Keynote Speaker

Panelists & Moderators

Randall Abate

Rechnitz Family Endowed Chair in Marine and Environmental Law and Policy, Monmouth University

Dr. Aysha Akhtar

President & CEO, Center for Contemporary Sciences

Dan Ashe

President and CEO, Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Kate Barnekow

Clinical Fellow, Animal Law & Policy Program, Harvard Law School

Dr. Lisa Benjamin

Assistant Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School

Dr. Rod Bennison

Independent Scholar; Chair and Founder, Minding Animals International Inc.

Mimi Brody

Director of Federal Affairs, Humane Society Legislative Fund

Jamie Contreras

Senior Staff Attorney (emeritus), Animal Legal Defense Fund

Jessica Culpepper

Food Project Director, Public Justice

Kate Dylewsky

Senior Policy Advisor, Government Affairs, Animal Welfare Institute

Kelsey Eberly

Senior Staff Attorney, Animal Legal Defense Fund

Stephanie Feldstein

Population and Sustainability Director, Center for Biological Diversity

Pamela Frasch

Associate Dean, Animal Law Program, Brooks McCormick Jr. Scholar of Animal Law and Policy, and Founder; Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School

Eric Glitzenstein

Director of Litigation, Center for Biological Diversity

Stacey Gordon Sterling

Animal Law Program Director, Animal Legal Defense Fund

Pamela Hart

Executive Director, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School

Tarah Heinzen

Legal Director, Food & Water Watch

Nathan Herschler

Executive Director, Rise for Animals

Kathy Hessler

Clinical Professor of Law and Animal Law Clinic Director, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School

Paul Locke

Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Jonathan Lovvorn

Faculty Co-Director, Climate, Animal, Food, and Environmental Law & Policy Lab, Yale Law School; Chief Counsel, Humane Society of the United States

Erica Lyman

Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment, Lewis & Clark Law School

Russ Mead

Shared Earth Foundation Visiting Professor, Lewis & Clark Law School

Natalie Mebane

Associate Director of United States Policy, 350.org

Katherine Meyer

Animal Law and Policy Clinic Director, Harvard Law School

Naeema Muhammad

Organizing Director, North Carolina Environmental Justice Network

Jose Oliva

Campaigns Director, HEAL Food Alliance

Nancy Perry

Senior Vice President of Government Relations, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)

Melissa Powers

Jeffrey Bain Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law; Director, Green Energy Institute, Lewis & Clark Law School

Priscilla Rader Culp

Education Program Manager, Animal Legal Defense Fund

Dr. Rajesh K. Reddy

Animal Law LL.M. Program Director, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School

The Honorable Gale E. Rasin

Senior Judge, Mental Health Court, Baltimore City Circuit Court

The Honorable John J. Romero

Past President, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

Kathleen Schatzmann

Senior Legislative Affairs Manager, Animal Legal Defense Fund

Jeff Sebo

Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies; Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Philosophy; Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program, New York University

Cristina Stella

Managing Attorney, Animal Legal Defense Fund

Joyce Tischler

Founder, Animal Legal Defense Fund; Professor of Practice, Animal Law, Lewis & Clark Law School

Stephen Wells

Executive Director, Animal Legal Defense Fund

Delcianna J. Winders

Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Animal Law Litigation Clinic Director, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School

Kathleen Wood

Staff Attorney, Animal Legal Defense Fund