Our passion is bringing the stories of farmers, producers and harvesters of sustainable seafood to chefs, retailers, and national account buyers. The consumer is demanding more accountability in how their seafood is sourced. Searenity Seafoods is the bridge between sea and fork.

Founder & President

Lauren founded Searenity Seafood with over 25 years of expertise in national seafood sales and business line development. She served most recently as US Vice President of US Sales for the Kingfish Company. Lauren’s past positions include VP of Business Development at Mark Foods, Director of Seafood Purchasing at Darden Restaurants and VP Sales/Purchasing at Midwest Seafood. 

Lauren also serves as Chairperson of National Fisheries Institute Future Leaders Committee and is a proud graduate of the NFI’s Future Leader Class of 1998. She resides in Orlando, Florida with her husband and two children Stella (13) and Easton (9).

Lauren is a founding member of Sea Sirens.

Chief of Staff

Kelly has over 20 years of seafood industry experience, including selling, buying, and consulting, for Darden Restaurants, East Coast Seafood, and Seatrade. When she was in the buyer role for Darden Restaurants, she was one of the top purchasers of North American lobster in the world. She was also on the Darden team that solved the science of growing lobster in a commercial aquaculture setting for the first time, from hatchery to harvest. In this role, she managed the scale up of the commercial operation in Malaysia, including establishing the hatchery and farms and an import and export department, and developed trading partners in Malaysia, Taiwan and China. In her consulting business, she has provided market research to International seafood companies facilitating their entry and establishment in the US market.

Vice President  |  Sales

  Nina joined Searenity Seafoods after spending the last 30 years in executive sales roles with PanaPesca USA and Neptune Fisheries.  Nina is widely regarded throughout the seafood industry for helping retail, foodservice and restaurant buyers find just the right seafood for their menu development needs, creating private label branded programs for foodservice distributors, and for ensuring the highest levels of customer satisfaction. She is known for using her extensive knowledge of the seafood industry to provide her customers with competitive advantages.