Jerry is the founder of Plant-Based Nutrition and Lifestyle a Nutrition Therapy Consulting Practice specializing in whole food, plant-based nutrition as an approach to benefit your health and nutrition goals with a nutrient-dense, balanced, health-promoting diet and lifestyle.
Jerry Casados, NTP
Jerry is a Nutrition Therapy Practitioner (NTP), he received his NTP diploma from Nutrition Therapy Institute in Denver. He earned a Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University and The T. Colin Campbell Foundation. He also is a Certified Instructor for Dr. McDougall’s Starch Solution Program.
Jerry is Co-Founder of the annual Plant-Based Health and Wellness Summit was founded to empower individuals to take control of their health. The theme of the Summit is about living a healthy lifestyle with the emphasis on the four major components of a healthy lifestyle: Diet/Nutrition, Stress Relief, Love/Support, and Movement. The Summit is dedicated to broadening the understanding and
knowledge about all four of these components.
This annual summit offers a transformational outlook on health, leaving you feeling empowered and in control of your vibrant life through a complete 2-day wellness education from world-renowned speakers, culinary chef demos, gourmet plant-based meals, and nutritional education.
It is about the food and the healing power it provides when you eat nutrient-dense plant-based whole foods.
DJ Cavem
When DJ Cavem coined the term eco-hip hop in 2007, he didn’t know it would sprout into a global movement. His mission to rap about climate change, food justice and
plantbased foods spread far beyond his Denver hometown. Having performed at the Obama White House and been featured in Oprah Magazine and on the Rachael Ray
Show, Dr. Ietef “DJ Cavem” Vita became known as more than just a rapper — but an activist, educator and vegan chef. Now, several years after the release of The Produce Section, his award-winning album that fused hip hop with lessons on eco-friendliness,
Cavem has shifted his focus to new material. “I want people to understand that one of the best ways to make an impact on the environment is being more conscious of what we eat and understanding that our everyday food choices impact the environment in a positive or negative way.”
From an early age Cavem has had a deep connection to environmental activism and food justice. Raised in Denver’s Five Points district, often referred to as the Harlem of the West, his interest for gardening and hip hop helped him resist the snares of gang lifestyle. Becoming vegan at age 14, he said he felt a calling to speak about these issues in his songs, “especially since most of the neighborhoods considered food deserts were people of color.” His 2007 debut single “Wheatgrass” with rapper Stic.Man of Dead Prez hit top ten on the charts in Spain and introduced him to the public as an OG (Organic Gardener). It led to his 2010 debut album The Teacher’s Lounge, followed by 2012’s The Produce Section, which featured collaborations with Speech from Arrested Development, Drummi Zeb from The Wailers, and Sa-Roc. Part album, part curriculum, The Produce Section offered lessons on organic gardening, plant-based recipes and alternate uses of energy.
DJ Cavem has traveled the world as both a performing artist and an educator. He’s shared the stage with Nick Jonas, Public Enemy, 2 Chains, Questlove, Wyclef Jean, among others. Offstage he’s involved with numerous organizations and projects dedicated to promoting wellness, eating healthy and environmental awareness. With his wife and collaborator Arasia "Alkemia" Earth, the pair inspire and educate around the world including communities in countries such as Azerbaijan through workshops and speaking engagements. They formed a non-profit organization called the Vita Earth Foundation, which hosts health and wellness summer camps, Culinary Concerts, and their Recipes for Resistance workshops, which focuses on culinary climate action.
Alkemia Earth
Alkemia Earth is an Energetic Alignment Wellness Coach and Certified Intuitive Energy Pactitioner, and all-around health game changer. She has practiced and preached a
plant-based vegan lifestyle for a decade, and advocated mind-body wellness for nearly twice as long. She served as one of the personal chefs/energy practitioner for NBA all-
star Wilson Chandler for a season and was invited to present at the White House during the Obama administration with her husband Dj Cavem along with celebrity chefs Gail
Simmons, Sunny Anderson, Michael Simon, and Bobby Flay.
Alkemia has traveled across the globe performing “Culinary Concerts”, live Eco-Hip-Hop shows packed with holistic health and organic plant-based cooking education, with her husband, DJ Cavem. Her work has been featured in prominent media outlets including the Business Insider, Denver Post, PBS, Psychology Today, NBC News, and TEDx Manhattan.
Dr. Gerred Popejoy
Master Nordic Walking Instructor
Dr. Gerred Popejoy D.C., his Nordic Walking Program has been called the Missing Link to Lifestyle Medicine. Hans Diehl founder of C. H.I.P. calls it the New High Tech form of walking and the sporty look for seniors when walking!
As a Chiropractor and innovator in sports science, Dr. Popejoy has created the first Nordic Medical Pole Walking Program in the nation that can be used for rehabilitation for all ages and Health conditions. He is the founder and director of Nordic Walking Nations and an international speaker on Nordic Pole Walking and Lifestyle Medicine.
There over 350 Science and Medical studies on the Health Benefits of Nordic Walking. Fifteen minutes of Nordic Walking is equal to 27 minutes regular walking, but with the health benefits of swimming or cross country skiing. It’s a full body resistant cross motor function walking exercise creating better brain function, balance, strength and flexibility.
His home walking exercise program has a 70% compliance rate compared to the normal 10%, because it’s simple and easy to learn in a few minutes and you feel the results right away giving you purpose and hope.
Website: nordicwalkingnations.com
JOYCE ROCKWOOD
Joyce often works with families and busy purpose-driven professionals who are highly successful in their careers but are struggling with their digestion, energy, and sleep.
Through her proprietary “Healing From The Inside Out Methodology,” Joyce’s clients learn how to live more fully expressed lives by addressing the root cause of their health struggles.
Teaching individuals and groups how to nourish, detoxify, and rejuvenate their bodies naturally so they can feel like they’re independently healthy is what Joyce does.
Helping them to live a life of freedom so they can make the biggest difference in the lives of others is who she is.
Joyce Rockwood, C.C.H., is a Gravity Based Certified Colon Hydrotherapist, Gut Health Coach, doTERRA Essential Oils Specialist, & Thai Yoga Bodyworker. Joyce has owned and operated two successful wellness studios in New York City, and served as Director of Colon Hydrotherapy at The Springs (LA). She has been featured in numerous global summits/tv shows, health and wellness podcasts, and a myriad of health publications. She is also the longevity and fitness expert on YouTube’s AmericaNewscape. When she’s not in her joy guiding individuals and groups to lead more productive and healthier lives, you can find her in sunny Phoenix doing something creative, drinking green juice, and bouncing around on her JumpSport trampoline while she dreams up the next program to continue transforming our current healthcare system.
KELLEY WILLIAMSON
Kelley is the founder of The Plant-Based Cooking School and is a Certified Food for Life Instructor through Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) specializing in low-fat whole food, plant-based cooking under the name Plant Based Kitchen. Kelley focuses on facilitating cooking classes, offering personal chef services and sharing food information, recipes and ideas through all the classes that she teaches. Kelley has taught over 900 individuals on plant-based nutrition and has a passion for helping people heal through food.
Kelley received her Chef Certification in 2010. She is a Food for Life Instructor Certification (PCRM), Forks Over Knifes Certification, Plantrician Certification. She’s an author of a Plant-Based Cookbook.
Kelley is Co-Founder of the annual Plant-Based Health and Wellness Summit was founded to empower individuals to take control of their health. The theme of the Summit is about living a healthy lifestyle with the emphasis on the four major components of a healthy lifestyle: Diet/Nutrition, Stress Relief, Love/Support, and Movement. The Summit is dedicated to broadening the understanding and knowledge about all four of these components.
This annual summit offers a transformational outlook on health, leaving you feeling empowered and in control of your vibrant life through a complete 2-day wellness education from world-renowned speakers, culinary chef demos, gourmet plant-based meals, and nutritional education.
It is about the food and the healing power it provides when you eat nutrient-dense plant-based whole
foods.