Dana Cowin is a tastemaker and innovator in media, food and entrepreneurship. Her work spans advising creatives, founders and non-profits as well as creating editorial through podcasts, social, video, zines and books. 

An award-winning influencer in the food world, she is a sought-after speaker on topics from trendspotting to lifestyle and motivation, leadership and branding. And of course, good food! Cowin was the keynote speaker for the Bacardi Spirit Forward first national tour; a frequent judge on Top Chef and Beat Bobby Flay, presenter at TedXManhattan on food waste; interviewed experts at SXSW and Fast Company Innovation Festival, among many others.  

Through her brand consulting work, Cowin advises growing companies on storytelling, food, pr and marketing. She has lent her expertise to businesses as diverse as fast casual restaurants like Taim Mediterranean Kitchen and Dig Food Group (where she was Chief Brand Advisor from 2017 to 2020), Neiman Marcus and the Trust for Governors Island. She is also an investor and advisor to startups in the culinary space.

Cowin is host of Speaking Broadly, a podcast that features visionary women at the intersection of creativity, sustainability and food. Cowin has been invited to record Speaking Broadly across the country and around the world--from Japan to Montana to Portland, OR. Inspired by the singular experiences of Speaking Broadly guests, Cowin selected more than dozen women to write their own stories in Speaking Broadly's first zine, published spring 2022. The zine is now in its second printing. In 2014, Cowin published a highly-acclaimed cookbook, Mastering My Mistakes in the Kitchen: Learning to Cook with 65 Great Chefs and over 100 Delicious Recipes.

For 21 years, from 1995 to 2016, Cowin was the Editor in Chief of Food & Wine magazine. She transformed Food & Wine into a must-read lifestyle publication and digital outlet for anyone who wanted to track culinary trends, up-and-coming chefs, news about travel destinations, entertaining, wine and spirits. Cowin oversaw every aspect of the editorial, including books, website, social. 

Cowin has a longstanding commitment to supporting opportunities for economic growth through culinary training. She's on the board of Food Education Fund and Hot Bread Kitchen, as well as the Food Council of City Harvest.