Board of Directors

  • Bernard Rollin, Ph.D., Chair > University Distinguished Professor, University Bioethicist, and Professor of Philosophy, Biomedical Sciences, and Animal Sciences at Colorado State University and Commissioner, Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production
  • George Siemon, Vice Chair > Chief Executive Officer and Founding Farmer, CROPP Cooperative and its brands Organic Valley and Organic Prairie
  • Mike Baker > Chief Executive Officer, World Society for the Protection of Animals
  • Leah Garcés > USA Director, Compassion in World Farming
  • Steven Gross > Chairman, Farm Forward
  • Edmund La Macchia > Global Vice President of Procurement – Perishables, Whole Foods Market
  • John Mackey > Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Whole Foods Market
  • Wayne Pacelle > Chief Executive Officer and President, The Humane Society of the United States
  • Dan Probert > Owner, Probert Ranch, and former Executive Director, Country Natural Beef
  • Paul Willis > Manager, Niman Ranch Pork Company, and Owner/Operator of the Willis Free Range Pig Farm

Staff and Consultants