Speakers 2027

Phil Arkow

Executive Director
National Link Coalition

Christine Ball-Blakely

Senior Staff Attorney
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Katherine Baxter

CEO
Alliance for Human Animal Coexistence

Chris Berry

Chief Strategy Officer
Nonhuman Rights Project

Daina Bray

Clinical Lecturer in Law & Senior Research Scholar, Law, 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

Kate Drescher

Staff Psychologist
Vail Mountain School

Kelsey Eberly

Senior Staff Attorney
FarmSTAND

Adam Feltz

Professor of Psychology
University of Oklahoma

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

Director of Litigation
Center for Biological Diversity

Tarah Heinzen

Legal Director
Food & Water Watch

Hira Jaleel

Visiting Assistant Professor
Vermont Law & Graduate School

Brandon Keim

Journalist

Robert Klonoff

Dean and Professor of Law
Lewis & Clark Law School

Emily Knickerbocker

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

Ann Linder

Research Scholar, Animal Agriculture Accountability Project
Law, Environment and Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School

Stacy Lopresti-Goodman

Director, Animal Law Education and Scholarship Program
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Justin Marceau

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

Judy Muriithi

Executive Director
Lawyers for Animal Protection in Africa (LAPA)

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

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

Amy van Saun

Managing Attorney
Center for Food Safety’s

Tess Vickery

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

Michelle Welch

Senior Assistant Attorney General
Virginia Attorney General’s Office
Director of the Animal Law Unit