The founder of NACOBRA
Building brands people trust, and businesses that grow.
Naomi Cody
Founder & CEO, NACOBRA LLC
Former Chief Marketing Officer
Consumer growth and brand executive with 25+ years building and scaling food, nutrition, and wellness brands from $200 million to $1 billion. Most recently Chief Marketing Officer of CellCore Biosciences and Biocidin Botanicals; previously EVP of Brand Marketing at SlimFast and brand leader at Unilever.
Breyers brand led at Unilever, incl. the Breyers Gelato launch
Growth in the SlimFast private-equity turnaround
SlimFast Keto, top breakthrough innovation of 2019 (IRI / Nielsen)
Years scaling brands from $200M to $1B in revenue
Experience
- 2008 – Present
NACOBRA LLC
Founder & CEO
Brand holding company and strategic advisory. Advisory clients include Miracle Noodle (2021–2025).
- 2024 – 2026
CellCore Biosciences & Biocidin Botanicals
Chief Marketing Officer
Led the practitioner-to-consumer transformation of two PE-backed (Kainos Capital) science-led brands.
- 2015 – 2020
SlimFast
EVP, Brand Marketing
Led the turnaround to profitability and served on the executive team through the 2018 sale to Glanbia.
- 2007 – 2015
Unilever
Brand leadership roles
Breyers, Popsicle, Suave Skin ($200M P&L), I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! and the SlimFast divestiture.
- 2005 – 2007
Birds Eye Foods
Associate Brand Manager
Helped launch the category-transforming Steamfresh brand.
- 1999 – 2003
American Management Systems
Management Consultant
Led a 12-person international team in Paris.
Board & advisory focus
- —Premium and super-premium brand building
- —Turnarounds, private equity, and M&A
- —Category creation and consumer education
- —DTC, creator, and earned-media engines
- —Regulated claims and science-backed positioning
- —International: bilingual French, dual U.S. / France citizenship
Education
- MBA, William E. Simon School of Business, University of Rochester
- BA, Economics, University of Chicago
- Pastry Chef Certification, The Culinary Institute of America