07.26.13
Women in Flavor & Fragrance Commerce (WFFC) has announced that Dr. Carol Karahadian, global director of sensory - R&D Division, Starbucks Coffee Company, will be honored at its 31st WFFC Open Dinner on September 25, 2013, at the Westmount Country Club in West Paterson, New Jersey.
Karahadian joined Starbucks in 2011, after spending 17 years at Flavor and Fragrance House Firmenich. Her contributions there included building a global sensory program and a descriptive expertise center in Mumbai, India, in her most recent role as vice president of global sensory and consumer research.
At Starbucks, she has successfully established the global standardization for testing processes and tasting descriptive protocols, from consumer research to product development, with a focus on emerging markets. She has published 25 peer-review academic papers.
To bring further impact to those she touches, Karahadian volunteers her time and food science expertise at the Seattle Chapter of Expanding Your Horizons, a non-profit organization where girls in the 6th to 8th grades can explore math, science and technology. She has also been a supporter of the local Rescue Missions where she has lived.
When asked about the defining moment in her career, she replied, “When others believed in me and gave me the opportunity to change my world and impact those who I touch!”
Karahadian joined Starbucks in 2011, after spending 17 years at Flavor and Fragrance House Firmenich. Her contributions there included building a global sensory program and a descriptive expertise center in Mumbai, India, in her most recent role as vice president of global sensory and consumer research.
At Starbucks, she has successfully established the global standardization for testing processes and tasting descriptive protocols, from consumer research to product development, with a focus on emerging markets. She has published 25 peer-review academic papers.
To bring further impact to those she touches, Karahadian volunteers her time and food science expertise at the Seattle Chapter of Expanding Your Horizons, a non-profit organization where girls in the 6th to 8th grades can explore math, science and technology. She has also been a supporter of the local Rescue Missions where she has lived.
When asked about the defining moment in her career, she replied, “When others believed in me and gave me the opportunity to change my world and impact those who I touch!”
