Frances is the Founder and President of Vegan Wines, a completely vegan-friendly wine club, and Despacito Distributors, a plant-based wine distribution company. Frances has acquired nuanced expertise and made many connections in the wine industry through her work building these two companies. Her background, however, delves deeper than entrepreneurship. She is also an active member of Women of the Vine & Spirits, an organization that fosters a supportive environment for females in the alcoholic beverage industry. Frances also has extensive experience in the vegan and plant-based markets. She has sponsored conferences like the Plant-Based World Expo and founded VegFest Puerto Rico, a nonprofit established in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

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Michelle Cehn is the founder of the popular vegan food and lifestyle website World of Vegan, co-host of The Plant-Powered People Podcast, and the creative force behind @Vegan on Instagram, where she has brought together a plant-passionate community over one million strong. Michelle is also the author of The Friendly Vegan Cookbook, and a speaker, writer, filmmaker, YouTube personality, and mama on a mission to create a better future for our world. Michelle's Resources: World of Vegan: https://www.worldofvegan.com/ Michelles Website: https://www.michellecehn.com/ Plant-Powered People Podcast: plantpoweredpodcast.com The Friendly Vegan Cookbook: friendlyvegancookbook.com Meal Plans: plantbasedmealplan.com Mini Documentary: plantbasedmealplan.com/7days World of Vegan Newsletter: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/62ed6e9be5ea6b3d8aea45f8 Social Media Links instagram.com/vegan youtube.com/worldofvegan facebook.com/worldofvegan twitter.com/worldofvegan pinterest.com/worldofvegan tiktok.com/@worldofvegan linkedin.com/in/michellecehn/ About World of Vegan World of Vegan is a food and lifestyle website making vegan living fun, delicious, easy, and accessible to all. With vibrant social media channels and over 1 million Instagram followers, World of Vegan reaches the community with a positive, welcoming, friendly vibe and provides resources, guides, and tools to help you learn, evolve, eat incredible food, and live your best life.

Jered Camp is a paramedic turned co-founder of Iowa Farm Sanctuary, Iowa's first farm animal sanctuary. He rescues and provides loving care to abused and neglected animals while advocating for animal welfare and a more compassionate world.

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Toni Okamoto is the founder of Plant-Based on a Budget, the popular website and meal plan that shows you how to save dough by eating veggies. She's also the author of the Plant-Based on a Budget Cookbook, and the co-host of The Plant-Powered People Podcast. Okamoto's work has been profiled by NPR, NBC News, Parade Magazine, and she's a regular presence on local and national morning shows across the country, where she teaches viewers how to break their meat habit without breaking their budget. She was also featured in the popular documentary What the Health. When she's not cooking up a plant-based storm, she's spending time with her husband and their rescued dog in Sacramento, CA.

Nancy Leeds Gribble is the Founder and CEO of NourishLiftGrow. She is a Women's Wellness and Weight-loss Coach, Plant-Based Culinary Nutrition Expert. Nancy specializes in empowering women in midlife and beyond. She provides them with the tools and guidance they need for optimal health, weight loss, hormone balance, and body confidence. Her goal is to re-energize their vitality so they can make their second season of life their best season!

Ben Hagerty is an essayist and travel writer for the website, It's Bree and Ben, which he co-founded with his wife, Bree Nemiroff. Since 2017, he and Brianne have visited and written about vegan businesses in more than 60 destinations throughout Canada and the U.S. In 2020, Ben and Bree relocated to Vancouver, BC, where he conducted his thesis project about vegan entrepreneurship in the neighborhoods of Kitsilano and Mt. Pleasant. The entirety of his project may be found in his academic blog series, Ben's Vegan Vancouver, located on his website.

Sersie Blue is a health coach and Gigi Carter is a nutritionist. Together, they have a new book, Daniel Fast: Why You Should Only Do It Once. This book empowers the reader to take charge of their health by using the Daniel Fast as a jumping-off point to a long-term sustainable whole food, plant-based vegan lifestyle.

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Trey Morrow is an animal liberation activist from South Carolina, USA. He is the co-founder of Animal Activism Mentorship, a program that empowers humans to take action for animals by providing one-on-one mentorship and a supportive community.

Susan Klingenberg is the founder and president of Little Buckets Farm Sanctuary. In 2017, Susan made a bucket list, which included saving a life at a livestock auction. The life that was saved was a one-day-old baby calf who she named Bucket. Just being ripped from his mom, Susan became his new mom and he befriended her dog Colton. Watching Bucket and Colton interact everyday, Susan saw that Bucket was no different than Colton. A grass puppy. Bucket wanted to be loved, he wanted to give his love, he wanted to run and play, take naps, and have chin scratches just like Colton. Bucket inspired Susan to make her dream of a sanctuary happen so that she could save as many lives as possible just like Bucket's and she wanted to be able to show the public a side of farm animals that most people never get to see, all in the hopes that they will make that connection and want to go vegan for the animals.

Megan Pereira is the founder of Road To Refuge Animal Sanctuary, located in CT. She works full time as a mixed animal Veterinary Technician with a Bachelor's Degree in Animal Science. She coordinates all potential rescues and tends to the medical needs of all the animals as well as running day-to-day activities at Road to Refuge.