All parents want the absolute best for their baby. At HAPPYBABY, we aim to please. We are all working hard to provide you with products you can feel great about.

Shazi first created her vision for convenient, healthy meals for babies and children as she listened with a compassionate ear to a friend's anguish about the difficulty of finding the time to make her own baby food between caring for her baby, keeping up with her work, and all of the other demands of her very full life. In that instant, HAPPYBABY was born. A passionate supporter of health, wellness and sustainability, she was saddened to see the choices for parents when it came to store-bought baby food and understood the importance of starting babies on the tastes of fresh whole foods. She saw the opportunity to create a business that could positively impact the health of our children from the very start, offer parents peace of mind, support sustainable agriculture and simultaneously give back to those in need.

In a past life, Shazi founded and ran a marketing and media buying consultancy to help small business grow their brands. Her desire to utilize her talents to make a difference in the world coupled with her entrepreneurial nature took her to business school where she began developing HAPPYBABY in 2003. Shazi holds a BA from Columbia University in History and Visual Arts and an MBA from Columbia Business School in Management and Entrepreneurship. She lives in Jersey City, NJ with her husband Joe and is expecting her first HAPPYBABY in January.

Jessica is passionate about the intersection of business and social responsibility. She contributed to the greater good through positions in government and non-profits and then began to see the potential to use business as a powerful tool to make a difference. She witnessed the movement of social entrepreneurs, inspirational people creating new ventures that could positively impact people's lives through business and decided on her path, that led her to meet Shazi in 2005.

Robert W. Sears, MD, noted pediatrician and author, is part of the Sears family of pediatricians. He is in private practice with his father, Dr. William, and his brother, Dr. Jim. The proud father of three active boys, Andrew, age 13, Alex, age 10, and Joshua age 4, he especially enjoys talking to parents in his practice about the joys, and trials, of watching their little babies and toddlers thrive through the first several years of life.

Sourcing the highest quality organic ingredients for HAPPYBABY meals and overseeing production is the purview of Steve Mesia, Operations Director. Steve has spent his entire career in the food industry as a plant manager, Corporate Chemist and Quality Assurance Manager for some of America’s premier food companies including Albertstons and Sara Lee.

Sabina has spent the last 25 years in the financial services sector and brings an impressive base of knowledge and expertise to the HAPPYBABY team. From her time as the VP of Finance and Operations at Morgan Stanley, her role of VP of Financial Planning and Reporting at Deutsche Bank, and her own consultancy providing top tier accounting and CFO services to small and growing companies, she has become the penultimate financial manager to oversee and facilitate growth. Her experience with systems and control analysis and implementation, cash management, vendor compliance, accounting integrity, human resource administration, and her hands on approach to maintaining banking, vendor and investor relationships as well as budgeting and forecasting has made her an indispensible asset to our growing business.

Mona is HAPPYBABY's day-to-day designer and works on all sorts of fun projects, like our acclaimed newsletter, webstore, and numerous display materials. She graduated from Marymount Manhattan College with a bachelor’s degree in fine art and art history. A creative force with an insatiable desire to learn more, she then went on to obtain her Masters Degree in Graphic Communications from Pratt Institute.

Natalie joined the Happy Family team in April 2009 after working in a buyer role at Target. Prior to relocating to the Twin Cities, Natalie graduated with her MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with concentrations in Marketing and Operations. While at school, Natalie spent her summer internship at Frito Lay where she worked on a health and wellness project as a member of the Tostitos brand management team. Natalie held positions as a product developer and public relations account executive prior to going back to school.