Chris Vogliano, PhD, RD, is an award-winning public health dietitian and global food systems expert, renowned for bridging the fields of agriculture, nutrition, and sustainability. He co-founded and serves as Director of Global Research at Food + Planet, a non-profit empowering health professionals to advance sustainable food systems. As a postdoctoral researcher at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, Chris is cataloging underutilized food species and building an interactive database to future-proof global food systems through biodiversity. He previously served as a technical advisor for food systems with USAID Advancing Nutrition, where he led efforts to integrate Indigenous foods into local nutrition strategies. Chris also collaborates with Harvard and Gallup on the Global Diet Quality Project, helping to establish the first global diet quality monitoring system across 100+ countries. Throughout his career, he has published extensively and presented at numerous high-level events. In his leisure time, Chris enjoys hiking and biking in nature.