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2025 Speakers

Check out our first wave of speakers—stay tuned, more are on the way!

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Reach out to our team to discuss speaking opportunities and share your expertise with the Food as Medicine Community!

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Pej Rassapour

Head of Content

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Caree Cotwright

Director of Nutrition & Security & Health Equity

USDA

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Amanda  Ryan

Deputy Director, State and Population Health Group

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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Malaika Stoll

Senior Medical Director

Blue Shield of California

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Ken Erickson

CEO

iQpay

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Livleen Gill

President

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Erin Martin

Co-Founder & CEO

FreshRx Oklahoma

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Heidi Greenwaldt

Nutrition Director

Sodexo

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Emily LaMaster

Director of Health Equity Strategy

Humana

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Shaan Chaturvedi

Director, Product Innovation

Samsung

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Chetna Gupta

Sr. Director of Product - Nutrition tech and Personalization

Albertsons

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Suzy Friedman

Senior Director, Food Policy

WWF

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Katelyn Smoger

Director of Food is Medicine and The Farm

Trinity Health

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Amy Starr

Sr. Manager, MindBody Medicine Operations

Blue Shield of California

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Jaclyn Albin

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, & Public Health

UT Southwestern Medical Center

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Deirdre McGinley-Gieser

Chief Strategy & Impact Officer

Meals on Wheels

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Martin Tull

Chief Impact Officer

American College of Lifestyle Medicine

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Anna Lin-Schweitzer

Associate Director, Feeding Change

Milken Institute

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Alan Shannon

Public Affairs Director

USDA

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Tornia Anderson Morgan

Community Dietitian

Medstar Health

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Erica David-Park

Market Chief Medical Officer, Community Health Choices

AmeriHealth Caritas

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Stephen Lupe

Head, Behavioral Health in the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Cleveland Clinic

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Stephen Jennings

Brand Lead, Health & Sustainability

Ahold Delhaize USA

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Sara Torrence RDN

Registered Dietician & Board Member

March of Dimes

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Michael Gabonargi

Regional Director

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Stacey Bates

Director Wellness Nutrition Strategy

H-E-B

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Tristin Sullivan-Leppa

Deputy HR Director, Benefits & Wellness

City of Phoenix

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Teresa Chapman

Chief People Officer

Santa Clara Family Health Plan

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Olivia Thomas

Director of Nutrition Innovation and Implementation

Boston Medical Center

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Ed Gaskin

Executive Director 

Greater Grove Hall Main Streets 

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Krista Yoder

COO

Food Health Collective

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Shreela Sharma

Co Founder

Brighter Bites

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Daniella Harmon

Director of Community Development

Appalachian Regional Healthcare

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Rashim Gupta

Physician & Founder

Whole Endo

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Dr. Deepti Agarwal

Medical Director

Precision Medical Care

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Stephen Devries, MD, FACC

Adjunct Associate Professor of Nutrition

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Mory Bahar

CEO

Personal Remedies

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Jim Howard

Founder & CEO

Journey’s Metabolic

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Courtney Younglove

Founder & Physician

Heartland Weight Loss

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GraceNoboa Hidalgo

Advisor

Food Tech Startup

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Victor Penev

Founder and CEO

Edamam

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Elizabeth Machnica

Director of Health & Wellbeing

Buffalo Niagara Medical Center

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Romy Nelson

Employee Health & Wellness Manager

City of Mesa

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Judy Simon

Consultant

 

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Adam Wallace

Director

Instacart Health

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Howard Haft

Adjunct Professor of Medicine

University of Maryland School of Medicine

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Anna Garwood 

Research Project Coordinator, Nourish 

Doernbecher Children's Hospital at Oregon Health and Science University 

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Ellen Brown

Co-Founder and Partner 

BP2 Health

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Mona Shah

Lead Clinical Dietitian

Kaiser Permanente

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Rebecca Jungbauer 

Researcher and Project Manager 

Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center at Oregon Health and Science University

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Carter Williams

CEO and Managing Director

iSelect Fund

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Hope Barkoukis

Director of the Culinary Medicine program

Case Western Reserve University Fund

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Priscilla Wang

Associate Medical Director, Primary Care Health Equity

Mass General Brigham

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Adante Hart

Nutrition Consultant & Educator

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Raeanne Sarazen, MA, RD

Food and Nutrition Writer, Editor, Speaker, Consultant

Culinary Nutrition Consulting

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Fahad Zubair

Medical Director Obesity and Nutrition Medicine

Allegheny Health Network

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