Co-Founder and CEO of The Equitea Co., Quentin Vennie is a celebrated wellness entrepreneur, speaker, advocate for mental health and author of the memoir, Strong in the Broken Places. Quentin has been recognized as one of Black Enterprise magazine’s 100 Modern Men of Distinction and by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for his work in mental health and addiction recovery. He was featured on the cover of Yoga Journal magazine as a "game changer, redefining the practice of yoga", and appeared as the wellness keynote speaker for Colin Kaepernick’s “Know My Rights” Camp in Quentin’s hometown of Baltimore, MD. Quentin served on the advisory board for the Partnering for Student Wellness program, a mental health research study conducted by The University of Maryland and the University of South Carolina and has served on the advisory council for Lineage Project, a non-profit that teaches trauma-informed mindfulness practices to youth in New York City. Prior to co-founding Equitea, he served as the Vice President of The Yoga Alliance Foundation, the world's largest non-profit membership organization for yoga teachers and schools, where he created and launched Yoga Alliance’s first-ever direct services yoga program and spearheaded their 'Equity in Yoga' initiative. Through his work with Equitea, Quentin brings his years of experience in wellness and mental health to the beverage industry, intersecting his love and passion for tea with his desire to increase equity in wellness, break down barriers for other founders of color and destigmatize mental health.