Our Speakers
All of the panels and workshops at this year's festival were curated by student organizations. We could not be more honored to host the following speakers:
Keynote Speaker
David Kaplan
Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture
Keynote Speaker
Sparsha Saha
Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
Jason Abate
Professor, Purdue Global University
Virginia Benzan
Director of Racial Justice Advocacy, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Andrew Binovi
Director of Government Affairs, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Noa Dalzell
State Policy Director of Food Solutions Action
Lauren Ferrucci
Sr Manager, Leadership Development at New Roots Institute
Breeze Harper
Founder & The Sistah Vegan Project/Black Zephyr, Inc
Gwenna Hunter
Founder/Creator of Planetary Unity and Vegans of LA Food Bank
Matt Jozwiak
CEO and Founder of Rethink Food
Brian Kateman
President and Founder, Reducetarian Foundation
Jamie Logan
Content Creator, Podcast Host, Filmmaker
Tawanda Muzhingi
Director of International Programs, Plant Based Foods Institute
Natalia Paine
Senior Program & Campaigns Manager at Rare.org
Sailesh Rao
Executive Director of Climate Healers
Mia Rue
Consul Chocktaw Muskogee Yamasee Nation
Eric Sirvinskas
Outreach & Engagement Manager at Plant Futures Initiative
Ken Toong
Executive Director of UMass Dining
Christian Wolthers
Founder & CEO of Vegan Business
Leo Balik
Outreach Coordinator, New Roots Institute
David Benzaquen
CEO of Mission:Plant
Sean Cash
Bergstrom Foundation Professor and Chair, Division of Agriculture, Food & Environment, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Sara Eckhouse
Executive Director, FoodShot Global
Prabhat Gautam
Founder & CEO of Positive Television
Faraz Harsini
CEO/Senior Scientist | Allied Scholars for Animal Protection, GFI
Nivi Jaswal-Wirtjes
Founder and President of The Virsa Foundation Inc,
Nirva Kapasi Patel
Executive Director, Brooks McCormick Animal Law & Policy Program
David Kay
Student, HBS
Doug McNinch
Director of Development at ProFillet
Adaeze Okoli
Chief of Staff at Rethink Food
Tim Polkowski
International Director, ProVeg
Ash Reynolds
Founder & President of Read & Feed International and Read & Feed Belize
Sparsha Saha
Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
Michelle Strickland-Kucerak
SVP, Programs and Public Policy at The Humane Leagie
Lana Weidgenant
Senior UN Policy Manager at ProVeg International
Jian Yi
Founder, Good Food Fund and China Vegan Society; Visiting Fellow, Animal Law and Policy Program, Harvard Law School
Roxanne Becker
Medical Editor and Educator, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Todd Boyman
Co-Founder & CEO, Hungry Planet
Heather Courtney
General Partner at Alwyn Capital
Max Elder
Managing Director, Food System Innovations
Noga Golan
Founder, Alt Protein Careers
Kathrin Henon
Founder and CEO, Planet Bake
Julia Johnson
US Head of Food Business, Compassion in World Farming
David Kaplan
Stern Family Endowed Professor of Engineering at Tufts University
Nathan Leys
Staff Attorney at FarmSTAND
Fabio Munno
Avalon Capital and Bloom Company
Paige Parsons Roache
Communications Director, UnchainedTV & Vegans of LA
Greg Potter
Director at ProFillet
Becca Rogers
Leadership Development Manager at New Roots Institute
Emma Scott
HLS Food Law & Policy Clinic
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Taylor Quinn
Executive Director of Tailored Food
Erin Wing
Deputy Director of Investigations at Animal Outlook