



Meet the ROOTIFUL Management Team

Marla Rose
(Content Director) is an award-winning writer, journalist, blogger and cookbook author, and the co-founder (with John Beske) of Vegan Street, one of the first and influential vegan websites.
Together Marla and John have hosted hundreds of community-building events including the long running Chicago VeganMania festival.

John Beske
(Creative Director) is a longtime graphic designer and art director who has worked with several major ad agencies before dropping out to promote only Earth-friendly and socially responsible endeavors, including nine years as the creative director of Sustain, a pioneering marketing firm that worked solely with environmental and social justice groups.
He is also the co-founder and partner (with Marla) of Vegan Street, one of the first and influential vegan websites as well as their business venture Vegan Street Media.

Stacy Owens
(Chief Financial Officer) bio to come...

Jim Slama
(Acting Chief Executive Officer) bio to come...
Meet Our Board of Advisors

Miyoko Schinner
Chef, Author,
Founder: Miyoko’s Creamery

Seth Tibbott
Founder: Tofurky,
Author

Colleen Holland
Founder and Publisher:
VegNews Magazine



Dr. Milton Mills
Author, Lecturer,
Practicing Primary
Care Physician
Elliot Begoun
Founder, Brand Champion:
TIG Brands
Carol Adams
Pioneering EcoFeminist, Author of
The Sexual Politics of Meat


Christopher Sebastian
Vegan Scholar, Author, Speaker
and Professor
Joyce Tischler
Founder: Animal Legal Defense Fund, Professor at Lewis & Clark University Center for Animal Law Studies