Annie B. Copps is a chef, cooking instructor, international culinary tour guide, journalist, and food activist with more than 40 years of experience in the local and international food, travel, and public health arenas.

Annie has built her life and career around her passion for food, wine, and travel. For nearly three decades, she has worked in the international public health field and as a chef, magazine editor, television and radio show host and guest, food stylist, television producer, speaker, and consultant. She currently works as a culinary instructor; program manager; freelance food, wine, and travel writer.

Louisa Kasdon, a native Bostonian who “grew up in the shadow of Fenway Park,” has done many things, from business to owning restaurants to writing about restaurants and food. But to her, putting together chefs, food scientists, educators and the public is at the crux. As the founder and CEO of Let’s Talk About Food, Louisa revels in creating a “conceptual tent” where people can explore food—where it comes from, how it’s made, what impact food has on our lives.

“It’s always been my intention,” Louisa says, “not just to educate people but to make it enjoyable.”

Recently named a Cambridge Food Hero for 2018 and busy establishing a LTAF podcast, she says her “challenge is to create the legacy” for the future of food.

Sherry McAdams is the owner of Go2Eleven Coaching and McAdams Creative Management. With over two decades of experience in the music business providing strategic development and support for creative people and projects, she now offers that same support and insight to organizations and individuals seeking to define and realize their highest potential. In addition to her coaching and creative consulting, Sherry is a certified yoga and meditation instructor, and reiki practitioner. An avid traveler (in the before times) and a lover of delicious foods, she is delighted to be a part of The Readable Feast.