Kathleen Valiasek serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Local Bounti since March 2025, and as a Board director since December 2025. As CEO, Ms. Valiasek is responsible for the overall strategic direction and performance of the company, while driving sustainable growth and shareholder value. Prior to her appointment as CEO, Ms. Valiasek served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Local Bounti, positions she held since June 2024 and April 2021, respectively.
Ms. Valiasek oversaw all operational, innovation, commercial, and marketing activities while leading the company's financial organization. Under her leadership, the company has achieved significant operational efficiencies across its growing facilities network and secured strategic financing relationships that have facilitated the company's expansion efforts.
Ms. Valiasek brings over 30 years of executive leadership experience in driving profitable growth across public and private companies in the biotech, retail, telecommunications, real estate, and healthcare sectors. Previously, Ms. Valiasek served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer at Amyris, Inc. (formerly a public company traded on Nasdaq), prior to her engagement as Chief Financial Officer of the Local Bounti’s predecessor from April 2021 to November 2021.
Ms. Valiasek founded Lenox Group, Inc. in 1996, where she provided strategic and financial consulting services to Fortune 500 companies and emerging growth firms. Her work included managing complex M&A transactions, IPOs, spin-offs, and capital raises for clients such as Albertsons, CVS, Gap, Kaiser Permanente, and Softbank.
What is Kathleen Valiasek's net worth?
The estimated net worth of Kathleen Valiasek is at least $1.58 million as of July 2nd, 2026. Ms. Valiasek owns 1,524,860 shares of Local Bounti stock worth more than $1,578,230 as of September 30th. This net worth estimate does not reflect any other assets that Ms. Valiasek may own. Learn More about Kathleen Valiasek's net worth.
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Has Kathleen Valiasek been buying or selling shares of Local Bounti?
Within the last three months, Kathleen Valiasek has sold $154,336.00 in Local Bounti stock. Most recently, Kathleen Valiasek sold 118,720 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $1.30, for a transaction totalling $154,336.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 1,524,860 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,982,318. Learn More on Kathleen Valiasek's trading history.
Who are Local Bounti's active insiders?
Are insiders buying or selling shares of Local Bounti?
In the last year, insiders at the sold shares 6 times. They sold a total of 123,720 shares worth more than $165,896.00. The most recent insider tranaction occured on July, 2nd when CEO
Kathleen Valiasek sold 118,720 shares worth more than $154,336.00. Insiders at Local Bounti own 14.2% of the company.
Learn More about insider trades at Local Bounti. Information on this page was last updated on 7/2/2026.
