{"id":1281,"date":"2026-05-07T14:18:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/after-macalester\/?page_id=1281"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:55:21","slug":"mara-steinitz-18","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/after-macalester\/alumni-pathways\/mara-steinitz-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Mara Steinitz \u201918"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The fact that I went to Mac helps me in the work I do now because there aren\u2019t a lot of people who have strong writing and analytical skills who also know how to cut up a cow.<\/blockquote>\n Mara Steinitz \u201918<\/cite>\n \"\"\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

History Major<\/strong>
\nMarketing Manager at Catelli Brothers Family of Foods<\/i>
Writing \u2022 Marketing \u2022 Networking \u2022 Curiosity<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before Catelli Brothers Family of Foods, I spent seven years in the niche meat world\u2014local farms, small butcher shops, including working at Lowry Hill Meats during my last two years at Mac. At a certain point, I realized that I wanted to talk about meat, not just cut it up. I had built up a big network in the small-meat world, so I sent cold emails to women in the industry who were doing interesting things and got hired to do meat education. My network also helped me make my next move, to a marketing agency where I supported small farms selling direct to consumers. Now I manage marketing for a much larger meat processor that distributes millions of pounds of meat a year to food service distributors and retailers. I make sure labels for retail products are in compliance with the USDA and are also eye-catching and informative. I write email blasts, website copy, and promo materials for customers, draft letters for the CEO, and make presentations for our sales team to give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I graduated from Mac very idealistic, very \u201csmall meat only.\u201d I was butchering in whole animal shops that sold direct to consumers, and I liked to tell stories about the specific farmers we worked with and their happy animals. That\u2019s not the story I can tell now because now I\u2019m talking about a much bigger scale: specific and strategic advancements in veal housing, or a family in Australia raising hundreds of head of cattle for generations in ways that people in the US are just figuring out are sustainable. I have learned that we need a diverse food system that includes precious small farms and bigger, more efficient farms that can feed a country. And I realize that another important thing I learned at Mac was to look at multiple sides of an issue and question my assumptions. I ask myself a lot: How can we do more to bring the two sides of this issue together?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I ran the Mac Jewish organization, and through that found my way to the Repair the World Fellowship in Detroit\u2014a Jewish, year-long service fellowship, where I was a food justice fellow after graduation. I\u2019m not sure I would have stayed in butchering if I hadn\u2019t made that move. I fell into marketing because I know a lot about meat and a lot about writing. I can see my long-term career turning to niche communications rather than marketing, which has a bit more of a focus on numbers. But I don\u2019t see myself making a move any time soon. There\u2019s still so much to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last updated: October 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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