3-Day Advanced Study Weekend expert guest speakers have included:
John Abramson, MD – Author of Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine
Neal Barnard, MD – Founder & Director, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Dan Buettner – New York Times best-selling author of The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest, through National Geographic Books.
T. Colin Campbell, PhD – Co-author of The China Study
Brenda Davis, RD – Co-author of seven books, including the best-selling Becoming Vegan
Nathaniel J. Dominy, PhD – Anthropologist and Evolutionary Biologist, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Dartmouth
Kevin Dunn – Vegan Chef and Professor at Grand Rapids Community College’s Institute for Culinary Education
Caldwell Esselstyn, MD – Author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
Kathy Freston – Author of several books including the best-selling Veganist and a national celebrity, appearing on the Oprah Show, and encouraging us to live a better life without eating animal-derived foods
Luigi Fontana, MD, PhD – Research Associate Professor of Medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine
Jay Gordon, MD, FAAP – Author of Good Food Today, Great Kids Tomorrow
Melanie Joy, PhD, Ed.M – Author of Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
Joseph Keon – Author of Whitewash
Michael A. Klaper, MD – Director of the non-profit Institute of Nutrition Education and Research
Howard Lyman – The Mad Cowboy
John Mackey – Chairman and CEO of Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Dean Ornish, MD – Author of six best-selling books, including Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease
Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP – Expert on Food, Addiction, and Overeating and author of several best-selling books including The Hunger Fix
Dan Piraro – Painter, Illustrator and Cartoonist best known for his award-winning syndicated cartoon panel Bizarro
Pam Popper, Phd, ND – Naturopath, nutritionist and the Executive Director of The Wellness Forum. Author of several books including Food Over Medicine: The Conversation That Could Save Your Life
Richard Wrangham, PhD – Author of Catching Fire
Wes Youngberg, DrPH, MPH, CNS, FACLM – author of Goodbye Diabetes
Marlene Zuk, PhD – Author of Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
as well as many other notable speakers.