Robin Dionne is a Rhode Island-based communications professional who has been vegan for more than 20 years. She co-founded RI VegFest with her BFF Jim Nellis, owner/operator of RI Food Fights, as a way to help make veganism interesting and accessible for the #PlantCurious residents of Rhode Island. In her daytime life, she is the chief public affairs officer for HealthSource RI, runs R. Dionne Consulting, a fun and tiny communications consulting business, and is a partner in Tabs & Robin, another fun and tiny communications consulting business. She has also worked as the director of outreach and client relations at her favorite place in the city, the Arcade Providence. In her free time, she loves reading, writing, taking care of her elderly pugs, and running around with her boyfriend BJ, the third member of the RI VegFest team.