Howard Lyman

Howard Lyman evolved from a fourth generation cattle rancher to an author, activist, vegetarian and co-defendant with Oprah Winfrey in the Texas cattle rancher's lawsuit. He is uniquely qualified for his role as President of EarthSave International. Howard travels an average of 100,000 miles a year, speaking and educating the public about organic, sustainable agriculture and the state of our current food choices and methods of food production. He has appeared on more than a thousand radio shows, hundreds of television programs, and has spoken to hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Howard has won several distinguished humanitarian awards, and is author of the bestselling book, Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat.

John Robbins

John Robbins is the author of The Food Revolution -- How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World. He is also author of the international bestseller Diet For a New America.

Widely considered to be one of the world's leading experts on the dietary link with the environment and health, John's work has been the subject of cover stories and feature articles in The San Francisco Chronicle, The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Life, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and many of the nation's other major newspapers and magazines. His life and work have also been featured in an hour long PBS special titled Diet For A New America.

The only son of the founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire, John Robbins was groomed to follow in his father's footsteps, but chose to walk away from Baskin-Robbins and the immense wealth it represented to "..pursue the deeper American Dream..the dream of a society at peace with its conscience because it respects and lives in harmony with all life forms. A dream of a society that is truly healthy, practicing a wise and compassionate stewardship of a balanced ecosystem."

Paul Wenner

Paul Wenner created the Gardenburger®, a non-soy vegetarian burger. He developed the original veggie patty in 1981 at his vegetarian restaurant, The Gardenhouse, in Gresham, Ore. Impressed by the overwhelming customer demand for his creation, Wenner began to offer it to other establishments. Eventually, he closed the restaurant and in 1985 founded Gardenburger, Inc. The company went public in 1992, and in 1993 it became the fastest growing publicly traded company in America.

Paul is interested in promoting health for all people and tells how eating meat, poultry, fish and dairy products is terribly harmful to human beings. He is also interested in stamping out cruelty to animals and talks about the unspeakable horrors of American animal husbandry and fishing methods.

Paul is a man with many visions. He is a chef promoting healthy, tasty food for people; he's an environmentalist; an animal rights activist; a principled businessman; and an enthusiastic promoter of health foods.

Lisa Versaci

Lisa Versaci is currently an associate producer at Nickelodeon at the headquarters in New York City. She also created and managed "Eat Smart Ala Carte", a successful vegan food business, for several years in Michigan.

Perhaps one of her most notable accomplishments is bringing a Vegetarian Burger to the Burger King menu. Lisa has been a vegetarian since 1989 and has been eating vegan for the past eight years, and has made her life a statement of compassion. Lisa believes that dreams can happen if true faith and love are the driving forces behind them.