Speakers 2027

Phil Arkow

Executive Director
National Link Coalition

Christine Ball-Blakely

Senior Staff Attorney
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Dr. Katherine Baxter

CEO
Alliance for Human Animal Coexistence

Christopher Berry

Chief Strategy Officer
Nonhuman Rights Project

Daina Bray

Clinical Lecturer in Law, Senior Research Scholar in Law, and Legal Director, Environment & Animals Program
Yale Law School

Denise Cartolano

Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel
Sentient Media

Jessica Chapman

Staff Attorney
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Alyssa Crowell

Senior Staff Attorney
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Scott Cullen

Executive Director
GRACE Communications Foundation

Dr. Kate Drescher

Staff Psychologist
Vail Mountain School

Kelsey Eberly

Senior Staff Attorney
FarmSTAND

Dr. Adam Feltz

Professor of Psychology
University of Oklahoma

Dr. Silke Feltz

Associate Teaching Professor
University of Oklahoma

Pamela Frasch

Professor of Law
Center for Animal Law Studies, Lewis & Clark Law School

Tony Gerrans

Executive Director of African Operations
Humane World for Animals

Eric Glitzenstein

Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, and Director of Litigation
Center for Biological Diversity

Caitlin Hawks

Chief Programs Officer
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Tarah Heinzen

Legal Director
Food & Water Watch

Amanda Howell

Managing Attorney
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Hira Jaleel

Visiting Assistant Professor
Vermont Law & Graduate School

Brandon Keim

Journalist

Robert Klonoff

Dean Emeritus and Henry J. Casey Professor of Law
Lewis & Clark Law School

Emily Knickerbocker

Director of People and Animals Living Safely (PALS)
Urban Resource Institute (URI)

Ann Linder

Associate Director of Policy and Research, Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program
Harvard Law School

Justin Marceau

Brooks Institute Endowed Chair & Professor of Law
University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Judy Muriithi

Executive Director
Lawyers for Animal Protection in Africa (LAPA)

Janice Nadler

Nathaniel L. Nathanson Professor of Law
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Brittany Peet

Director, Transparency and Regulatory Affairs Program
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Nancy Perry

Head of Government Relations
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)

Rajesh Reddy

Assistant Professor of Law and Animal Law Program Director
Center for Animal Law Studies, Lewis & Clark Law School

Megan Senatori

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

Joyce Tischler

Mother of Animal Law

Amy van Saun

Managing Attorney
Center for Food Safety

Tess Vickery

Chief of Staff to the Hon Emma Hurst MLC
Australian Animal Justice Party

Michelle Welch

Senior Assistant Attorney General & Director, Animal Law Unit
Virginia Attorney General’s Office