Detroit Regional Chamber Bio

Dave Zilko

Vice Chairman, Garden Fresh Gourmet

Dave Zilko is the vice chairman at Garden Fresh Gourmet, the No. 1 selling brand of fresh salsa in North America, with revenues in excess of $100 million. He is an operating partner at Huron Capital, a Detroit-based private equity firm, and serves on the boards of the Grow Michigan venture fund and Jimmy Buffett’s charitable foundation, “Singing for Change.” He also serves on the executive board of Forgotten Harvest, the largest food rescue organization in the country.

Zilko graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in finance and earned a Master of Business Administration degree in marketing from The George Washington University.