Jason is passionate about creating a more regenerative, resilient, and equitable world in which all life thrives. With a vision to see humanity rise to its true potential, he works with leaders who are on a quest to improve human experience and well-being while ...

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Jason Knoll

Maryam is an aspiring Sufi, Karachi-wali (of Karachi), runaway lawyer, serial social entrepreneur and social innovation evangelist. Her work and research centers ‘dialogues of wisdoms’ and explorations around alternate ways of knowing, doing and being to decolonize social innovation and entrepreneurship. Maryam believes in enabling ...

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Maryam Mohiuddin Ahmed

Seleyn DeYarus is the Founder and Executive Director of Regenerative Rising. She is recognized for helping to galvanize the global regenerative movement by convening thought leaders from business, civic, academia and agriculture networks for shared solutions to extractive models in the food, fashion and ...

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Seleyn DeYarus

Gina Asoudegan is Vice President of Mission and Regenerative Agriculture at Applegate, the nation’s leading natural and organic meat brand. In her role, Asoudegan leads the strategy for the company’s sub-brand, The New Food Collective, and oversees the creation of consciously scaled supply chains ...

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Gina Asoudegan

Gregory Adams is the president of CeresNexus LLC, and Planetary Harvest, companies which are transforming the global food chain through innovative structures, systems, technology, and tools. Local and global intent and collaboration is at the heart of this ecosystem that eliminates the need for ...

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Gregory Adams

Nancy is Director of Content Marketing at New Hope Network.  She works closely with partners—brands, suppliers, manufacturers, retailers and service providers—to develop content marketing programs that elevate their stories and business within the natural products marketplace and position them as go-to educational resources, thought ...

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Nancy Coulter-Parker

A nearly 30 year veteran of the natural products industry, Angela most recently served as the CEO and President of Gaia Herbs, leading and building North America’s top herbal supplement brand for over a decade. These roots have enabled her to dig deeply into ...

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Angela McElwee

A former financial and food industry analyst, Robyn O’Brien has been called “food’s Erin Brockovich” by the New York Times and Bloomberg. She triggered an allergic reaction in the food industry when she asked: “Are we allergic to food or what’s been done to ...

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Robyn O’Brien

Reilly Thomas (she/they) is the Director of Operations at Regenerative Rising and is passion about removing barriers to knowledge. Reilly was introduced to the Regenerative Movement at the dinner table when her mother suggested her family try out a plant-based diet. From there, she ...

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Reilly Thomas

Marci coined the term and pioneered the market for ECOfashion, and is an internationally-recognized ECOlifestyle entrepreneur, educator and expert. Founder of Under the Canopy, Producer of THREAD|Driving Fashion Forward, and Co-Founder of Good Catch and The Institute for Integrative Nutrition.  Marci has been instrumental ...

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Marci Zaroff

Elizabeth has worked at the intersection of food, climate, and agriculture for the past fifteen years. She is Chief Strategy Officer for Mad Agriculture, a non-profit that works with farmers as agents of change to move from extractive, conventional agriculture to regenerative, organic farming. ...

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Elizabeth Candelario

Esther is the CEO of Cienega Capital, a regenerative investment firm utilizing an integrated capitalapproach to systemic change in the areas of soil health, regenerative agriculture, and local food systems.Cienega Capital is also part of the #NoRegrets Initiative, a regenerative asset strategy focused on ...

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Esther Park