Jarid Manos
Founder & CEO, Board Member
Jarid Manos is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Great Plains Restoration Council, which is headquartered in Houston, Texas. He is also an author, health advocate and youth worker. Through his guidance, GPRC has helped found the new Ecological Health movement, which helps young people heal themselves through healing the Earth. A vegan athlete, he also serves on the Board of Directors of the Black Vegetarian Society of Texas. Mr. Manos resides in Houston, Texas.
As an American author, Ghetto Plainsman is his first literary contribution. Mr. Manos is currently working on his second book, Her Blue Watered Streets, a novel.
In August 2011, Mr. Manos was appointed to the Obama administration’s new Relevancy Committee, through the National Park Service, to help diverse communities connect to wild nature as a matter of our own health.
As an author, philanthropic leader, activist, and empowerment speaker, he leads national conversations that weave a common thread between the destruction and preservation of Earth and self, aiming to impact humanity through a widespread advocacy and adoption of new health.
He has appeared in the New York Times, Huffington Post, Dallas Morning News, Denver Post, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, USA Today, Smithsonian, Congressional Quarterly, Houston Chronicle, Albuquerque Journal, New York Nightly News, Grist, NBC-5, among many others. He is a featured guest speaker at universities, jails, churches (and other places of faith) organizations, events, conferences, businesses, chambers of commerce, and schools nationwide.
