Ayten Salahi, MS, RDN is a GI- and plant-focused registered dietitian, culinary nutritionist, and intersectional food policy advocate. She completed her master’s degree at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and her Dietetic Internship at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where she received the Louise Hatch Award for outstanding professional promise and standards of practice. In 2019, she founded a nonprofit called the Planetary Health Collective (PHC), that aims to leverage the powerful role of food and nutrition professionals in the fight against the climate crisis. Ayten is Owner and CEO of a plant-powered GI nutrition practice, Aysa Nutrition LLC, and 2023-2024 Chair of the Hunger and Environmental Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group (HEN DPG).