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Rebecca Barnett—Youth & Teens
Rebecca, a lifelong vegetarian, is in her sophomore
year of high school in Rochester, New York. She
is a regular contributor to VegNews and
provides a teenager’s perspective to the
paper.
Ken Bergeron—Food
Chef Ken Bergeron is a renowned culinary expert
and the author of Professional Vegetarian Cooking.
His entry at the 1992 Culinary Olympics in Frankfurt,
Germany was the first vegetarian presentation
to win a gold medal.
Robert
Cohen—Milk & Dairy
Robert, also known as the "Not Milk Man,"
is the founder and executive director of the Dairy
Education Board, which works to dispel the myth
that milk is a perfect food. He is the author
of Milk:The Deadly Poison and Milk:
A - Z.
Brenda Davis, R.D. & Vesanto Melina, R.D.—Nutrition
Brenda is the Chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition
Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic
Association. She is the co-author of Becoming
Vegan: Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-Based
Diet, Becoming Vegetarian, and Becoming
Vegan. Vesanto is a registered dietician and
was the coordinator for the vegetarian section
of the Manual of Clinical Dietetics. She
is the co-author of three best-selling books,
Becoming Vegetarian, Becoming Vegan, and
Cooking Vegetarian.
Karen Davis, Ph.D.—Poultry
Karen is the founder and president of United Poultry
Concerns, which promotes the compassionate and
respectful treatment of domestic fowl. She is
the author of numerous books including Prisoned
Chickens, Poisoned Eggs: An Inside Look at the
Modern Poultry Industry and More Than a
Meal: The Turkey in History, Myth, Ritual, and
Reality.
Derek Goodwin—Internet & Technology
Derek is a professional photographer, web designer
and graphic artist. His website, Veganica.com,
is dedicated to furthering veganism, animal rights
and environmental activism through art.
Ruth Heidrich, PhD—Health &
Fitness
Ruth is a world-renowned triathlete and holds
the world fitness record in her age group at the
Cooper Clinic. She is the author of A Race
for Life: From Cancer to Ironman.
Jennie Kerwood—Media & Communications
Jennie is the president of the North American
Vegetarian Society and the editor of their member
publication, Vegetarian Voice. She is on
the volunteer committee who help organize the
successful NAVS-sponsored Vegetarian Summerfest
conference each year.
Michael Klaper, M.D.—Medical
Michael is an internationally recognized physician
and lecturer and is the founder of the Institute
of Nutrition Education and Research in Manhattan
Beach, California. An author of two books on nutrition,
he serves on the Nutrition Task Force of the American
Medical Students Association and on the faculty
of the American Academy of Nutrition.
Howard Lyman—Food Production
Howard, a former cattle rancher turned vegan activist,
was the co-defendent with Oprah Winfrey against
the US Cattleman’s Association in the late
1990s. He is the author of Mad Cowboy: Plain
Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t
Eat Meat and the executive director of Voice
for a Viable Future.
Erik Marcus—Vegan Research
Erik, author of Vegan: The New Ethics
of Eating, has devoted his life to researching
and writing about vegan issues and animal rights.
He is the founder of Vegan.com
and has spoken to audiences in over 100 cities.
Jim Mason—Animal Rights Movement
Once an attorney specializing in human and animal
concerns, Jim is a long-time environmentalist,
journalist and lecturer. He is the author of An
Unnatural Order: Why We Are Destroying the Planet
and Each Other and is the director of the
Two Mauds Foundation.
Bryan Pease—Activism
Bryan is an attorney in San Diego focusing on animal and environmental protection, free speech, and government and corporate accountability ( www.bryanpease.com). He co-founded the Animal Protection and Rescue League ( www.APRL.org), which works to document, expose and ban cruel factory farming practices. Bryan has been a vegan since 1994 at age 16, and as an undergraduate at Cornell University, he studied nutrition under T. Colin Campbell, author of the China Study.
Rae Sikora & Zoe Weil, M.S.—Humane
Education
Rae, an anthropologist and environmental educator, is the founder of Simply Enough, an organization that assists people in bringing more peace into their lives and the world. She is the co-founder of the International Institute for Humane Education and Center for Compassionate Living.
Zoe Weil is the co-founder and president of the International Institute for Humane Education which trains people to be comprehensive humane educators and promotes humane education worldwide. She developed the first certificate and Master of Education degree programs in humane education in the US. She is the author of The Power and Promise of Humane Education, Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times, and So, You Love Animals: An Action-Packed, Fun-Filled Book to Help Kids Help Animals
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