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Dr. Silvia Abel-Caines DVM PhD, Ruminant Nutritionist, Organic Valley Deb Atwood, Executive Director, Meridian’s AGree: Transforming Food and Ag Policy Allison Aubrey, Food Journalist, NPR Behtash Bahador, Finalist, Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (BCFN) Young Earth Solutions competition Monifa Bandele, Senior Campaign Director, MomsRising Eliza Barclay, Science and Health Editor, Vox.com Laura Batcha, CEO and Executive Director, Organic Trade Association
David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World
Regina Beidler, Organic Valley Farmer-Owner, Beidler Family Farm Charles Benbrook, Research Consultant, Benbrook Consulting Services
Patricia J. Beneke, Regional Director, UNEP Regional Office for North America
Claire Benjamin DiMattina, Executive Director, Food Policy Action
Michael Berger, Founding Partner, Elevation Franchise Ventures
Ali Berlow, Author, The Food Activist Handbook
Jane Black, Food Writer, Washington Post
William Burke, Research Scholar, Center on Food Security & the Environment, Stanford University
Tim Carman, Food Writer, Washington Post Jason Clay, Senior Vice President, Markets; Executive Director, Markets Institute, WWF Mitchell Davis, Executive Vice President, James Beard Foundation
Niaz Dorry, Coordinating Director, Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance
Jeff Dunn, President, Campbell Fresh Division
Rodney Ferguson, President and CEO, Winrock International
Pam Fessenden, Director, Office of Market and Partnership Innovations, Bureau for Food Security, USAID
Kimberly Flowers, Director, Global Food Security Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Sam Fromartz, Editor-in-Chief, Food & Environment Reporting Network
April Fulton, Contributor, National Geographic
Dan Glickman, Vice President, Aspen Institute; Former Secretary of Agriculture
Eileen Gordon, Founder, Barnraiser
Roger Gordon, Founder, Food Cowboy
Danielle Gould, Founder and CEO, Food + Tech Connect
Dana Gunders, Staff Scientist, Food and Agriculture Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
Diane Hatz, Founder and Executive Director, Change Food
Wenonah Hauter, Founder and Executive Director, Food & Water Watch
Cullen Hendrix, Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
Devin Henry, Energy and Environment Reporter, The Hill Lauren Herzer Risi, Program Associate, Environmental Change and Security Program, Wilson Center Jason Huffman, Agriculture and Trade Editor, POLITICO Pro
Allan Jury, Vice President of Public Policy and Senior Advisor, World Food Program USA
Eric Kessler, Founder, Arabella Advisors
Dan Kish, Senior Vice President – Food, Panera Bread
Ashley Koff RD, The Better Nutrition Simplified Program
Dr. Carlo Leifert, Head of Unit, Nafferton Ecological Farming Group; Professor of Ecological Agriculture, University of Newcastle
Jeremiah Lowery, Political Appointee, D.C. Food Policy Council
Evan Lutz, Founder, Hungry Harvest
Riana Lynn, Founder and CEO, FoodTrace
Johanna Mendelson Forman, Scholar in Residence, School of International Service, American University
Spike Mendelsohn, Chef; Chair, DC Food Policy Council
Dr. Kathleen Merrigan, Executive Director of Sustainability, George Washington University
Alexander Müller, Study Leader and Steering Committee Chair, TEEBAgFood
George Naylor, Family Farmer; Former President, National Family Farm Coalition
Regina Northouse, Executive Director, Food Recovery Network
Ari Novy, Executive Director, U.S. Botanic Garden
Amanda Oborne, Director of Food and Farms, Ecotrust
Ray Offenheiser, President, Oxfam America
Shepherd Ogden, Farmer; Founder and President, The Cook’s Garden
Patrick O’Neill, CEO, Amp Your Good LLC
Raj Patel, Research Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs; Author; Activist
Tinia Pina, Founder and CEO, Re-Nuble
Chellie Pingree, U.S. Congress (D-ME)
Ruth Richardson, Executive Director, Global Alliance for the Future of Food
Stephen Ritz, Founder, Green Bronx Machine Cheryl Rogowski, Founder, Rogowski Farm
Nancy E. Roman, President and CEO, Capital Area Food Bank
Sara Roversi, Co-Founder, You Can Group, Future Food Institute; Executive Director, Food Innovation Program
Lyndal Rowlands, UN Bureau Chief, IPS – Inter Press Service
Rodney Scruggs, Executive Chef, Occidental Grill
Simran Sethi, Author, Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love
Greg Sewitz, Co-Founder, Exo Inc.
Lauren Shweder Biel, Executive Director, DC Greens
Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Bill Telepan, Chef, Telepan Restaurant; Executive Chef, Wellness in the Schools
Rachel Tepper, Editor, Yahoo Food
Roger Thurow, Senior Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Baldemar Velasquez, President and Founder, Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), AFL-CIO Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Ryan Wailany, CEO and Founder, Kitchenbowl
Karen Washington, Urban Farmer and Activist; Co-Founder of Black Urban Growers and Rise & Root Farm
Ben Wenk, Seventh Generation Farmer and Partner, Three Springs Farm
Paul Willis, Founder, Niman Ranch Pork Company
Ulises Zatarain, Program Director, Washington Youth Garden
And many more to be announced soon!
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Washington, DC: April 20 – 21, 2016
São Paulo, Brazil: Sept. 29 – 30, 2016
Sacramento, CA: Sept. 21 – 23, 2016
Chicago, IL: Nov. 16 – 17, 2016
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