ANIMAL DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP - Key Persons

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• Pediatrician
• Strategic Advisor

Allan E. Kornberg, MD, MBA is a pediatrician who has practiced both primary care and emergency pediatrics. He's served as Vice-Chair and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, at the University of Buffalo, and as Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Brown University. He co-founded a pediatrics practice in Western New York and served as the Chief of Emergency Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Buffalo. He advocated on behalf of survivors of child abuse and sexual assault, was the co-editor of a textbook ‘Child Abuse and Neglect-A Medical Reference,' and wrote peer review articles on child abuse and emergency pediatrics. Allan served as medical director with managed care organizations, provider institutions, and advocacy groups, frequently focused on population health for the underserved, in Georgia, New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. He was the Medicaid Medical Director for Rhode Island and was Chief Medical Officer and subsequently CEO for Network Health, a managed care organization that serves impoverished families in Massachusetts. Dr. Kornberg served as the executive director for the United States for World Animal Protection, and as the executive director for Farm Sanctuary, a non-profit focused on providing lifetime care for abused farm animals, educating the public, advocating on behalf of better treatment for farm animals, and in the promotion of plant-based diets. He has additionally worked on a number of animal protection projects, typically seeking to reduce the numbers of animals raised for food and subject to experiments in laboratories, while pursuing more compassionate treatment for those currently on farms and in research facilities. Allan is the current board chair of the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries.

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• Clinical Lecturer in Law / Yale Law School

Daina Bray is the Climate Change and Animal Agriculture Senior Litigation Fellow and Project Manager of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School and a Senior Research Scholar in Law. Daina has extensive animal law and litigation practice experience, and a sustained and pragmatic commitment to making a positive difference in the ways that we interact with non-human animals. She previously served as general counsel of the nonprofits Mercy for Animals and the International Fund for Animal Welfare, and practiced with major international law firms in the areas of litigation and international arbitration. Daina has previously served as chair of the ABA TIPS Animal Law Committee, the ABA International Animal Law Committee, and the Tennessee Bar Association Animal Law Section. Daina received a JD from Stanford Law School, a BA in international studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead scholar, a Fulbright scholarship for research in environmental education, and the 2021 ABA Excellence in the Advancement of Animal Law Award.

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• Partner at Sharpen Strategy

David Coman-Hidy is a partner at Sharpen Strategy, providing support, guidance, and connections to emerging and high-impact animal organizations around the globe. Before Sharpen Strategy, he spent over a decade leading The Humane League, winning hundreds of campaigns against the world's largest food corporations and growing a small grassroots group into an international, award-winning charity. David sits on the board of Sentient Media and is a Fund Manager at the EA Funds Animal Welfare Fund.

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• Co - Founder
• ADP Co - Founder

David, a former lawyer, is a lifelong proponent of animal protection. He co-founded ADP with Joel Litvin in 2016 as a means to devote himself more fully to protecting animals and reducing suffering. He is also a founder of Animal Protection Capacity Builders, a collective of member organizations that offer free and low-cost capacity building services to animal protection nonprofits. Its members include organizations that provide legal services; technology and advisory assistance; digital resources for animal sanctuaries; explanatory and investigative journalism and commentary; research, analysis and strategies; career and placement services; original photo and videojournalism materials; and marketing services. David is particularly interested in working to improve the lives of elephants in the U.S. and other parts of the world. This includes projects directed to freeing elephants languishing in captivity in zoos and parks across the US. He continues to collaborate with other advocates and organizations in the effort to rescue individual captive elephants and have them placed in accredited sanctuaries. David is a member of or advisor to: Pro Elephant Network, a global community of diverse individuals and organizations that provides a strong framework of cooperation to end harmful practices towards elephants; Voice for Asian Elephants Society, which works to protect the endangered Indian elephants; Free All Captive Elephants, which is dedicated to rescuing captive elephants in North America; Rowdy Girl Sanctuary's Rancher Advocacy Program, which helps families transition away from animal agriculture and the practices associated with factory and family farms; The Asia for Animals Coalition, which comprises 24 well-respected animal welfare organizations that act as a united voice to appeal to governments and specific facilities to end animal cruelty across Asia; TerraMar Research, a nonprofit committed to studying and protecting wildlife and the environment with an emphasis on marine mammals and ecosystems; and Global Animal Law Association, an independent and worldwide pioneering authority for the health and protection of animals through the law. David practiced law for 33 years before retiring in October 2019. He trained at the former Shea & Gould law firm and then practiced as a partner at the Ingram firm in New York City, having started with the firm at its inception in 1989. He litigated complex commercial matters and regularly tried cases in state and federal court in New York and around the country. He also served as outside general counsel to several small and midsize companies. David received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from NYU. He was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. David held an AV-Preeminent rating, the highest possible peer review rating by the publishers of the Martindale-Hubbell legal directory, for legal ability and ethical standards based on the confidential opinions of the Bar and the Judiciary. He also maintained a 9.6/10 rating on Avvo, an independent attorney rating service. Before founding ADP, David was never on any committees or the president of anything. David's family lives in Hastings-on-Hudson in Westchester County, New York. Culminating a long-standing ambition, in November 2016 David visited with the Hirwa family of mountain gorillas in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. In November 2018 he returned to Africa to visit the Ugandan gorillas and other wildlife. He went back again in 2019 to visit elephant and rhino orphanages, sanctuaries and rescues in Kenya. In 2020, he had to stay home, indoors. Here is David's Animal Protection Origin Story. Please tell us yours..

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• Senior Counsel / Blank Rome LLP

Dave Nadler focuses his practice on bid protests; government audits and investigations; the False Claims Act; contract claims, terminations and disputes; government cost, accounting, and pricing issues; suspension and debarment cases; the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; and government compliance matters, including mandatory disclosure issues. Dave is consistently rated by Chambers USA as one of the leading government contracts attorneys in the country. According to Chambers, "clients appreciate that he is ‘extremely responsive, very knowledgeable and provides common-sense advice. He understands how to advise businesses in a way that is practical from both a business and legal perspective.'" Seen as a "[t]rusted adviser," clients also say that Dave "has great client relation skills, very deep experience and is able to anticipate issues, not just be reactive. He asks the right questions and this allows him to give the best advice." Dave is recognized by sources as "a master of the subject matter" and as being "among the best government contracts attorneys in the country." Dave was selected by Law360 as a Government Contracts MVP for 2017, and under his leadership the Firm's Government Contracts practice was twice selected by Law360 as a Practice Group of the Year. He is also a recipient of the Federal 100 award, which recognizes top executives from the government, academia, and the private sector for their contributions to the government contracts community. Dave was selected as a Top Lawyer, Government Contracts, by Washingtonian Magazine in 2018.

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• Founder
• Lawyer, Author and Animal Welfare Campaigner

Duncan is a widely known and highly accomplished U.K. solicitor with over 30 years' experience in corporate litigation. He is among the few solicitors named both "Lawyer of the Week" in The Times and "Lawyer in the News" in The Law Society Gazette for major cases he has won. Duncan was named "the client's champion" and as "indefatigable" in Legal 500, the leading journal of peer and client reviews, for his successful efforts for clients both large and small. Amongst numerous cases, in 2015 Duncan led a large team of lawyers in a major abuse of market dominant position case against Rolls Royce. Duncan is the founder and driving force behind Save the Asian Elephants (www.stae.org), a U.K. nonprofit. As one of many recent initiatives, STAE has led 45 prominent UK charities and advocates in urging governmental leaders and bodies to introduce law to ban UK advertising of "attractions" abroad where baby and adult elephants are brutalised for tourism. STAE exerts influence on governments, politicians and the tourist industry to adopt solutions it advances. It was asked by Government to draft legislation to ban UK advertising of overseas tourism venues unethically exploiting elephants. Duncan was Chairman of the McNair Inquiry and Report (2013), an influential study and advocacy work on the welfare of farmed animals. He is an experienced public speaker who has been regularly invited to address All-Party Groups on Animal Welfare and on Endangered Species in the UK Parliament on the plight of Asian elephants. He has also attracted large audiences at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on STAE's policies, with a recent speech being described by the Chairman as "dramatic and shocking". In 2017 Duncan was part of a small, key group representing 220 charities and MPs in presenting a letter to the Prime Minister demanding abolition of the UK ivory trade, immediately following which a proposed ban was announced. In 2018 he was named Winner of the Animal Hero of the Year award at the inaugural Animal Star Awards, which attracted 850 nominations across the UK. In 2021 STAE was named amongst the 9 best elephant NGOs in the world for the impact of its work. Duncan frequently publishes on animal welfare issues of national interest and is the author of a series of best selling humour books.

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• Certified Public Accountant

Gerald currently works with Africa CDC acting as a finance liaison for some of the Africa projects and other projects monitored at the AFENET Secretariat on top of offering support in ensuring sound financial reporting and strengthening the organization's financial system. He is also a founder Director of a Non Profit Making Organization called Africa Seedling Alliance whose mission is "...to get the right seedlings to the right people for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of natural resources in Africa for the benefit of current and future generations." Gerald is deeply committed to animal and plant life protection. Gerald has previously worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Uganda and USAID Uganda Biodiversity Fund, both roles have natured him into his current roles and position. Gerald has vast experience in internal controls, grants management, procurement, financial management, financial reporting, sub grantee management, board governance, audit, human resource management, business advisory, compliance and administration. Gerald is a Certified Public Accountant, a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Makerere University Uganda. He has done several trainings in Internal Controls under the revised Green Book, USAID and CDC Financial Management and Compliance 2017/2018 and beyond, financial management for USAID Funding, compliance & capacity development training, USAID Rules & Regulations Grants & Cooperative Agreements, Environmental Procedures and Compliance.

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• Paralegal

Helena is a recent graduate from Boston University with a degree in both Sociology and Mathematics with a concentration in Statistics. She garnered a strong educational background in social inequalities and institutions, law and punishment, immigration, and political sociology. Helena previously interned at Children of Prisoners Europe (COPE) in Montrouge, France, where she wrote and edited articles for biannual journals and drafted press releases for international conferences concerning the rights of children of prisoners. Helena also has experience as a field research assistant at Boston University, where she helped develop a project studying gender, class, and race relations in multiple universities' social scenes in the greater Boston area. Having been a passionate vegan for over seven years, Helena is constantly striving to improve her and others' understanding of animal welfare issues and finding new ways to incorporate advocacy in her life. She has particular interest in protecting farmed animals, working with rescued domestic pets, and advocating for wildlife preservation. Helena has spent much of her free time volunteering at local shelters and the MSPCA, while also working with groups like Nashville Animal Advocacy on various advocacy campaigns. She is also a proud plant mom, ardent rock collector, and takes every opportunity to travel. She currently resides in Nashville, TN with her mother and beloved rescue Bootsy.

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• Executive Director

Jaclyn practiced nonprofit law for six years with a focus on supporting grassroots animal organizations. She transitioned into nonprofit management and communications when she served as Executive Director of Northwest VEG, a regional nonprofit dedicated to educating and encouraging people to make plant-based choices. A lifelong animal lover, Jaclyn was introduced to animal law while interning for two summers during her undergraduate studies at Animals Asia Foundation in Hong Kong. She has since worked in both a legal and program management capacity with numerous US organizations dedicated to protecting farmed animals, companion animals, and animals used in research. She studied psychology and music at Wellesley College and earned her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School in 2012. She has served as Chair of the Animal Law Section of the Oregon State Bar and on the editorial board of Animal Law Review. She's licensed to practice law in Oregon. Jaclyn grew up in New Hampshire and currently lives in Portland, Oregon with her three rescues: pup Ziva, kitty Willow, and quaker parrot Houdini. Outside of her work on behalf of animals, Jaclyn enjoys teaching yoga, singing in the car, serenading the house plants with piano, hiking year-round, and working on her cooking so it reflects that vegan food is delicious.

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• Staff Attorney

James A. Honda has close to a quarter century of experience as a law firm associate, private practitioner and in-house counsel. The bulk of James' career comprises two consecutive decade-long terms with publicly-traded international corporations as General Counsel - North & South America. During that time, James flew 100,000 miles a year, tending to diverse legal matters. In addition to tending to corporate formation & entity maintenance issues, James drafted and negotiated commercial leases, subleases, novations, sales representative agreements, distributorship agreements, consignment agreements, OEM agreements, government contracts, employment agreements (specialized offers / independent contractor agreements , staffing agency agreements, at-will offer letters) and AIA construction agreements for the building of 20+acre manufacturing campuses with H2 rooms. He also played an integral role in new product launches into the U.S. market, working with government agencies, insurance brokers, sales personnel and retail stores. James has also designed comprehensive compliance programs that incorporate the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. His commitment to employment law issues focuses on legal services related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act / State Specific Mandatory Exclusions, E-Verify, IRCA, non-immigrant visa sponsorship, PERM sponsorship, state-specific salary range disclosure requirements, offers, non-competes, confidentiality agreements, on-boarding, performance management, progressive discipline, employee handbook review, workplace comportment and when necessary, termination for cause or due to RIF or WARN ACT circumstances. James also has significant experience with environmental law (CERCLA/TSCA) and insurance law from policy premium negotiation to policy audits, policy exclusions, policy assessment / selection and subrogation. Externally, James has success represented the interests of employers at the EEOC (San Jose, CA Office), Texas Workforce Commission, California Civil Rights Commission, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the New York State Department of Labor and the Illinois and Georgia Departments of Labor. In 2016, James volitionally left the corporate world and temporarily relocated to Hawaii to become the caregiver to his parents at the sunset stages of their lives. During this time, he maintained his legal skills by selectively accepting assignments from peers. Motion drafting and non-profit issues, a specialty he first endeavored to pursue in 2009, comprised more than half of his practice. James is well-versed in state non-profit and federal 501(c)(3) formation and donor agreement drafting, including charitable remainder trusts, and agreements that include IRS-specified appraisal procedures of tangible property value to ensure appropriate tax treatment. James also advises about fundraising activities in the context of U.S. Code § 513, and the potential utilization of an equivalency determination or expenditure responsibility agreement to enable financial support of a non-US entity in the absence of an IRS Determination Letter. James and family have returned to New York (Morning Side Heights) since both of his parents have passed away. The experience of losing both parents and prior to that, several dogs, cats and parakeets, has guided him to this point in life, where he seeks to unconditionally support the mission of the Animal Defense Partnership. James utilizes Chris Heria intermediate workouts and a diet devised by family friend and world-renowned Temple Nun Vegan-Chef, Jeong Kwan, who was featured on Chef's Table, Series 3, Episode 1, to maintain his energy and focus. Jeong Kwan, James and his wife, who is currently a graduate school student at Columbia University, have completed the groundwork to establish a fermentation program at the Culinary Institute of the Pacific (University of Hawaii, Kapiolani Community College). James has a bachelor of arts and master's degrees from Columbia University and a law degree from Brooklyn Law School. He has lived in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, California, Hawaii and Japan (Tokyo and Kyoto). He relishes this opportunity to support the ADP mission by working-hand-in-hand with co-workers and affiliate organizations.

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• Legal Director

Jennifer joined ADP in June 2022, bringing with her a breadth of experience in corporate and business law that she is excited to put to use in fulltime service of the animal rights community. Throughout her career, Jennifer has sought to use her skills and knowledge to build and empower clients. Acting as outside general counsel to small and medium-sized businesses, she has counseled clients on a wide variety of matters: business formation and structure; business succession planning and ownership transfer; merger, stock purchase, asset purchase and other corporate transactions; shareholder/partnership disputes; employment practices and disputes; joint ventures; and negotiation and drafting of vendor, client and other commercial agreements and licenses. She has also represented clients in litigation and arbitration matters arising from contract, ownership, employment, and other business disputes. Jennifer started her legal career in a small corporate law and commercial litigation boutique, following the firm through several transitions before joining Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP in 2006, where she became a partner. After leaving Ingram in 2012, Jennifer worked in legal technology, first with Kira Systems, a Toronto-based legal software provider, and then on a series of projects with the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York. Jennifer earned a B.A. from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, before moving to New York City where she earned a J.D., cum laude, from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University). While in law school, Jennifer worked in Cardozo's Bet Tzedek ("House of Justice") Civil Litigation Clinic, representing low-income elderly and disabled people seeking health, disability, and housing benefits. Jennifer lives in Northern New Jersey with her family, including dog Rosie and cats Stripes and Simba. She is active in her community, serving as an officer and board member of Mountain Top League, a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit youth sports organization, and on the steering committee of a public school advocacy group.

Jo-Anne McArthur is an award-winning photographer, author, photo editor, and sought-after speaker. Through her long-term body of work, We Animals, she has documented our complex relationship with animals around the globe. Since 1998, her work has taken her to over sixty countries. In 2019 she founded We Animals Media. McArthur's books include HIDDEN: Animals in the Anthropocene (We Animals Media, 2020), with co-editor Keith Wilson; Captive (Lantern Books, 2017); and We Animals (Lantern Books, 2014). Thousands of her images are available at the We Animals Media stock site. She has also been a jury member for World Press Photo and Mont Photo. McArthur was the subject of the critically acclaimed 2013 documentary The Ghosts in Our Machine, which followed her as she documented the plight of abused and exploited animals and advocated for their rights as sentient beings. McArthur's photography and writing has been in publications such as National Geographic and National Geographic Traveller, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Lens Culture, Medium, VICE, Canadian Geographic, DAYS Japan, Helsingin Sanomat, Der Spiegel, PhotoLife magazine, Huffington Post, Outdoor Photography, and Feature Shoot. In addition, We Animals images have been used by hundreds of organizations, publishers and academics to advocate for animals.

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• Co - Founder
• Adjunct Professor in Columbia University

Joel served as President, League Operations of the National Basketball Association until his retirement in 2015 after 27 years with the League. Prior to serving in that position he was the League's General Counsel. Over the course of his career, Joel was in charge of numerous areas of the NBA's business, including legal affairs, collective bargaining, franchise sales and relocations, basketball operations, security, revenue sharing, and social responsibility. He also led the League's work with the NBA Board of Governors on a wide range of business, competition, and governance matters. Prior to joining the NBA, Joel worked for the New York law firm of Willkie Farr and Gallagher. Joel is currently an Adjunct Professor in Columbia University‘s graduate Sports Management program. He previously served as a Professor in the global master of law program of Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia and as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Penn State Law School. Joel has also served as consultant to various sports properties including the Brooklyn Nets, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), the XFL, and the Crown League. Joel currently serves on the boards of Madison Square Garden Entertainment; USA Climbing, the national governing body for the sport of competition climbing; and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He graduated with a B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and received his law degree from NYU. Joel lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, with his wife Lisa and their rescue cats, Baxter and Tommy. His daughter Janey is in college and his son Jesse works in Boston.

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• Chairman of the Board
• Board Member and Strategic Advisor at ADP
• Chairman of the Board of Catskill Animal Sanctuary

For nearly 40 years, Judith maintained an active law practice in New York City working in the areas of real estate, family law, and wills, trusts and estates. Significant aspects of her estate planning practice involved helping clients develop special provisions for companion animals and express their charitable intentions through their estate planning. Judith is also a trained professional mediator who mediates agreements and conflicts for people who wish to participate in an amicable and constructive process. At the end of 2020, she and her long-time law partner closed their practice and now she proudly devotes her time to being an advocate for animals and promoting plant-based diet change. Judith has always found ways to combine her professional knowledge and personal dedication to social justice and change by working closely with non-profit organizations. She was a founding Board member of the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of New York; served on and co-chaired the Board of Directors of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and of SAGE: Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders. As President of the Board of Directors of the LGBT Community Center, she helped lead a $13 million capital campaign. Judith has received numerous awards and recognition, including from Pace Law School (her alma mater); the NYC Bar Association LGBT Rights Committee, Stonewall Community Foundation, the National LGBT Bar Association, SAGE and the NYC LGBT Community Center. As a Board Member and Strategic Advisor at ADP, Judith assists animal charities in creating their unique mission; fundraising; selection, growth and engagement of board members; strategic planning; and governance. In her work as an animal and vegan advocate, Judith presently serves as Chair of the board of Catskill Animal Sanctuary. Catskill Animal Sanctuary, an ADP client, is a 148-acre refuge in New York's Hudson Valley for farmed animals rescued from cruelty, neglect, and abandonment, and champions veganism. Judith and her partner Jennifer Costley live in the Hudson Valley with their dogs Maisie and Annabelle. Judith is an avid reader, hiker, world traveler and a committed vegan who loves to cook and believes that introducing people to delicious vegan meals is one of the best ways to create more vegans and as result, a more compassionate world.

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• Professor of Law and the Brooks Institute Faculty Research Scholar of Animal Law and Policy at the University of Denver

Justin F. Marceau is Professor of Law and the Brooks Institute Faculty Research Scholar of Animal Law and Policy at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He serves as the reporter for the pattern criminal jury instruction committee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and as an inaugural member of the Governor's Council for Animal Protection (GCAP) formed by a proclamation of the Governor of Colorado, and is a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Justice for Animals Award and the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar's Gideon Award. He was a visiting Professor at Harvard Law School for the Spring 2020 semester. Prior to coming to DU, Professor Marceau was an assistant federal public defender specializing in capital habeas and a law clerk for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Before law school, he spent a year living and working in Cairo, Egypt. Professor Marceau's research focuses on criminal law and constitutional law, particularly as those areas intersect with social change. He specifically writes in the areas of Habeas Corpus, Constitutional Law, and Animal Law. His current research is at the intersection of animal law and criminal law.

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• HIDDEN / We Animals Media

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• Staff Attorney

Kristin is honored to work with ADP and align her legal and nonprofit experience with her lifelong compassion for animals. She believes strongly in advocating for animals, supporting sustainable choices (like plant-based eating), and serving clients with both competence and kindness. Early in her legal career, Kristin worked at the Supreme Court of Texas as a Staff Attorney. She also worked as a litigation attorney at Thompson & Knight LLP (now Holland & Knight) in Dallas, Texas, where she gained experience on small and large cases, both state and federal and at trial and on appeal. Kristin then transitioned to Of Counsel with Texas Instruments, focusing on supporting global business units and drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts. Kristin enjoys supporting the mission-driven work of nonprofits and has been doing so for many years in roles such as frontline volunteer, program leader, planning advisor, staff, and trustee or board member. Most recently, she worked with Eleanor Lives! (San Francisco, CA) as Managing Director, helping the nonprofit establish compliance and develop high-quality policies and procedures. Leaning into this interest, in 2023 Kristin became a certified Leadership Professional in Ethics & Compliance (LPEC) through the Ethics & Compliance Initiative. Kristin earned a B.A. from Texas A&M University and graduated summa cum laude, second in her class, with a law degree from Baylor University. While in law school, she pursued her writing and editing interests through Baylor Law Review by serving as Assistant Managing Editor, then Managing Editor, and by writing one and co-writing a second published law review article. Kristin is a native Texan who currently lives in the St. Louis area of Missouri with her family. She enjoys native gardening to support biodiversity such as pollinators and birds, and her favorite companion animals are cats.

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• Staff Attorney

Lesley joined ADP after a 15-year-long career as a litigator and is thrilled that her work for ADP combines her skills as an attorney with her passion for animal rights. Lesley's legal practice has always been mission-driven and client-centered. She started her legal career in New York City, defending low-income tenants from eviction in New York City's housing courts. During that time, she also conducted numerous CLE trainings for attorneys and other advocates on housing issues. She then moved to a federal practice, representing large classes of workers in federal courts across the country in litigation for unpaid wages. As a workers' rights attorney, she drafted amicus curiae briefs on behalf of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and presented on numerous wage-and-hour issues at NELA and American Bar Association conferences. Lesley earned her bachelor's degree from New York University and her law degree from Fordham University Law School. She went vegan in 2018, having been a vegetarian for 20 years, after she started volunteering regularly at Woodstock Farm Sanctuary, where she eventually became a board member. Lesley currently lives in New York's beautiful Hudson Valley, with her husband, two rescue dogs, and an ever-rotating cast of foster dogs. She can often be found hiking with her dogs, reading, knitting sweaters, traveling the world in search of the best vegan food, and practicing yoga.

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• World Co - Founder

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• Executive Director of Factory Farming Awareness Coalition

Monica Chen is Executive Director of Factory Farming Awareness Coalition, which contributes to the eradication of factory farming through educational programs on the devastating impacts of animal agriculture. Under Monica's leadership, FFAC has developed comprehensive and synergistic programs that empower high school and college students to become effective advocates for just and sustainable food systems. Prior to FFAC, she enjoyed working with students at elementary, middle, and high school levels. In addition to classroom teaching, Monica has worked in residential environmental education, taught sexual health, and served as an instructor for the Prison University Project at San Quentin. Monica received her BA from UC Berkeley and her Master's in Education from the University of New Mexico. Outside of work, Monica loves walking and spending time with her guinea pigs.

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• Member of the Section of Taxation
• Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
• Tax Partner

Dick Riley is a tax partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Foley & Lardner LLP. He has been with the firm and its predecessors in Washington since 1983. Exempt organization tax law is a primary focus of Dick's tax practice. He has worked extensively with section 501(c)(3) charities (public charities and private foundations), section 501(c)(3) healthcare organizations, section 501(c)(3) educational organizations, section 501(c)(3) religious organizations, section 501(c)(4) social welfare and advocacy organizations, section 501(c)(6) trade associations, section 501(c)(7) social clubs, both state-chartered and federally chartered tax-exempt credit unions, and numerous other organizations, in providing tax advice and transactional planning representing organizations in IRS examinations and ruling projects, and litigating tax disputes in court. Illustrative projects in Dick's exempt organization practice include the following: Outside tax counsel to one of the nation's largest tax-exempt social welfare membership organizations, advising on its nationwide social welfare activities, licensing and royalty activities, lobbying and advocacy activities, for-profit and charitable affiliates, unrelated business tax issues, and other tax matters. Outside tax and corporate governance counsel to a nationwide tax-exempt public broadcasting organization, relating to fundraising and endowment activities, bylaws and internal governance guidelines, and general tax matters. Tax and transactional counsel to a nationwide multi-campus nonprofit university, including its conversion from for-profit to nonprofit status. Outside tax and corporate governance counsel to the leading US-based international software industry trade association, including its for-profit and charitable affiliates. Representing the credit union system and individual state-chartered credit unions on the unrelated business tax consequences of insurance and financial products, negotiating with the IRS on unrelated business tax issues, and representing the industry in successful test-case litigation in two federal courts. Tax and transactional counsel to US government-sponsored cybersecurity association serving multiple industries. Member of Foley team advising a nationally recognized clinic and medical research organization on gift planning and charitable endowment issues. Tax and transactional planning for a section 501(c)(3) library and museum in Southern California, including successful negotiations with the Internal Revenue Service to protect the organization's tax exemption. Representation of numerous insurance guaranty associations before the IRS National Office, resulting in the Service's reversal of its initial position and final recognition of these organizations' exemption from tax under section 501(c)(6). Corporate and tax advice to many tax-exempt political campaign committees, PAC's, and advocacy groups. Creation and representation of the United States affiliate of a worldwide religious missionary order based in the United Kingdom. Tax planning for numerous corporate merger and acquisition transactions involving tax-exempt organizations, including both section 501(c)(6) trade associations and section 501(c)(3) healthcare organizations. Creation of many nonprofit organizations, large and small, and preparation and processing of many applications to the IRS for recognition of tax-exempt status. Frequent writer and speaker to industry and professional organizations on tax exempt and nonprofit topics. Dick has practical, personal knowledge of nonprofit governance and management issues. He serves on the board of directors of The Riley Foundation, a substantial grantmaking foundation in his home town of Meridian, Mississippi. Dick is also on the board of directors (Chair 2013-2014) of Legal Counsel for the Elderly, a 501(c)(3) organization providing legal services for low-income elderly residents of Washington DC. In addition, Dick serves on the board of directors of Acuity, A Mutual Insurance Company, a multistate property & casualty insurer headquartered in Wisconsin. Dick is a 1980 magna cum laude graduate of Yale University, and received his J.D. with honors from Duke University School of Law in 1983. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, and the bars of the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Tax Court, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and numerous federal district and appeals courts. Dick is a member of the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association, where he serves as Co-chair of the Political & Lobbying Organizations Subcommittee of the Exempt Organizations Committee. He is a member of the Tax Sections of the District of Columbia Bar and the Federal Bar Association. He was a charter member of the J. Edgar Murdock American Inn of Court at the United States Tax Court, and has served on the board of editorial advisors of the monthly magazine The Tax Adviser. Dick is Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

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• Founding President

Sebastian Joy is an impact-focused serial social entrepreneur focused on transforming the global food system. He is Founding President of ProVeg International, the UN award-winning food awareness organization working to replace conventional animal products with plant-based and cultured alternatives. ProVeg is the first veg organization officially recognized by China as an International NGO. Sebastian is an initiator of the collective-impact organization 50by40, co-creator of the ProVeg Incubator, the world's first incubator focused exclusively on alt protein startups, co-creator of VeggieWorld, the world's largest plant-based trade show, inventor of an award winning toothpaste, and co-founder of the Animal and Vegan Advocacy Summit. He holds degrees in Cognitive Science and Nonprofit Management. Sebastian has taught Social Entrepreneurship at the Berlin School of Economics and Law and now mentors promising startups at Charity Entrepreneurship. All his work is guided by effective altruism and he currently resides in Berlin with his wife Dr. Melanie Joy.

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• Member of the Board
• Editor - in - Chief of Practical Law the Journal

Stephanie Jeshiva serves as Editor-in-Chief of Practical Law The Journal: Transactions & Business, a Thomson Reuters publication with a circulation of over 50k law firm and in-house attorneys. She manages all aspects of the print and online production of the magazine, including strategic planning, commissioning, editing, and design. Stephanie is passionate about pro bono work and is a lead member of the Thomson Reuters Pro Bono Committee, responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with pro bono partner organizations and promoting pro bono opportunities. She also frequently advises non-profit organizations on various corporate, commercial, and employment law matters, as well as assists individuals with immigration and public benefits issues. Stephanie previously worked as a corporate associate in the New York office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, focusing on private equity and hedge fund formation, and as a legal intern at the Federal Trade Commission and at the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law in 2007 and her B.A., summa cum laude, in Economics from Fordham University in 2002. Stephanie lives in Chappaqua, New York with her husband, David, two young children, Nathan and Zadie, their cat, Sidney, and rescue dog, Maple.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board
• U.S. Army JAG Officer

Terra has nearly 20 years of international legal practice in the government, public and private sectors. Her experience ranges from criminal and international law to corporate, securities and intellectual property, among others, and encompasses transactions, litigation, investigations, regulatory, compliance, advisory, and management. She is the founder and Managing Attorney of Faux the Love of Legal, PLLC, also known as The Vegan's Law Firm, a nonprofit and intellectual property law practice, created to serve individuals, businesses and nonprofit animal/vegan organizations engaged in promoting a cruelty-free and environmentally conscious world. Terra is a retired U.S. Army JAG Officer and Combat Veteran of Iraqi Freedom. She was the first female in the Army's history to serve in Saudi Arabia for the U.S. Army Foreign Military Sales Program with the Saudi Arabian National Guard. In fact, she rescued her beautiful cat from the streets of Riyadh, filling the void left by the loss of her rescue pit bulls. Terra is a dedicated vegan, inspired by the global suffering of animals she has witnessed around the world. She has rescued and placed dozens of wild and domestic animals, raised funds for them, and advocated for their protection as a former member of the New York City Bar Association Animal Law Committee. Terra earned her BA in psychology at CUNY Brooklyn College, and is a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law. Later in life, she earned her MBA at the Herbert Business School and an LL.M. at Fordham University School of Law. She also holds an advanced certificate in Emerging Markets & Political Risk Analysis from Fordham University and the University of Pretoria Graduate School of Economics in South Africa. She enjoys multicultural vegan cuisine, world travel, fitness, the arts, nature, and immersing herself in the world of our non-human friends.

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• Director & Lead Researcher of Ethical Seafood Research Ltd