Tracye McQuirter

Vegan activist, public health nutritionist and bestselling author Tracye McQuirter is converting people to a plant-based lifestyle, by any greens necessary. 

As the CEO of Any Greens Necessary, Tracye has advanced and popularised the plant-based diet further than she could have ever possibly imagined. Her two books By Any Greens Necessary A Revolutionary Guide for Black Women Who Want to Eat Great, Get Healthy, Lose Weight, and Look Phat (Chicago Review Press) and Ageless Vegan: The Secret to Living a Long and Healthy Plant-Based Life (Hachette Book Group) have turned countless people vegan thanks to there digestible content and easy-to-follow advice on making the otherwise daunting transition from meat to plant-based.  

Tracye is the leader of 10,000 Black Vegan Women movement, a campaign that has successfully turned over 15,000 women onto the vegan diet as a means of taking back control of their health. She has also spearheaded the first ever federally funded vegan nutrition program with the Vegetarian Society of DC Eat Smart Program. 

Tracye continues to have praise and awards heaped upon her for her dedication to the betterment of people's health and as an advocate of the plant-based diet. She has been inducted into the US Animals Rights Hall of Fame and is the recipient of Farm Sanctuary's Compassionate Vegan Living Award. Her work has appeared in USA Today, BBC, Forbes, The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News and Ebony.