Here are the NEXTY Award judges for Natural Products Expo East 2017

Winners of the coveted New Hope NEXTY Awards represent the future—they are the innovative, inspirational and integrity-filled products that help shape the outlook of the natural products industry. All exhibitors who will be at Natural Products Expo East 2017 in Baltimore were eligible to nominate their products for the NEXTY Awards over the last month, and more than 400 nominations across 21 categories were received. The nomination period closed on July 31.

The winners of the NEXTY Awards for Expo East will be decided in a closed judging session on Tuesday, Aug. 15 at the New Hope Network office in Boulder. Winners will be awarded on the show floor in Baltimore on Friday, Sept. 15.

Meet this year's group of outstanding industry influencers who will serve as the judges (along with the New Hope content team and SRG culinary team) for the Natural Products Expo East 2017 NEXTY Awards.