Presenter Bios:

James Norwood Pratt

Brett Boynton

Michael J Coffey

Babette Donaldson

Isaac Dumiel

Donna Fellman

Suzette Hammond

Becky Li

Amy Lawrence

Bernadette Petrotta

Devan & Reena Shah

Lisa Boalt Richardson

Shiuwen Tai

Dr. Eric Yarnell

Lisa Boalt Richardson

Lisa Boalt Richardson is the author of the award-winning book, Tea with a Twist; Entertaining and Cooking with Tea and The World in your Teacup: Celebrating Tea Traditions Near and Far. She is a much sought out tea expert and travels the country speaking at conferences and special events such as World Tea Expo, Le Cordon Bleu, Sundance Resort, Natural Products Show, and Emory University.

Ms. Richardson is the President of Lisa Knows Tea and is one of the first 15 in the world to graduate from the Specialty Tea Institute with a "Certified Tea Specialist" title along with completing Level 4 classes. She is now a STI instructor and serves on the STI Advisory Board. She also has traveled to Asia and has worked hands-on with tea masters, making tea and learning organic farming methods.

Lisa has been featured on numerous radio programs "talking tea." She has also contributed to publications including Cooking with Paula Deen and TeaTime Magazine. She has been featured in numerous national publications such as The New York Times, Women's Health Magazine, Diabetes Forecast, National Geographic's Intelligent Traveler's Blog, and Discovery.com. For more information you may visit www.lisaknowstea.com, facebook at Lisa Knows Tea or twitter @lisaknowstea.

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