2026 Main Stage Speaker

Richard Weston Rogers Jr. MS Ed is a whole-food plant-based/vegan entrepreneur, speaker, coach, author, and yogi who combines the plant-based lifestyle with running and meditation for betterment and daily well-being. Richard is the director of Philadelphia VegFest and founder of the former Ambler Vegan Company, a high-raw vegan restaurant in Ambler, PA. He lives in the suburban Philadelphia area with his 3 dogs, who are also employees of Geese Peace Goose Solutions, a canine geese control company Richard founded over 25 years ago when he was a third grade teacher. He is a legacy graduate of Franklin and Marshall College where he studied English and holds a Master of Science in Education from Drexel University. Richard has lived a whole-food plant-based/vegan lifestyle since 2013 and provides awareness and knowledge of the whole-food, plant-based/vegan lifestyle through coaching, speaking, writing, and healthful/purposeful living.