Stay tuned for the full list of speakers!
Keynote Speaker
Ethan Brown
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Beyond Meat
Panelists & Moderators
Meena Alagappan
Board Member, Animal Legal Defense Fund; Executive Director, HEART (Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers)
Rachel Atcheson
Government Staffer
Pamela Byce
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DEAN, CENTER FOR ANIMAL LAW STUDIES, LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL
Jessica Chapman
Staff Attorney, Animal Legal Defense Fund
Ever Vimbai Chinoda
Executive Director and Founder, Speak Out For Animals Zimbabwe
Emma Clifford
Founder & Director, Animal Balance
Rebecca Critser
Adjunct Professor, IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law; Post-doctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School for Public Health
Pamela Frasch
FOUNDER, CENTER FOR ANIMAL LAW STUDIES, LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL
Jennifer Friedman
Founder, Canada's Animal Lawyer
Eric Glitzenstein
Director of Litigation, Center for Biological Diversity
Justin Goodman
Senior Vice President of Advocacy and Public Policy, White Coat Waste Project (WCW)
Chris Green
Exective Director, Animal Legal Defense Fund
David Gruber
Founder & President, Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative)
Vivian González Méndez
Lawyer, Private Practice; Professor, University of Puerto Rico Law School
Hira Jaleel
ANIMAL LAW TEACHING FELLOW and Adjunct Professor, CENTER FOR ANIMAL LAW STUDIES, LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL
Katie Kraska
Former Director of Federal Legislation, ASPCA
Cheryl Leahy
Executive Director, Animal Outlook
Lacey Levitt
Clinical Psychologist
Tom Linney
Pro Bono Program Director, Animal Legal Defense Fund
Paul Locke
Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Will Lowrey
Founder and Legal Counsel, Animal Partisan
Giulia Malerbi
Global Policy Lead, Aquatic Life Institute
Anlis F. Mercado Ríos
JD, University of Puerto Rico School of Law
Jamie McLaughlin
Vice President, UIA Animal Law Commission Working Group
Katherine Meyer
Inaugural Director, Animal Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School
Jayasimha Nuggehalli
Co-Founder and Chief Program Officer, Global Food Partners
Rajesh Reddy
Assistant Professor of Law and Animal Law Program Director, CENTER FOR ANIMAL LAW STUDIES, LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL
César Rodríguez-Garavito
Professor of Clinical Law, NYU Law School; Chair, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice; Director, Earth Rights Advocacy Clinic; Director, Future of Human Rights Practicum
Manny Rutinel
Representative, Colorado State House
Borami Seo
Director, Government Affairs, Humane Society International/Korea
Vanessa Shakib
CO-FOUNDER AND CO-DIRECTOR, ADVANCING LAW FOR ANIMALS
Matthew Strugar
Lawyer, Law Office of Matthew Strugar
Joyce Tischler
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE, CENTER FOR ANIMAL LAW STUDIES, LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL; FOUNDER, ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
Cynthia von Schlichten
General Counsel, Farm Sanctuary, Inc.
Paul Waldau
President, Religion and Animals Institute
Ben Williamson
Executive Director, Animal Outlook
