Jill Edwards, MS, CEP, DipACLM

Jill’s career has spanned classrooms, corporate training, clinical care, and nonprofit leadership, all united by a passion for transforming health through lifestyle medicine. She began as a high school teacher and professional dancer, developing the presence and communication skills that continue to shape her teaching and public speaking today. She later transitioned into exercise science and nutrition, earning a BA in Education and an MS in Exercise Physiology.

As a Clinical Exercise Physiologist with the American College of Sports Medicine, Jill spent over eight years in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, where she played a key role in bringing the Ornish Intensive Cardiac Rehab (ICR) program to Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

For a decade, Jill served at the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, rising from Plant-Based Nutrition Instructor to Executive Director of Education. She was instrumental in developing the organization’s flagship Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate with Cornell University, now a globally recognized credential.

Today, as Director of Education for The Plantrician Project, Jill oversees Plantrician University and Plantrician Providers, creating the educational content that equips healthcare professionals and changemakers to put lifestyle medicine into practice. Her work sits at the intersection of clinical rigor and real-world teaching — turning research into the kind of knowledge that changes how people eat, how clinicians treat, and ultimately, how healthy a life can be.

Michele Wisla is the Founder of Our Conscious Kitchen. She coaches people on transitioning to a whole-food, plant-based diet through both behavior change and learning how to prepare delicious, plant-based foods. Michele is a Certified Plant-Based Coach and is a member of The American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Michele is a graduate of The Center for Nutrition Studies at T. Colin Campbell and eCornell, has a certificate in Sport and Exercise Nutrition from Precision Nutrition, is a Food Revolution Network Plant-Based Coach, and has a Certificate of Completion of The Plant Fed Gut Online Course from Dr Will Bulsiewicz. She has a certificate of completion on Environmental Toxins and in addition, she’s also completed the plant-based cooking courses from Rouxbe and Matthew Kenney.

Marla Friedman Ph.D. (Psychology) is NYS licensed and Nationally Certified in Clinical Mental Health Couseling with over thirty years in practice. She is a Certified Nutritionist, an Associate of the Viktor Frankl Institure for Meaning Centered Therapy, a Certified Trauma Professional trained in EMDR, an Advanced Fellow and Board Certified in Anti-Aging, Regenerative and Functional Medicine (ABAAHP),  holds a Certification from the Institute for Functional Medicine in Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice, and is Certified in Plant-Based Nutrition from eCornell. Dr. Friedman offers individual, couples, and group psychotherapy integrating the benefits of in-depth emotional and nutritional helaing. 

Lisa Rigau is a registered nurse, nutrition counselor, and community educator of health, wellness, mindfulness, and nutrition. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Delaware. Lisa received her master’s degree from Marywood University in Sports Nutrition and Exercise Science.  Since 2003, she has been the owner of Healthy Lifestyle Management where she provides private and group nutrition counseling, stress management through mindfulness, and educates clients on the six pillars of Lifestyle Medicine: Plant-Predominant Nutrition, Exercise, Stress Management, Sleep, Social Relationships, and Avoidance of Risky Substances. Lisa is a trained mindfulness teacher where she is a Level 2 teacher of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction through the Mindfulness Center at Brown University.  Lisa is a diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and a Certified Lifestyle Medicine Professional.