Category: Speakers

Jensen Cummings is a fifth-generation Chef and Certified Cicerone based in Denver, CO. His efforts through his brands, Best Served Creative and Best Served Podcast, are tireless in the pursuit of valuing and focusing on the hospitality industry. The mission…

Megan Bucholz is the founding foodie of Local Table Tours, which provides culinary tours in Boulder, Denver, and Fort Collins. Megan is one of the Festival’s emcees, and a former Flatirons Food Film Festival board member.

Clint Carroll is an associate professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at CU-Boulder and an Executive Board member of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies at CU-Boulder. He is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and works…

Jackie Chang is the full-time cheesemaker at Haystack Mountain Cheese. Since 2004, she has been developing and making their perennially award-winning hand-made cheeses. When not working over a milk vat or on the production line, Jackie loves cooking elaborate Taiwanese…

Linnea Covington has written about food for over a decade, first in New York City and now back in her hometown of Denver. Since returning to the Mile High City with her partner and first son (she now has two…

Omri Dayan is a 19-year-old writer-director currently studying at the MET Film School in London. He is currently developing a series of short films focusing on human nature and tendencies. His short films have been screened at student film festivals…

As Dandelion Chocolate Chief Chocolate Sourcerer, Greg D’alesandre travels the world in search of the best cacao to use to make great chocolate. He feels strongly about sourcing cacao directly and building good relationships with the network of cacao producers…

Suzanne “Zan”Jones is the Executive Director of Eco-Cycle, the Boulder  County non-profit recycler founded in 1976. Jones, a former mayor of the City of Boulder, has a long history of civic service and nonprofit management, including running the regional office…

Scott Faber is the Senior Vice President for the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a national environmental health organization. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to joining EWG, Scott worked for other environmental…

Hayden Dansky (pronouns: they/them/theirs) is a Co-Founder and the current Executive Director of Boulder Food Rescue, a nonprofit that works to create a more just and less wasteful food system through sustainable redistribution of healthy food and working to decrease…