Experts

Tom First launched Culture Pop Soda in June 2020, reinventing what soda should be. Tom co-founded Nantucket Nectars in the 1980s and has spent the last two decades working with emerging beverage brands. He couldn’t ignore the gap in the carbonated soft drink industry any longer and set out to craft a soda that doesn’t skimp on flavor and is just sweet enough. The idea for Culture Pop struck Tom when he tried a sip of his son's mocktail. "I remember the mocktail had sprigs of rosemary with juice, and I'm a beverage guy, so I'm sitting there starring at my son's drink thinking, my gosh, why hasn't anyone done this with a soda?" He knew he was ready to re-enter the ring when he and the founding team unlocked a winning formula by combining organic fruit juices with real, organic herbs & spices to create dynamic, delicious flavors. No need to add the high sugar levels of traditional soda or ultra-sweet substitutes of diet sodas. Culture Pop also contains billions of live probiotics in every can to aid gut health and digestion, which is something Tom is a strong proponent of supporting.

As a nutritionist, I've always been fascinated by the connection between what we eat and how we feel. But it wasn't until I faced my own health struggles that I truly understood the transformative power of gut health. Through my journey to overcome my crippling fatigue and autoimmune issues, I discovered that a healthy microbiome is the key to unlocking our body's natural ability to thrive.That's why I founded Goodness Lover—to share this life-changing knowledge with others and provide them with the tools and resources they need to discover the goodness within themselves.We believe that everyone deserves to feel their best, and that starts from the inside out. Join us on this journey to revolutionise your health and well-being, one gut-friendly choice at a time.SARAH OTTOCO-FOUNDER, NUTRITIONIST

From Charleston to Jackson Hole, San Francisco to Santa Barbara, Katherine Knowlton is a classically trained chef, wellness entrepreneur, and founder of Happy Chance—a brand rooted in ingredient integrity and sustainable, better-for-you food. With over 15 years in the culinary world, Katherine has worked as a private chef, recipe developer, and creative force behind intimate events and wellness-forward meals for discerning clientele—including prominent public figures and global tastemakers.Trained at the San Francisco Cooking School, Katherine blends classical technique with a deep passion for functional, nourishing food. As a private chef and sustainable food advocate, she creates elevated dining experiences centered on whole ingredients, seasonal cooking, and thoughtful sourcing. Whether through her clean-label hemp capsules or curated catering menus, Katherine is dedicated to helping people feel their best—through food made with intention and integrity.Explore her culinary work at katherineknowlton.com.

Dr. Will Bulsiewicz (or "Dr. B") is an award winning gastroenterologist, internationally recognized gut health expert and the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and Indie Bound-bestselling author of Fiber Fueled and The Fiber Fueled Cookbook. With a passion for plants and helping people, he is the U.S. Medical Director and sits on the Scientific Advisory Board of ZOE, has authored more than twenty articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, has given more than forty presentations at national meetings, presented to Congress and the USDA, and has taught over 10,000 students how to heal and optimize their gut health.He completed a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University, a medical degree from Georgetown University, and a master's in clinical investigation from Northwestern University. Dr. B was the chief medical resident at Northwestern and the chief gastroenterology fellow at The University of North Carolina, and received the highest award given by both his residency and fellowship. He completed an epidemiology fellowship on a grant from the National Institutes of Health at UNC's prestigious Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Where passion meets experience, you get Dave Phillips. A leader of the golfing world and a visionary thinker, Dave is devoted to helping others better themselves. This has manifested in Dave's two key areas of expertise: golf and coffee. A performance coach of almost 30 years (including 2023 Masters champion Jon Rahm), Dave Phillips co-founded the Titleist Performance Institute, the industry's largest golf, health, and fitness organization. You might have seen him on the Golf Channel, writing for Men's Health, Sports Illustrated, Golf Magazine, or in Golf Magazine's Top 100 teachers in America.As a performance professional, Dave has a front-row seat to the ingredients and products fuelling elite athletes, and through For Wellness, he delivers that knowledge straight to consumers. Dave is the mastermind behind The Good Stuff, which was not only the catalyst for Phil Mickelson's historic comeback to professional golf but also the very foundation of For Wellness.Ask Dave about coffee, functional nutrition, and his grand plans for the future of For Wellness.

Ayla Barmmer, MS, RDN, LDN is the founder and CEO of FullWell, the only registered dietitian-founded and formulated reproductive health supplement brand that supports women and men at every stage. With 20+ years of experience in fertility nutrition, Ayla has taken an evidence-backed, foundational approach in developing the highest quality, effective, and thoroughly tested offering that clinicians and customers love, which has allowed her to build FullWell profitably from the start without venture backing. While currently on sabbatical from private practice, Ayla owns and operates Boston Functional Nutrition and co-founded the Women's Health Nutrition Academy in 2018. A letter from FullWell founder, Ayla Barmmer, MS, RD, LDNI founded FullWell as an adjunct to my clinical practice at Boston Functional Nutrition because I wanted to make the evidence-based, effective, and high-quality supplement we created for our clients available to the rest of the world.After almost two decades working on thousands of complex fertility cases, I’ve learned that no two are alike. In fact, fertility is arguably one of the most common yet perplexing health issues. The vast majority of people receive the most frustrating diagnosis of all: “unexplained infertility.” Popular medical interventions have notoriously poor success rates and often yield tremendous physical and emotional stress, not the mention the financial and relational impact.I synthesized decades of findings, looking at the needs that have emerged from the most straightforward to the most complex cases. My approach looks at the whole person, in the context of their environments, peeling back the layers until we grasp root issues. Over time, I've observed as many external and systemic causes of fertility issues as internal and specific concerns. For this reason, I believe in addressing our pursuit of fertility health as both an individual and collective need, carefully supporting a wide variety of inputs to build the optimal foundation for conception, pregnancy, and postpartum recovery.I'm thrilled that FullWell has garnered the enthusiastic endorsement of so many healthcare practitioners and physicians, but even more so in experiencing firsthand the satisfaction of our users. Every person who selects our prenatal formula is choosing to invest in their own health, and in the fundamental health of their baby. As both a mom and a clinician—I’m deeply honored to support them.Ayla BarmmerFounder, FullWell