Shannon Curtis is a clinical dietitian for both Harris Health System and HHS at Cornerstone Hospital in the Houston, TX area. After completing a B.S. in Genetics at Texas A&M University, she received a B.S. in Nutrition at University of Houston, M.S. in Nutrition at Texas Woman's University-Houston, and completed the dietetic internship at Louisiana Tech University. Shannon is passionate about all things nutrition beyond the hospital setting and enjoys cooking and baking.

Dr. Maurice Sholas is the Principal for Sholas Medical Consulting, LLC based in New Orleans, LA.  In this capacity, he solves operational challenges for individual practitioners, hospitals and health care agencies.  In addition, he is a subject matter expert on children with special health care needs.  Dr. Sholas’ pursuit of intellectual achievement is matched only by his pursuit of advocacy.  He embodies the belief that being a good citizen is a prerequisite to being a great physician/executive. 

Birdie is a graduate of UT Austin where she studied government and history. She has been with the Montrose Center for eight years serving the community in different capacities. She currently works as an HIV navigator and community educator focusing on prevention and testing services. Her passions include Trans and Queer liberation, baking and playing games with friends, and reading books on politics and history, sci-fi and fantasy.

Chad is the Vice President of Food Safety and Product Research with responsibilities for coordinating and supporting several food safety activities for the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy.  These activities include food safety training, organizing the Listeria Research Consortium, and coordinating industry food safety best practice teams spanning several relevant topics.  Chad also supports National Dairy Council research programs at major universities to drive dairy innovation and sales for U.S. dairy products and ingredients on behalf of U.S.

Anthony Fleg is a family medicine physician at the University of New Mexico in the Dept of Family and Community Medicine and the College of Population Health. He also serves as a Partnership Director of the Native Health Initiative (NHI) and has dedicated much of his career to improving health in Indigenous communities. He is a proud father of 4 children, an avid runner, and a blogger.​

Lauren Twigge is a Dallas based registered and licensed Dietitian with a Master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition and a bachelor’s degree in Animal Science. Along with running her own nutrition company and working with private clients, Lauren works as social media dietitian, recipe developer, blogger, and brand ambassador. Lauren was born and raised in a family of farmers located in central California and is an outspoken supporter of the agricultural industry.

Mary Ellen is a Houston-based registered dietitian and the founder of milkandhoneynutrition.com. As a person living with type 1 diabetes, she knows firsthand the impact food has on how we think, feel, act and move. She strives to make food easy and fun again for people living with or caring for someone with chronic health conditions.

Jessica Crandall is the owner and founder of Vital RD,a nutrition practice where she counsels clients, works with doctors’ offices, and develops and manages hospital-based outpatient programs. She has been featured on media outlets including Fox News, NBC 9NEWS, WebMD, Weight Watchers, Men's Fitness and Reader’s Digest.

Jim White is known as one of the top health professionals in the country.He runs multiple fitness and nutrition studios with clientele from all walks of life–athletes, actors, models, business owners, seniors and teens. Jim graduated summa cum laude from Youngstown State University with a bachelor’s degree in nutrition. He is credentialed by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics as a registered dietitian, nutritionist and certified by the American College of Sports Medicine as an exercise physiologist.Together, Jim and his team have helped hundreds lose thousands.

Vahista Ussery (aka “Chef V”) is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Chef. She received her Bachelor of Science in Coordinated Dietetics from Texas Christian University (’06). While attending TCU, she also attended the Culinary School of Fort Worth and received her Culinary Arts Program Diploma (’06). She then went on to receive a Master of Science with a major in Food Systems Administration and a Master of Business Administration from Texas Woman’s University (’08).