Speakers

Central Florida Veg Fest features several great speakers on a variety of vegan-related topics! Veg Fest speakers are sponsored by Earth Sponsor Vegetarians of Central Florida and emceed by Shannon Blair of Jungle Sponsor Solutionary Species.

If you are interested in being a speaker at Veg Fest, please fill out the Speaker Application. If you have any questions about speaking at Veg Fest, please contact Larry Rumbough at info@CFVegFest.org or 321-331-1859.

11:00 a.m. Timaree Hagenburger "Using Your Fork to Protect Your Brain"
Are you unknowingly putting your most valuable asset in jeopardy? Learn about changes seen in the brain as dementia and Alzheimer's Disease develops and assess which habits may be increasing your risk for suffering from these devastating conditions. Discover simple and practical ways to protect your brain with your fork!

Timaree Hagenburger, MPH, RDN, EP-c, a plant-based registered dietitian nutritionist, certified exercise physiologist with a master's in public health with over 20 years of experience as a college nutrition professor, speaker, media personality, and author, works with private clients and in corporate wellness, has contributed to several cookbooks, published her own, The Foodie Bar Way and created The Foodie Bar Way of Life community, where "living it" is simple, satisfying, sustainable and FUN!

1:00 p.m. Susan Hargreaves "Veganza Animal Heroes Global Tour"
Veganza Animal Heroes newly released book debuted at # 1 on Amazon in young adults & ecology category. Global tour stops continue during Animalherotober. We can all be heroes to all species. Meet Veganza and Freedom characters from the world's first vegan superhero trifecta from the action adventure novel. Veganza aka Susan Hargreaves, long term animal rescuer and activist and author, Freedom aka Korin Sutton is a vegan professional bodybuilder & master fitness trainer.

​Susan Hargreaves empowers all ages to be heroes to all species of animals via her award-winning, interactive education presentations, activism, speaking engagements and writing. International and national media have lauded her over four decades-long work to stop animal cruelty. Susan’s mission to create animal heroes has been covered by Yahoo News.

Special Guest!
​10:30 a.m. VeganEvan, VeganEvan's Mission
"Welcome to Central Florida Veg Fest and Vegan Rap"