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BIOS OF 2007 SPEAKERS |
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Rita
Anderson describes
herself as an average mother
and grandmother
who had never thought of herself
as a leader. She started
her animal rights career late
in life, and is now dedicated
to the plight of any and all
animals who suffer, especially at
the hands of humans. She
is the Director of the
Committee for Research Accountability,
a Project of In
Defense of Animals. Her main focus
is on ending vivisection, and
in 2006 she convinced the University
of Colorado Health Sciences
Center to release 11 monkeys
from their laboratory to
a sanctuary. She has
also been successful in working
on wildlife issues and the
recent rescue of a group of
neglected horses in Boulder,
CO. |
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Kari
Bagnall is founder and director
of Jungle
Friends Primate Sanctuary.
Kari was working as a Court
Appointed Special Advocate
for abused and neglected
children when a ‘pet’ monkey
named Samantha was given
to her in 1993. Soon after
Samantha came into Kari’s
life, more monkeys followed
and Jungle Friends Primate
Sanctuary was born. Jungle
Friends is home to over 80
new-world monkeys with an
ever-growing waiting list.
Most were cast offs from
the exotic pet trade, others
were retired from laboratory
research. Jungle Friends
also has an intern program
designed to help others open
sanctuaries and to teach
people to have compassion
for all of the Earth’s
remarkable inhabitants.
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Lorri
Bauston is
considered a “pioneer” of
the farmed animal sanctuary
movement. In 1986, Lorri
co-founded Farm Sanctuary,
which opened the country’s
first shelter for farmed
animals. For 18 years, she
directed the group’s
shelter and fundraising efforts,
and served as the organization’s
Executive Director until
2004. In 2005, Lorri Bauston
formed a new nonprofit organization, Animal
Acres, and opened
the Los Angeles farmed animal
sanctuary and compassionate
living center. Today, the
sanctuary is home to over
100 rescued farmed animals
and hosts a variety of special
events and volunteer programs
to teach people to extend
compassion to ALL beings. |
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Heidi
Boghosian is the executive director of
the National
Lawyers Guild,
a progressive bar association
established in 1937. She is co-host
of the weekly civil liberties
radio show Law and Disorder on
WBAI in New York and several
affiliates. She has published
writings and law review articles
on policing, capital punishment
and dissent. Her books reviews
have appeared in The Federal
Lawyer Magazine and the New
York Law Journal. She received her
JD from Temple Law School where
she was editor in chief of the Temple Political & Civil
Rights Law Review. |
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Nikki
Bollaert has
helped nonprofit organizations,
higher education institutions,
and churches reach their
fundraising goals throughout
her 14-year career as a development
professional. As founder
and president of Bollaert
Associates, Inc., Nikki provides
consulting and hands-on development
services to organizations
seeking to maximize mission
impact through efficient
fundraising operations. Nikki
holds a Master of Nonprofit
Management from Regis University,
is a Certified Fundraising
Executive, and a Chartered
Advisor in Philanthropy®.
Committed to the animal welfare
movement since childhood,
Nikki looks forward to assisting
activists with fundraising
counsel. |
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Mitchell
Bolt,
also known as “The
Turtle Guy,” is the
Inland California Coordinator
for The
Sea Turtle Restoration Project.
For the past 17 years, he has
dedicated himself to working
for the environment through industrial
and residential recycling, environmental
advocacy and volunteer teaching.
Mitchell has spoken to thousands
of students about the importance
of saving our Earth by taking
a close look at our ocean’s
most precious
inhabitant – the sea turtle.
He has designed
presentations for
both younger & older students
that focus on sea turtles, the
causes of their rapid decline,
and how to save the few that
remain. His efforts have been
featured in newspapers, newsletters,
radio talk shows, and TV news. |
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Share
Bond is founder
of Protect
R Wildlife, a
wildlife advocacy group,
SKUNKS and California Animal
Rescue. After assisting
with orangutan studies in
Borneo she decided to use
that knowledge to save the
animals in her own backyard.
She rescues domestic, farm,
exotic and wild animals (specializing
in the skunk), and is dedicated
to educational outreach for
how to coexist with our native
backyard wild animals,
spec- ializing in humane
solutions to so-called nuisance
wildlife problems. She has
started new programs such
as Wildlife Shui, TNR+ &
Neighborhood Watch 4 Animals.
She has authored many
articles and several animal
books, including her newest, "An
Earth Divided: Crucified
For Caring." |
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Michael
Budkie is
Founder and Executive Director
of Stop
Animal Exploitation Now! (SAEN).
Since 1996, SAEN has worked to
end the abuse of animals in laboratories.
By using the US Freedom of Information
Act, Michael has obtained numerous
documents showing the abuse to
which primates were subjected
in U.S. laboratories. SAEN
follows up by local publicity
campaigns and complaints to government.
Michael is a member of the
Coalition to End Primate Experimentation
and an organizer of the two nationwide
Primate Freedom Tours. He worked
for In Defense of Animals for
several years. He has also worked
for Last Chance for Animals,
and was co-founder of the National
Activist Network. |
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Tim
Canova is
a law professor and academic
dean at the Chapman
University School of Law in Orange County,
CA, where he directs the Center
for Global Trade & Development,
teaches courses in Animal Law
and Endangered Species and Marine
Mammal Protection, and studies
the impact of corporate power
and global trade on human rights
and animal welfare. He has written
critically about the World Trade
Organization, including the WTO’s
shrimp-turtle and tuna-dolphin
cases. He has advocated for shareholder
proposals to stop the torture
of farm animals by large corporate
agribusinesses, as well as for
a change in standing doctrine
to provide legal guardian protection
in our courtrooms for animals.
He is presently directing the Bob Barker to the OC project. |
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Rick
Corbett strapped into the vegan movement
at the age of 13, specializing
in farmed animal issues and
youth outreach. At the age
of 20, he now holds 2 bachelor’s degrees, has
spoken all over the country,
garnered an activism award, and
is now in the middle of his oh-so-important
quest to veganize Hollywood. “Why
hello, Ms. Producer! Would you
care for a banana? Perhaps, a
headshot & resume?” Having
worked with PBS, MTV, Radio Disney,
and CBS/Paramount as an actor,
voice over artist, host, and
comedian, he seeks to shine a
spotlight on animal issues. Oh
yes, and he would love you to
attend his speeches (he promises
they won't bore you). |
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Saurabh
Dalal advocates
for veganism
and Ahinsa (non-violence)
as compelling solutions to
many global problems. He is Deputy Chair
of the International
Vegetarian Union, President
of the Vegetarian
Union of North America, President
of the Vegetarian
Society of DC,
and volunteers in various
capacities with numerous like-minded
non-profits. A
lifelong vegetarian and vegan
since 1991, he has
been active as a follower
of the Jain religion on the
local and international levels. Saurabh
holds graduate degrees in
Physics and Engineering
and explores ways to integrate
sound science into the movement. |
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Karen
Davis is
the founder and President
of United
Poultry Concerns,
Inc., a nonprofit organization
that promotes the compassionate
and respectful treatment
of domestic fowl and includes
a sanctuary. She has a PhD
in English from the University
of Maryland-College Park
where she taught for 12 years
in the English Department
and pioneered a course on
the role of animals in the
Western philosophic and literary
tradition in the University
Honors Program. In 2002,
Karen was inducted into the
U.S. Animal Rights Hall of
Fame "for outstanding
contributions to animal liberation." She
has also authored numerous
essays, articles, and books. |
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Debra
Erenberg is Organizing
Director for Rainforest
Action Network,
where she oversees the development
of local activist groups,
online community-building,
and outreach to young people.
In her “free time,” she
serves as Deputy Director
of The
Essence of True Humanity
Is Compassion (The
ETHIC) and the ETHIC’s Darfur
Pledge campaign to
end the genocide in western
Sudan. Prior to joining
RAN, Debra served as Director
of Affiliate Resources
for NARAL Pro-Choice America.
In more than eighteen years
of grassroots organizing,
election campaigns and
nonprofit management, she
has also worked with Center
for Science in the Public
Interest, PETA,
the Great Ape Project,
and many others.
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John
Feldmann,
lead singer and guitarist for
the band Goldfinger,
is a vegan animal rights activist
and supporter of the Animal
Liberation Front. With a strong
voice for human and animal
rights, John incorporates the
message into his music with
songs such as Free Me, which speaks
of the treatment of animals
raised for food, accompanied
by a video of slaughterhouse
footage. In 2003, John’s
house was raided by the FBI
due to an alleged connection
to an Animal Liberation Front
vandalism. The charges were
dropped due to lack of evidence
and John won a law suit over
the incident. This inspired him
to write a song called Iron
Fist, the first of Goldfinger’s
2005 release album, Disconnection
Notice. |
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Christine
Garcia is
the vegan founder and lead
counsel of The
Animal Law Office. Aside
from litigating for animal rights
as well as defending and suing
on behalf of animal rights activists,
she also produces and directs
the television show Ethics
and Animals which airs every
other Tuesday in San Francisco.
Currently, Christine is legislating
for new laws for animals as the
Chair of the San Francisco
Animal Control and Welfare
Commission. |
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Timothy
Gorski is Producer/Director
of Rattle
the Cage Productions.
He has a Masters degree in
film and visual communications.
He's worked in television
for 12 years and has recently
created PSA's for VIVA, Harpseals,
Wildlife Care Center, SHAC,
and Dolphin Freedom Foundation.
Tim’s 1993 anti-captivity
documentary received 12 awards
in 45 festivals. He's also
an animal/disaster rescue
specialist volunteering for
the Wildlife Care Center
and certified through the
American Humane Association.
He spent 3 weeks in New Orleans
for Hurricane Katrina pet
rescues, as well as 2 weeks
in Thailand in after the
2004 tsunami. Tim also owns
and maintains a controversial
site, www.MiamiSeaPrison.com. |
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Tammy
Grimes is founder
and executive director of Dogs
Deserve Better, a national
nonprofit organization dedicated
to ending the chaining and
penning of dogs, and bringing
'man's best friend' into
the home and family. She
is an animal advocate and
artist living in rural Pennsylvania.
Tammy holds a B.A. in Art
from the University of Maryland,
and a B.A. in Naturology
from the American Institute
for Holistic Theology. Her
animal-advocacy-focused art
has produced two series of
note to date: "Little
Girl Looking" and the "New
Orleans After Katrina Series" Her
art site can be reached at www.LittleGirlLooking.com. |
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Camille
Hankins is co-founder
of Win
Animal Rights (WAR), a
group of hardcore, grassroots,
direct action campaigners dedicated
to bringing an end to the brutality
and killing at Huntingdon Life
Sciences and ultimately to total
animal liberation. With almost
20 years of sales, marketing
and management expertise, Camille
specializes in using her knowledge
base to capitalize on critical
weaknesses of animal exploitation
businesses. In addition to her
role with WAR, Camille acts as
a Press Officer for the North
American Animal Liberation Press
Office and annually serves as
Exhibit Coordinator for the AR200X
national conferences. |
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Dr.
Alex Hershaft founded
the Vegetarian Information
Service in 1976 and FARM in 1982. He launched World
Vegetarian Day in 1977, World
Farm Animals Day in 1983,
the Great American Meatout
in 1985, Gentle Thanksgiving
in 1990, and CHOICE (Citizens
for Healthy Options In Children's
Education) in 1995. He organized
17 national animal rights
conferences including the
Action For Life Conference
that launched the U.S. AR
movement in 1981. He is a
member of the Vegetarian
and the Animal Rights Hall
of Fame. He describes himself
as a "late bloomer",
having accomplished all this
after earning a Ph.D. in
chemistry and devoting nearly
30 years to science research
and consulting. |
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Pattrice
Jones, coordinator
of the Eastern
Shore Sanctuary & Education Center, nurtures
and advocates for chickens
in the heart of a rural region
dominated by the poultry
industry. An activist in
various social change movements
since the 1970s and now the
coordinator of the Global
Hunger Alliance, Pattrice
speaks and writes frequently
of the connections between
earth, animal, and human
liberation. She formerly
taught courses on psychology
and social change activism
at the University of Michigan
and now teaches public speaking
at the University of Maryland
Eastern Shore. She is the
author of Aftershock:
Confronting Trauma in a Violent
World: A Guide for Activists
and Their Allies (Lantern
Books). |
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Dr.
Elliot Katz began
his career as a trained veterinarian.
Recognizing the immense
animal suffering that takes
place around the world, he
founded In
Defense of Animals (IDA) in 1983. IDA's campaigns
and programs cover animals
around the world, through
investigation, rescue and
rehabilitation, public education,
political and consumer advocacy,
and litigation. From working
to protect the rights of
America's companion animals,
to rescuing feral goats on
Catalina Island, to fighting
to end the horrific trade
in dog meat in Korea, IDA's
campaigns reach far and wide. |
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Shannon
Keith is an animal rights lawyer,
activist, and documentary director/producer.
In 2006, after three years
of filming, she released a
documentary film about the
Animal Liberation Front entitled
Behind the Mask: The Story
Of The People Who Risk Everything
To Save Animals. The documentary
was produced in response to
what the ALF sees as a growing
bias within the mainstream media
towards the animal rights movement,
both above and underground. Shannon
founded and runs Uncaged
Films
/ARME (Animal Rescue, Media & Education),
which produced the documentary.
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Marti
Kheel is
a writer and activist in
the areas of animal liberation,
environmental ethics and ecofeminism.
In 1982, Marti co-founded Feminists
for Animal Rights. Over the
years, her primary goal has
been to develop an ecofeminist
philosophy that is capable
of bridging the seemingly
disparate movements and philosophies
of feminism, animal liberation,
environmental ethics, and
holistic health. She has
Masters Degrees in Women's Studies
and Sociology and received
her doctorate in religious
studies from the Graduate
Theological Union in Berkeley.
Her forthcoming book is titled Nature
Ethics: An Ecofeminist Approach. |
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Andrew
Knight BSc, BVMS, CertAW,
MRCVS, as
a veterinary student,
used legal action & media
exposure to introduce Western
Australia’s first
humane veterinary surgical
course. Instead of
killing pigs,
Andrew steril-ized dogs & cats from
shelters, gaining even more surgical experience. He
then founded Animal
Consultants International to increase effective-ness
of the
movement through
international skill-sharing. In
2007, he became
President of Animals
Count, the first
UK
political
party for the animals. Nearing
his antivivisection PhD, he
publishes studies in
bio-medical journals, 3 of which have
received awards. His expertise
include animals in education,
vegan companion animal
diets and body surfing.
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Elizabeth
Kucinich, best
known for her marriage to
Democratic presidential
candidate Dennis Kucinich,
is a vegan advocate for peace.
A native of London, UK, she
has spent time traveling the
world, making efforts to help
poor children in India and
assist communities in Tanzania.
She moved to the U.S.
shortly after receiving her master’s
degree in Inter-national Conflict
Analysis. Elizabeth and Dennis
were married in 2005 and work
together to promote peace and
speak out against injustices.
The vegan couple attends events
to raise public awareness about
animal-related issues and hosts
vegan fundraising events for
the Kucinich presid-ential campaign.
She will give the Keynote Address
at the Saturday night Plenary
session. |
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Dr.
Charlotte Laws is an author, a Los Angeles
Commissioner and Greater Valley
Glen Councilmember. She is
the recipient of the Los Angeles
2006 Animal Humanitarian Award
and founded two organizations:
the League
for Earth and Animal Protection
(LEAP) in 1992 and
the Los
Angeles Directors of Animal Welfare
(DAW) in 2004.
She has a Ph.D. in Social Ethics,
in addition to two Master’s
Degrees and two BA Degrees. She
completed post-doctoral study
at Oxford University in Philosophy.
Her forthcoming book is titled, Armed
for Ideological Warfare: Spinoza
and the Animal Rights Movement. |
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Greg
Lawson has been a National
Park Service ranger for 22
years and the environmental
reasons are a strong motivation
for his veganism. For
eight years, he was lead
journalist for Animal Rights
Online. President of
the Vegetarian
Society of El Paso, Greg also has co-hosted
an AR/vegan radio show, ACT
Radio, for the last four
years. |
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Joshua
Levine is
an Investment Advisor with
UBS Financial Services in Walnut
Creek, CA where he specializes
in developing socially and
animal welfare – conscious
investment solutions for individuals
and nonprofit organizations.
He is both knowledgeable and
passionate about developing socially
responsible screens, participating
in shareholder activism, and
identifying community investment
opportunities. Joshua has a Bachelor’s
of Science in Civil and Environmental
Engineering and a Master’s
degree in Environmental Science
and Management. He
now sits on the Corporate Sponsorship
board of the Donald Bren School
with his involvement in Corporate
Social Responsibility initiatives. |
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Jacquie
Lewis has a PhD
in psychology. She is the
president of SPEAK
(Supporting and Promoting
Ethics for the Animal Kingdom), an
all-volunteer organization
that has been educating
people about the conditions
of animals and the environment
since 1990. SPEAK offers
presentations at schools,
civic groups, and public
forums, providing information
about animal rights. Jacquie
recently organized and
presented at a symposium
on the Emotional Intelligence
of Animals. She is very
knowledgeable about birds,
especially African Grey
parrots. |
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Howard
Lyman,
known as the “Mad
Cowboy,” is a former cattle
rancher-turned vegan and food
safety activist. In 1996, he
appeared on the Oprah Winfrey
show, resulting in the infamous “Veggie
Libel” case brought on
by Texas ranchers. He is the
author of “Mad Cowboy:
Plain truth from the cattle rancher
who won’t eat meat” and former
Director of the "Beyond
Beef Campaign" & the
Humane Society of the United
States' "Eating With Conscience" Campaign;
past President of both the International
Vegetarian Union, and EarthSave
International; and is currently
President of Voice
for a Viable Future. Howard travels over 100,000
miles every year as a speaker
and lecturer. |
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Anthony
Marr holds
a science degree from the UBC
and has worked as a field geophysicist
and an environmental technologist. In
1995, he became a full time
wildlife preservationist, which
has brought him to India
three times, earning him the
title of the "Champion of the
Bengal Tiger" in the Champions
of the Wild TV series aired
in 20 countries. As an
anti-hunting activist, he has
conducted high profile campaigns in
Canada for the bears and seals,
and been to Japan twice for
the whales and dolphins. He
is the founder of Heal
Our Planet Earth (HOPE) and
is currently on his 5th
Compassion for Animals Road
Expedition (CARE-5), for the
deer, covering 30 states. He
is also the author of Omni-Science. |
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George
Matejka, Ph.D., is Associate
Professor and Chair of the
Philosophy Department at
Ursuline
College
. Since
he developed a course entitled Animals
and Ethics in
2004, roughly 175 Ursuline
students have elected to
take this class. He
has published reviews of
two books in the field of
Animals and Ethics, including
a review of Peter Singer’s In
Defense of Animals: The
Second Wave, forthcoming
in the June edition of the
journal Teaching Philosophy. George
volunteers at Happy Tails
cat sanctuary in
Chesterland
,
Ohio
,
and resides in
Lyndhurst
,
Ohio
, with his two cats
Peanut and Snuggles.
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Armaiti
May, DVM is an animal
rights advocate and veterinarian
currently practicing in Southern
California. She became a
vegan and activist as a student
at UC Berkeley. An active
officer in the campus advocacy
group, Cal Vegetarians, she
helped put on several vegan
outreach and food giveaways.
As a student at UC Davis,
Armaiti helped coordinate
a surgery “wetlab” training
for fellow vet students as
a humane alternative to the
school’s terminal surgeries.
During vet school she volunteered
with Rural Area Veterinary
Services to provide free
care and sterilization surgeries
to dogs, cats, and horses
in economically disadvantaged
communities. |
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Johanna
McCloy is founder
and director of Soy
Happy,
a consumer advocacy service
that promotes the addition
of vegetarian options on
mainstream menus. Soy Happy
is highly noted for its work
in opening the door to vegetarian
hot dogs in Major League
Baseball stadiums but has
also worked with other large
concessions like zoos, pizzerias,
spas, restaurants, & cafeterias. Soy
Happy offers consultation
to foodservice establishments
and provides them liaison
services with manufacturers
of vegetetarian alternative
fare. They offer a
positive & practical approach
to working with foodservice
venues, empowering individuals
to use their voices to effect
menu items they seek. |
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Erica
Meier is the Executive
Director of Compassion
Over Killing (COK), a non-profit
animal advocacy organization
based in
Washington
,
D.C.
that focuses on exposing
cruelty to farmed animals
and promoting vegetarian
eating as a way to reduce
animal suffering. COK’s
undercover investigations
inside factory farms have
been featured in various
newspapers, including the New
York Times and the Washington
Post. Before working
at COK, Erica spent four
years as an animal control
officer in D.C., rescuing
sick, injured, and homeless
animals as well as enforcing
animal protection laws. |
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Rev.
John Gibb Millspaugh stands at the
crossroads of animal ethics
and religion. He holds two
masters’ degrees, from
Harvard University’s Kennedy
School of Government and Harvard
Divinity School, where he founded
a course on animal ethics. A
former Humane Officer and lobbyist
for an animal-focused environmental
organization, he has toured factory
farms and science labs with their
owners’ permission. His
thought on social ethics has
been featured in various media
including C-SPAN. A vegan of
11 years, he currently serves
as minister of Tapestry, a Unitarian
Universalist Congregation in
Mission Viejo, California. |
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Dawn
Moncrief is
the Executive Director of FARM
(Farm Animal Reform Movement), a non-profit,
public interest organization
advocating plant-based (vegan)
diets to save animals, protect
the environment, and improve
health. She has
two graduate degrees from
George Washington University,
one in International Relations
specializing in economic
development, the other specializing
in women-in-development.
Her specialty is the
detrimental effects of animal
agriculture on world hunger,
particularly women in less-developed
countries. |
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Christine
Morrissey is
the director of East
Bay Animal Advocates, a grassroots
non-profit organization dedicated
to ending cruelty in California
animal agriculture. Since
2002, she has worked full-time
as the Education Outreach Coordinator
for the Contra Costa County Bar
Association, where she organizes
free animal law legal clinics.
She holds a Bachelor's degree
from UC Berkeley and resides
in Oakland, CA. |
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Peter
Muller has
been involved in wildlife
protection since 1976. He
has participated in patrolling
posted land against hunters
during hunting season, given
presentations on the deleterious
effects of hunting at various
universities and other groups,
published numerous articles
on this topic, debated and
educated on radio and TV.
Peter is currently President
of LOHV
(League of Humane voters), a PAC (Political
Action Committee) whose mission
is to support candidates
for political office who
promise their support of
animal protective legislation. |
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Eva
Najera is
the Director of the Resource
Center for Research and Learning
About Animals (Centro de Recursos
para la Investigación
y el Aprendizaje sobre Animales
- CRIAA), located in Monterrey,
N.L., Mexico. She has also collaborated
with local animal rights/welfare
groups in Mexico since 2003,
helping to create educational
outreach programs, volunteer
training and fundraising workshops.
She is member of the Mexican
Animal Network, a mexican AR
collective grassroots organization.
Eva holds a Bachelors degree
in Humanities and Social Sciences
from the Universidad de Monterrey
(UdeM) and actively pursues an
interest in applied ethics on
human-animal relationships. |
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Alice
Ng spent
her earlier professional life
as an IT consultant for large
corporations. In1999, she moved
to San Francisco to join
WildAid’s International
Shark Campaign where she coordinated
efforts to combat the global
shark crisis. She worked to develop
international press relations,
raise consumer & public awareness,
and develop a traveling
shark exhibit that was hosted
in major cities in the US &
Asia. Desiring more direction-action
oriented work, she later co-founded
Animal Balance and organized
a successful project to humanely
manage the cat and dog populations
of the Galapagos Islands through
sterilization. Today, Alice
heads up the San Francisco
offices of Animals Asia as
their US Rep.. |
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Jack
Norris co-founded Vegan
Outreach in 1993 and
is currently the President.
Vegan Outreach produces the
booklets, Why Vegan, Try
Vegetarian, and Even
If You Like Meat, and has distributed
5 million copies to date. In
2005, Jack was elected to the
U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame.
He runs Vegan Outreach's
Adopt-A-College program which
has succeeded in handing
a Vegan Outreach brochures
to over one million students
since it started in Fall of 2003.
Jack is also a Registered Dietitian
and author of Vitamin B12:
Are You Getting It? and Staying
Healthy On Plant-Based Diets.
Jack's articles can be found
on VeganOutreach.org, VeganHealth.org,
and JackNorrisRD.com. |
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lauren
Ornelas runs Food
Empowerment Project. She
has been active in the animal
rights movement for over
19 years. After spending
four years as National Campaign
Coordinator for In Defense
of Animals, lauren was asked
by Viva!UK to start and run
Viva!USA in 1999. As
the leader of Viva!USA, she
investigated factory farms
and ran consumer campaigns.
Some of her accomplishments
include persuading Trader
Joe’s to stop selling
all duck meat, Pier 1 to
stop using feathers and
was the spark that got the
CEO of Whole Foods Market
to become a vegan. Her campaigns
have been covered in USA
Today, the Chicago
Tribune, and other major
media outlets. |
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Alex
Pacheco began making
headlines at the age of 21
by closing down the first
laboratory in the U.S. on
charges of cruelty to animals.
As co-founder and Chairman
of PETA for 20 years, he
was responsible for expanding
it into the world’s
most recognizable animal
rights charity. To date,
he has been responsible for
raising over $128 million
for charity in donations
alone. He is well-known for
leading a 15-year battle
to save a band of crippled
lab animals called "The
Silver Spring Monkeys.” His
picture and articles have
appeared in each edition
of Animal Times for
the last 20 years. In 1999,
Alex became President of All
American Animals and
Humane America, the creator
of 1-800-SAVE-A-PET.com. |
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Kristie
Phelps is the Communications
Director for In
Defense of Animals (IDA) where she serves
a variety of crucial roles.
Kristie worked for five years
as a Campaign Coordinator
with People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals where
she traveled the globe protesting
for numerous animal rights
causes and working with activists
to facilitate their work
locally. Her work for animals
has been featured in numerous
publications. She graduated
from Virginia Wesleyan College
in 1998 with a degree in
communications and is currently
pursuing a Master’s
degree in Library Science. |
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Eric
Prescott publishes ananimalfriendlylife.com,
an online resource for animal-related
news, commentary, links, reviews & archived
podcasts. He has been published
by VegNews, the L.A. Times and
weeklies such as L.A. CityBeat & OC
Weekly. A filmmaker and activist,
Eric is producing and directing
a documentary based on John Robbins'
book, "The Food Revolution."
Last year he produced the 3rd Annual
Artivist Film Festival, where he
coordinated a forum on the true
cost of eating meat. Eric has spoken
publicly in the L.A. area for Animal
Acres' Humane Ed program and for
PCRM. He is contributing to Mark
Hawthorne's forthcoming book, "Striking
at the Roots: A Practical Guide
to Animal Activism." |
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Jen
Riley is Program
Director of FARM
(Farm Animal Reform Movement),
a non-profit
organization advocating vegan
diets to save animals, protect
the environment, and improve
health. Working with grassroots
activists around the world,
Jen assists volunteers in
hosting educational events
for FARM’s annual
campaigns including Veg Earth
Day, Meatout, World Farm
Animals Day, and Gentle Thanksgiving.
In addition to empowering
individuals to speak out
on behalf of farmed animals,
FARM runs several ongoing
public education programs.
Prior to her work with FARM,
Jen volunteered with animal
shelters & rescues, hosted
fundraising events, & completed
an internship at Farm Sanctuary. |
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Nathan
Runkle serves
full-time as the Executive
Director of Mercy
For Animals (MFA), an organization he
founded in 1999. He has helped
organize and execute MFA's
investigations and open rescues
at Ohio's four largest egg
factory farms. Through his
work with MFA, Nathan has
appeared in stories by dozens
of newspapers and radio programs,
as well as on PBS, NBC, CBS,
ABC and FOX affiliates. He
has organized hundreds of
demonstrations & educational
outreach events and frequently
speaks on AR issues
at high schools and colleges. In
2006 Mercy For Animals was
named "Non-Profit
of the Year" by VegNews
magazine. |
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Tom
Scholz, best known
as the founder of the rock
band Boston,
has been vegetarian for 25
years and is currently vegan.
As a long-time supporter
of many organizations including
PETA and Greenpeace, he set
up his own charitable foundation
in 1987 to help animal protection,
world hunger and the homeless.
To date, his charitable foundation
has donated several million
dollars to those causes.
He received the Mahatma
Ghandi Award in 1987 and was named
Man of the Year by the National
Hospice Organization in 1988. |
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Christine
Schwamberger is a
Deputy District Attorney, Civil
Division, for a county in northern
Nevada. Her areas of concentration
are real property and land use
law. Her pro bono work has included
lobbying state legislatures on
animal welfare legislation, and
coordinating volunteers for two
successful initiative petition
drives in Arizona which outlawed
trapping on public lands and
cockfighting. Currently, she
is researching the legal status
of animals as property, and the
history of animal rights and
vegetarianism. She speaks publicly
at community forums, educational
seminars and religious institutions
to promote animal interests.
She lives with her husband and
four cats. |
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Brenda
Shoss founded Kinship
Circle in 1999 with a mission
to empower people to take
action in campaigns addressed
to lawmakers, businesses,
media and other institutions
linked with animal protection
concerns. As a professional
writer and graphic designer,
her goal is to provide tools
for activists to write/speak/act
influentially on behalf of
all animals. In response
to Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita, Kinship Circle played
a vital role in coordinating
Gulf Coast animal rescue,
forming a second list/site,
Kinship Circle Animal Disaster
Relief. Recently, Brenda
worked directly with Louisiana
Senator Fontenot’s
office, crafting letter campaigns
and press materials to help
pass the Pet Evacuation Bill. |
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Veda
Stram is Vice President,
Associate Editor, Administration & Outreach
for AnimalsVoice.com and The
Animals Voice Magazine
Veda saw a photograph
of an animal in a lab around
noon one day in April 1988
and attended an animal
rights meeting that night.
She was vegetarian within
weeks, vegan within months.
She volunteered for The
Animals Voice Magazine
from 1988 through 1999,
began working for AnimalsVoice.com
in 2001. Veda has been
on the Boards of Orange
County People for Animals
(OCPA) and the Northwest
Animal Rights Network (NARN)
and has been a speaker
at past AR conferences.
Additionally, she wrote "What
to Eat When You Don't Eat
Animals." |
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Marianne
Thieme is a Dutch
politician, animal activist
and publicist. She is
the chairwoman
and political leader of the first animal
rights party in history
that is represented in
a national parliament.
Since last November, her Party for the Animals has won 2 seats in the Dutch National Parliament,
9 seats in the Dutch Provincial
Governments and 1 seat
in the Dutch Senate. She
was voted Political Talent
of the Year 2006 by the
Dutch parliamentary press,
Most Spicy Politician by
women’s magazine
Viva and Most Influential
Woman for Farmer’s
Incomes by the leading
Dutch magazine on agriculture. Marianne
has published a book on
animal rights (‘The Animal’s Century’) and dozens of articles in Dutch
national & regional
newspapers on factory farming,
hunting, animal testing,
bird flu, ritual slaughtering,
fur, fisheries and vegetarianism. |
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Cheri
Thompson graduated
from the University of South
Carolina School of Law in
1999. She
became so moved by what she
learned about the link between
violence towards animals
and violent crime in society,
that in 2000, she gave up
practicing law to write the
first ever animal-assisted violence-prevention
curriculum to be endorsed by
a state board of education. Her
program, The
Healing Species,
has appeared in numerous
magazines and newspaper
articles. Currently, she
is an adjunct professor
at the University of South
Carolina in Columbia. Cheri
speaks locally in SC and
nationally regarding implementing
character and violence prevention
programs in communities
across the US. |
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Shawn
Vougeot (pronounced
voo-ZHOH), two-time Grand
Prize Winner of the Great
American Contest of among
over 4,000 songs worldwide,
lends her musical intensity
to her classical violin training.
With a voice that is "soft,
clear, at times operatic
and …entrancing," Shawn
intends on becoming one of
the largest voices for the
animals in the music industry.
She is currently producing
an animal advocate show for
college touring which will
incorporate the projection
of animal imagery in hopes,
through music and video,
to heighten audience awareness
of the intrinsic value of
our fellow creatures. Shawn
is happy to be back for her
third year as an AR conference
performer. View her site
at www.SingfortheAnimals.com. |
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Captain
Paul Watson has
exhibited much diversity
in his activism. Aside from
being a co-founder of Greenpeace
in 1972 and Greenpeace International
in 1979 and founder of Sea
Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977, Paul was a Field
Correspondent for Defenders
of Wildlife between 1976
and 1980. He was a field
rep for the Fund for Animals
between 1978 and 1981. He
co-founded Friends of the
Wolf in 1984 and the Earthforce
Environmental Society in
1977. Paul has received many
awards and commendations
over the years, the Genesis
Award in 1998, and the U.S.
Animal Rights Hall of Fame
in 2002. He was chosen by
Time Magazine as one of the
environmental heroes of the
20th Century in the year
2000. |
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Susan
Weingartner has
been an Animal Rights
advocate since the 1980's.
She helped found the original board
of EarthSave Los Angeles
in 1992 after reading Diet
For A New America, and meeting
and working with John Robbins.
She later
re-started EarthSave L.A.
as it's director in 2000
until 2003. She has
worked with and supported
many animal rights and environmental organizations,
including SUPPRESS, PETA,
Last Chance for Animals,
Worldfest, The Genesis Awards,
and others, and is helping
with fundraising efforts
for the SHAC 7. She
is the mother of an 8 year
old vegan son, William. Susan
is a co-producer on
the animal rights film, Behind
The Mask. |
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Steve
Whitman is
a Board Director of Animal
Rights International,
founded in 1974 by the
late Henry Spira. While working
in executive positions
at two manufacturing
companies, Steve now
devotes his volunteer
time to ARI, where he
contributes his financial
and management expertise
gained in the business
world, and his first-hand
experience with nonprofits
as former executive director
of a large environmental
group. An engineering
graduate of Cornell University,
Steve is a strong advocate
for the link between
environmental health,
vegetarianism, and compassion
for our fellow animals.
Recognizing that good
works also need money,
Steve will speak on planned
giving at the AR2007
fundraising session. |
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Todd
Winant has
been delivering presentations
to tens of thousands of people
around the U.S. since he first
introduced EarthSave’s
Healthy School Lunch Program
in 1991. Todd created and narrated
the Earth
Voice Food Choice DVD
and is the author of the Earth
Voice Food Choice Manual. It
is designed to educate teachers,
parents, students and food personnel
on how to present, inform and
inspire people to eat more unrefined,
organically grown plant foods
and fewer chemically processed
animal and junk foods. The project
is designed to initiate a positive
shift in human awareness and
in the hearts and minds of children,
parents, teachers, and people
in government. |
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Bruce Zeman, along with his dachshund
Nathan, spearheaded the enacting
of the "Guardian
Campaign" in his
hometown of Wanaque, NJ. The
ordinance, which drew national
media coverage,
is known as "Nathan's
Law." Bruce also initiated a
humane education program in the
schools - where (assisted by
Nathan) he speaks to students
about animal issues. He regularly
appears in court on behalf of
abused or neglected animals.
In 2005, he conducted advanced
animal rescue in New Orleans
following Hurricane Katrina.
Bruce & Nathan were recently
awarded the "Kinship Award" by
the Doris Day Animal Foundation
and will soon be releasing their
first book, A Boy and His
Dog - Nathan's Story. |
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