Growing up in a conventional household, where fast-food and western medicine reigned supreme, Chad Kelly witnessed first-hand the consequences of a life disconnected from nature. It is through his family health challenges, that Chad was inspired to seek out the healing nutritional support that nature provides.
In his own words: “Sometimes, all it takes is one “light-bulb” moment and a person is inspired to radically shift their behavior.” His goal remains simple and constant, he arms his audiences with the information and tools they need to make informed choices and lead a healthier life.
Priya Khan is the founder and worrier-in- chief of NutriGold®, a nutritional supplements company she founded in 2010. Powered by integrity and guided by a philosophy of excellence, Priya has spent the last seven years revolutionizing, redefining and raising the bar on sustainability, quality, accountability, and transparency within the dietary supplements industry. Her most notable accomplishments include embracing the use of non-GMO and organic ingredients, rejecting the use of chemical additives and GMOs in dietary supplements, championing third-party testing, and empowering consumers to make informed decisions through education.
Amy Ziff is founder and executive director of MADE SAFE®, America’s first nontoxic certification verifying that everyday household products, ranging from baby to beauty and furniture to fashion items, are made with safe ingredients not known to harm human health or ecosystems. The goal is to use the marketplace to bring about much needed change in order to eliminate the use of harmful ingredients and materials. Amy pioneered the Made With Safe Ingredients Screening Process and led the building of the organization’s revolutionary Toxicant Database, to create one of the most rigorous human health safety standards on the market.
Marci Zaroff coined the term “ECOfashion” and is an internationally recognized ECOlifestyle entrepreneur, educator, innovator and expert. Founder of leading sustainable fashion lifestyle companies Under the Canopy and MetaWear, Executive Producer of “THREAD Documentary | Driving Fashion Forward,” and Co-Founder of Good Catch Foods (plant-based seafood), BeyondBrands and The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Marci has been instrumental in driving authenticity, environmental leadership & social justice worldwide for over 27 years. Board Member of the Organic Trade Association, Textile Exchange and Cradle to Cradle’s “Fashion Positive”, Zaroff was a key figure in the development of the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) and first Fair Trade Textile Certification.
Josh Tickell is a Sundance award winning film director and bestselling author. His films and books focus on critical, “big picture” social issues including alternative energy, conscious capitalism and reversing climate change. Josh co-directed the 2017 Lionsgate release, GOOD FORTUNE, the rags to riches biopic of Paul Mitchell and Patron cofounder, John Paul DeJoria. His first movie, FUEL, won the Sundance Audience Award for Best Documentary and to theaters globally. He regularly films and interviews luminaries such as Elon Musk, Dan Aykroyd, Woody Harrelson, Sheryl Crow, and Shailene Woodley. Tickell’s movies have won more than 40 major awards, been selected as a NYTimes Critics’ Pick and shortlisted for an Oscar and shown in the White House. He has spoken at more than 100 colleges and Fortune 500 businesses globally. He is a guest on shows such as The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, Morning Joe and on the Today Show.
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff is the Executive Director of 5 Gyres Institute, the ocean conservation non-profit that first discovered plastic microbeads in 2012 and campaigned for a successful federal ban in 2015. A former journalist with a MA from USC, Rachel was the Executive Director of Healthy Child Healthy World (now part of the Environmental Working Group) and founder of EcoStiletto and MommyGreenest.com. She promoted sustainability on “The Today Show” and “CNN,” among others, and authored The Big List of Things That Suck and The Mommy Greenest Guide to Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond. Previously, Rachel executed marketing and development strategies for mission-driven brands and organizations. A mother of three, Rachel lives with her family in Los Angeles.
Stephanie Robbins connects brands to niche online influencers to incrementally grow revenue through her company Robbins Interactive. She brings over 20 years of online marketing experience, including leading the interactive division for a nationally acclaimed digital agency. Stephanie is known for representing a select wellness and green brands that she can authentically promote, treating each brand like it is her own. She has spent the past 9 years developing relationships with over a thousand influencers and focusing on the health and wellness industry.
Speaker, ShiftCon 2018
Theresa Marquez has been a passionate advocate for organic food and farming since 1978 and is considered a pioneer of the natural foods movement. Theresa spent 17 years as chief marketing executive of Organic Valley, and she loves her current role as Organic Valley’s mission executive. She enjoys playing in the garden and experimenting with grilled pizza.
Everyone in Amy’s life benefits from her intelligence, generosity and energy, including the 50 mostly Jersey cows she pastures on her farm in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
She was recognized for all that and more in 2015, when she won Sauk County’s Outstanding Young Farmer Award and then was named second runner-up statewide. The Outstanding Young Farmer county and state awards are given based on a farmer’s contributions in three areas: agriculture, soil and water conservation, and contributions to her community, state or nation.