Keegan Kuhn is the award-winning co-director of the documentary film Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret and What the Health. He is the owner of First Spark Media, a digital film production company tailored to creating films for social justice. Kuhn’s skills as a director, producer, cinematographer, editor, animator and composer have been utilized in film subjects as diverse as modern Alaskan homesteading, gender inequality, animal rescues, Buddhism, endurance sports and environmental destruction. He is motivated by a deep desire to shed light on untold stories of the most downtrodden in our society, and to raise awareness through greater visibility of social justice issues.

Kuhn is the owner of the camera accessory company First Spark Gear and creator of the educational music project True Nature. He lives with his partner Shani in the East Bay of San Francisco, California.

Leilani Münter is a biology graduate, race car driver and environmental activist. Discovery’s Planet Green named her the #1 eco athlete in the world, ELLE Magazine awarded her their Genius Award, and Sports Illustrated named her one of the top ten female race car drivers in the world. Since 2007, Leilani has been adopting an acre of rainforest for every race she runs. She uses her race car to spread environmental awareness among 75 million race fans in the US. Leilani sits on the board of the Oceanic Preservation Society and the advisory board of The Solutions Project. She is featured in the 2015 documentary “Racing Extinction.” Leilani is vegan. Her personal car is an electric Tesla Model S which she charges with solar power.

For decades Carmela Wolf has shared her knowledge and success of using food as medicine. She has a Masters of Science Degree in Oriental Medicine and postgraduate studies in Nutritional Science, and serves as Down to Earth’s Wellness Department Manager and Nutritionist on Staff.  Carmela lectures frequently for the company’s community outreach and has been interviewed on local news and radio as well as national health magazines for her nutritional and natural products expertise. In 2003 Carmela was invited to be part of Celebrity Cruise Lines’ Enrichment Program, lecturing about nutrition and holistic health to enthusiastic audiences while developing and co-founding “Acupuncture at Sea.” In years of private practice, she has treated and consulted thousands of patients throughout the U.S. and around the world. Carmela has always been passionate about making the point that a healthy diet and lifestyle can be utterly delicious and enjoyable.

Scott Stensrud, originally from Minnesota, is a 27-year resident of Hawaii. Most weekends, you can find him on the soccer field coaching or refereeing kids ranging from 4 to 18 years old with the Leeward Region of the American Youth Soccer Association where he is a long time board member. Scott has served on the Liliha and Waianae Neighborhood boards in the past and was also a volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America. Previous to being part of Blue Zones Project Scott held multiple positions at Hawaii Pacific University for more than 25 years, including Special Assistant to the President and Vice President for Enrollment Management.

Born in the Netherlands and raised in Montana, Dr. Irminne Van Dyken is a general surgeon in practice at the Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. She is a member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, the Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Van Dyken is a passionate advocate of a whole foods, plant-based diet, seeing it as a way to prevent and treat many common maladies in Hawaii and the world.