Summer Rayne Oakes

Summer Rayne Oakes is an entrepreneur, author, and model whose work focuses on health, wellness, and sustainability. After working to nix her own sweet tooth, Oakes founded SugarDetox.me, a website that helps people cleanse themselves from sugar via 10-day and 30-day programs. Oakes graduated from Cornell University cum laude with degrees in environmental sciences and entomology. Oakes was a correspondent on Discovery Networks and has been featured on CNN and Fox News, and in The New York Times, the Guardian, Vogue, Vanity Fair, L’Officiel, GQ, Natural Health, Inc., Forbes, and many others. Outside magazine called her a “Top Environmental Activist,” Amica listed her as one of the “Top 20 Trendsetters under 40,” CNBC named her one of their “10 Best Green Entrepreneurs,” and The Guardian proclaimed her “An Innovator.” Oakes lives in Brooklyn, NY.  More about her work can be found at www.SummerRayne.net and www.SugarDetox.me.