ADVISORY BOARD
Jim Amos
Jim is the COO of Scout 22, a full service marketing and PR agency which specializes in the plant-based, vegan and conscious capitalist spaces.
He previously served as President of Domestic Distribution at Sony Pictures and has written for many major news publications, including Forbes.
Jim is a vegan and lives in Los Angeles with his wife Lori and their 13 rescue animals.
Nivi Jaswal
Nivi Jaswal is a Brand & Business Consultant based in the Boston area. With 15 years of experience in International Marketing, Brand Management and Corporate Strategy in Consumer Goods, Life Sciences and Media & Research Industry (Unilever, Boston Scientific, WPP). Nivi is also a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (Mayo Clinic) and a Professional Team Member of the ACLM with a Lifestyle Medicine Coaching Certificate. Her practice is spread across diverse sectors – Biotech, Consumer Goods, Climate Change Non Profits, Education and Nutrition Start-ups, and Entrepreneurs.
Nivi is also a Whole Foods Plant Based Educator with a focus on Satvik Lifestyle for Preventing & Healing Chronic Illness & has served as a Mentor-Coach on an Internationally delivered Online Behavior Change Program. In addition to Consulting, she runs a 501c3 Non Profit that creates Plant Powered Behavior Change Research & Design programs for underserved communities, primarily woman of color. She is passionate about everything she does and brings plant-powered energy to her commitments – both personal and professional.
John Oberg
John Oberg is a social media influencer and professional, dedicated to making the world a kinder place for animals by utilizing the power of social media. In 2019, he launched his own independent project for animals through Patreon to maximize his impact for animals. Previously, he served as Director of New Media for the international animal protection organization, The Humane League and as Director of Communications for Vegan Outreach. In 2019, impressions of his content on social media have totaled over 200 million.
Ray Bretzloff
Ray has had a varied career, starting in the automotive industry for the first part of his working life before jumping into adventure tourism during the second. The latter pathway has most definitely proven to be more fitting to his nature and has allowed his entrepreneurial spirit to be set free.
He has held many roles the past fifteen years ranging from wilderness guide to business owner, event coordinator, project manager, and business mentor. The past five years he has been the sales and coordination guy for a 130 event worldwide film festival (happy coincidence!) where his number one role is to guide tour stop organisers through their event management plans.
His most recent work finds him pivoting again as part of an action group exploring the areas of awareness and societal structures.
As a board member, he hopes to lend some insight to the flourishing of IVFF and continually looks forward to learning from others in the group.
Denyse Mehta
Denyse is based in Toronto. She has over 25 years of work experience covering the corporate, not-for- profit and entrepreneurial sectors. She founded Plant Based Partner Canada in 2021 to offer services to community organizations, individuals, and businesses in the plant-based space in events management, digital marketing, website development, and consulting. Her entry in the charity and not for profit sector started with her hire to lead the TVA as the interim operations manager in 2017 and subsequently as the Executive Director, until January 2021.
Denyse completed her Executive Master of Business Administration from the Henley Business School and the Certified Association Executive for not-for-profit management. In her spare time she loves to cook and bake, and recently completed the Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and E-Cornell. She also volunteers with Endeavour Consulting for Non-Profits. She is excited to bring all her outreach, events, and management experience to the IVFF advisory board.
Travis King
Travis King brings 20 years of Financial Services Industry experience to his role on the IVFF Advisory Board. He has held roles at the Bank of Montreal, Conseco Capital, ING and Voya Financial where he currently is Co-Head of Investment Grade Credit and helps to manage over $120 billion in fixed income assets. Travis received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from James Madison University in Virginia, and M.B.A. from Memorial University of Newfoundland. He has been a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute since 2002. Travis became interested in a plant based lifestyle while exploring a newfound passion and interest in the environment. He credits documentary films for peaking his curiosity in a number of environmental topics. Travis lives in Atlanta with his wife and two children.