Ayn Craciun is a founding board member of Non Toxic Irvine, which successfully advocated for the City of Irvine’s adoption of an organic landscaping policy in just three months of active campaigning. She and the rest of NTI continue to work toward bringing safer landscaping and pest control practices to every corner of Irvine and the rest of the planet. Craciun’s professional background is in corporate communications and public affairs. Follow Non Toxic Irvine on Facebook and on Twitter at @NonToxicIrvine.
Beth Conway is the Communications Director at Women’s Voices for the Earth. For over 20 years this women’s health non-profit has helped lead the fight to disclose and eliminate toxic ingredients in cleaning products, fragrance, salon products and feminine hygiene products. Women’s Voices for the Earth uses sound science to highlight the unique impacts toxic chemicals have on women’s health, and mobilizes women leaders nationwide to change corporate practices and government policies that impact their health. WVE’s campaigns have challenged – and moved – such chemical giants as SC Johnson and Son Inc., Procter and Gamble, The Clorox Company, RB (formerly Reckitt-Benckiser) and more.
Beth Manos Brickey, NTP, is the face and force behind Tasty Yummies, a top lifestyle destination for readers with a wide range of dietary challenges who want to feel good, take control of their health and eat well. Bringing personal experience, knowledge, empathy and humor to the goal of living and eating well, Beth is a firm believer in the power of foods that heal and empowering readers and clients to make the best choices for them. An adventurer, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner™ and a certified yoga instructor, Beth is the best kind of teacher, one who inspires you, and then shows you how.
Registered dietitian, chef and mommy of two, Beth Saltz, MPH, RD, specializes in adult and pediatric nutrition, diabetes, and integrative nutrition. She also loves to cook and teach cooking classes, emphasizing easy, nutritious family meals. Beth believes in a non-judgmental and supportive approach, not one-size-fits-all. Beth has written articles, has been interviewed for numerous health magazines, and is the co-author for What to Feed Your Baby, published in April 2016. Find her recipes, grocery guides and a healthy and humorous nutrition blog at www.nutritioninthekichen. org.
Danica Kombol is the CEO of the Everywhere Agency, a leading social media and influencer marketing agency that works with Fortune 500 companies crafting and executing successful campaigns. She founded the blogger network, Everywhere Society to power the agency’s many award-winning influencer campaigns for clients like Macy’s, Carter’s/OshKosh, Cox Communications, Moe’s and others. She’s proud of her many clients who have sustainability built into their corporate missions and CSR initiatives and passionately embraces those campaigns. As a social media marketer, Danica draws on her extensive background as a television producer and PR executive. She began her career at Sesame Workshop and went on to become a successful television producer working on such legendary shows as Saturday Night Live and Kids in the Hall. She’s a frequent speaker at social media conferences and global forums.
As the first African-American woman to host her own science television series, Danni is passionate about inspiring the next generation to connect and understand the natural world. In her latest science communication project, Danni is the host of a new STEM educational TV show which features the most current advances in bio-inspired technology and design called Xploration Nature Knows Best which aired nationwide on FOX (also available on HULU and Amazon Prime). A graduate of the University of Miami with a degree in Marine Science & biology — Danni has found creative ways to put her passion for the ocean and science into exciting, high-profile ways. At age 21, she co-founded her own 501(c)(3) non-profit organization called The Big Blue & You, which is dedicated to inspiring and educating youth about marine conservation through arts and media. In addition to her love of marine science, youth outreach and the arts, Danni is also a scuba diver, stand-up paddle boarder, digital influencer, curly girl and overall lover of the outdoors.
As an accomplished business executive, teacher and inspirational speaker, Keenya Kelly found her voice by writing & speaking about understanding your God-given purpose and living up to your fullest potential. She captures her audiences by conveying powerful lessons of overcoming fear, self-doubt, & divorce to creating successful six-figure businesses.
Keenya believes that when you identify with who you are at the core of your being, begin a journey of overcoming obstacles and self-doubt, you can achieve absolute greatness.
Kristin Fuhrmann-Simmons is a lover of all-things-food. She is both serious and hilarious - sometimes at the same time. Armed with a Master’s Degree in Social Work and training as a pastry chef, Kristin is known for her down-to-earth teaching style and passion for storytelling and media training.
Kristin Schafer is PAN’s Executive Director. With training in international policy and social change strategies, Kristin has been at PAN for over 20 years. Before taking on the Executive Director role, she was PAN’s program and policy director. She has been lead author on several PAN reports, with a particular emphasis on children’s health. She serves on the Policy Committee of the Children’s Environmental Health Network.
Lori Popkewitz Alper is a recovering attorney and the founder of Groovy Green Living (Groovy Green Livin), a site dedicated to building healthy families together. A contributing writer for multiple blogs and websites including The Huffington Post and Moms Clean Air Force, Lori speaks, writes and advises on a variety of issues related to creating a non-toxic, healthy lifestyle.