Speakers

These are the speakers from the 2026 edition…

Alania Lindquist

Farm | Brand Liaison, Engagement


REGENERATIVE ORGANIC ALLIANCE

Alexis Flores-Betancourt

Senior Account Manager


UNCOUNTABLE INC.

Amanda Archila

Executive Director


FAIRTRADE AMERICA

Amarjit Sahota

Founder & CEO


ECOVIA INTELLIGENCE

Annie Brown

Vice President of Development


RODALE INSTITUTE

Benjamin Freedman

Vice President | Commercial


NEW CULTURE

Dr.Boligala Raju

President & CEO


HIGH QUALITY ORGANICS

Carolyn Gahn

Senior Director | Mission & Advocacy


APPLEGATE

Cecilia Chang

CEO


MISSION BARNS

Changmou Xu

Co-Founder | Assistant Professor of Food Processing


A+ BERRY | UIUC

Chris Edmonds

Sustainability Director | North America


OATLY

Dr. Dan Sonke

Head of Sustainability


BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS

Dana Geffner

Director


REAL ORGANIC NATURLAND

Danielle Jezienicki

Sustainable Operations


IMPACT FWD

David Joy

Partner


KELLER AND HECKMAN LLP

Debbie S.Yaver

Chief Science Officer


THE FYNDER GROUP

Dianna Cohen

CEO & Co-Founder


PLASTIC POLLUTION COALITION

Elizabeth Sheppard

Manager of Integrated Supply Chain & Agriculture Strategy


MCCAIN FOODS

Emily Moose

Executive Director


CERTIFIED REGENERATIVE BY AGW 

Evan Harrison

CEO


KISS THE GROUND

Felipe Arango

CEO


FAIR TRADE USA

Felipe Urioste

Director


LAND TO MARKET

Francisco Martin-Rayo

CEO


HELIOS 

Hans Eisenbeis

Director of Mission & Messaging


NON-GMO PROJECT

Heather Terry

CEO


GOODSAM FOODS

Jackie Marks

Senior Communications & PR Manager


MARINE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL

Jeffrey Bos

Chief Growth & Impact Officer


SOIL & CLIMATE INITIATIVE

Jerry O’Grady

Market Development Manager | Sustainability


BRASKEM AMERICA

Jessie Wright

VP of Product Intelligence & Sustainability Expert


SPINS

Joe Rouleau

Head of Sustainability


CIRANDA INC.

John Krzywicki

CEO


CHECKERSPOT

June Jo Lee

Author | TED Talks Speaker


FOOD ETHNOGRAPHER

Jurij Hirniak

Enterprise Sales


TASTEWISE

Kara E. Leong

Executive Director


UC DAVIS CULTIVATED MEAT CONSORTIUM (CMC)

Karoline Schaufler

Marketing Manager


NON-GMO PROJECT

Keith Bearden

CEO


ALTER ECO FOODS LLC

Kim Fisher

Director of Programs


UC DAVIS, IIFH

Kristen Stevens

Senior Marketing Manager


MARINE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL

Lara Jackle Dickinson

Executive Director & Co-Founder


ONE STEP CLOSER

Dr. Lara Ramdin

Impact & Comms


HEALING SOILS FOUNDATION

Lauren Hoffman

Vice President


FOODMINDS

Les Szabo

Chief Strategy & Impact Officer


DR. BRONNER’S | PURPOSE PLEDGE

Maricel Saenz

Founder & CEO


COMPOUND FOODS

Mark Russo

Chief Science Officer


EVERSTREAM ANALYTICS

Matthew Anderson

President


PHYTOTEQ

Mike Hower

Founder & Principal Consultant


HOWER IMPACT

Quinn Thompson

Senior Sourcing Manager


SEVEN SUNDAYS

Rachel Maloney

Executive Design Director


IDEO

Ranjan Patnaik

CTO


MYCOTECHNOLOGY INC.

Riley Linder

Category Manager


TRADIN ORGANIC

Robyn O’Brien

Advisor | Forbes Impact 50 List


TRAILHEAD CAPITAL

Sheldon Baker

Editor-at-Large


WHOLE FOODS MAGAZINE

Timothy Childs

Founder & CEO


NUTRI8

Dr.Timothy LaSalle

Co-Founder


CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE AND RESILIENT SYSTEMS, CSU CHICO

Virginia Jameson

Deputy Secretary for Climate & Working Lands


CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD & AGRICULTURE