Lee Wallace is the “queen bean” of Peace Coffee, a company she acquired from its founding nonprofit, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, in late 2017. She describes her work as “the intersection between mission and money”—that is, manufacturing great coffee while elevating communities of coffee growers around the globe. Under Wallace’s leadership, Peace Coffee has garnered local, national, and international recognition, from being named as a top 10 most sustainable coffee business in the U.S. by Civil Eats to best coffee roaster by Minnesota publications. Wallace intends to continue the work that’s made Peace Coffee successful for two decades: forming long-term partnerships with farmer cooperatives and investing in the Minnesota community.