grew revenue 5x YoY; delivered 3rd-party-assured GHG reduction projects for Fortune 100 clients; gathered key support for a $90M USDA grant award.
Corteva Agriscience
Senior Director, External Affairs & Ecosystem Carbon Services
Launched Carbon & Ecosystem Services portfolio generating $24M in annual revenue; led post-acquisition integration; produced 'Follow the Food' with BBC; represented Corteva a global engagements world-wide with senior executives.
Granular
Director
Commercial leader at VC-funded AgTech SaaS startup; grew quarterly top-line revenue and expanded network; assisted with integration of Granular and Corteva after the $300M acquisition in 2017.
Farm Journal Media
Director, Top Producer Executive Network
Scaled new business unit, managing prospecting, sales, marketing, and a multi-million P&L.