Emily Silver, a 2007 graduate of the Yale School of Management, is vice president and general manager of The Hive, PepsiCo’s new operating entity focused on developing and accelerating growth of smaller, emerging food and beverage brands. She is interviewed by Max Dworin ’20, a first-year MBA student at Yale SOM and former U.S. Senate staffer transitioning to a career on the innovation side of the consumer packaged goods industry.