Month: September 2022

  Since 2015, no animal rights organization has actually shut down a primate lab in the USA.  Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada. So, if you gave money to another group over the last half decade — and if your goal was to actually close monkey labs — then your support was wasted. I’m sorry to bring bad […]

Allison McDonald is a Digital Marketing Assistant for White Coat Waste Project (WCW). As a big animal advocate, Allison is fired up about using her digital marketing skills to help WCW find, expose, and defund wasteful government labs. Allison graduated from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville with a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications and previously worked […]

Kat Murti is a libertarian, feminist, and activist, working to make the world a better, freer place, one day at a time. A self-described “creature of the internet,” she believes in using the power of the social media to spread the ideas of liberty online. Kat has been passionate about individual liberty since childhood, and […]

Lauren Kellogg is Chief of Staff of Culture Biosciences. She has worked in pharmaceuticals and biotech for nearly a decade. During her time in the pharmaceutical industry, Lauren was exposed to the problem of government animal experimentation. Her previous company challenged the FDA’s mandate for dog testing and this inspired her advocacy work with the […]

Jason Pye is the Director of Rule of Law Initiatives at the Due Process Institute (DPI), which focuses on criminal justice reform, overcriminalization, and civil liberties. Jason is passionate about supporting DPI’s mission: “We are lawyers and lobbyists for the Constitution, working with an incredibly diverse coalition of lawmakers, public policy organizations, defenders, business leaders, […]

Dr. Kaufman is a board-certified ophthalmology and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He graduated from Yale University in 1981, where he received several awards of distinction before completing his medical studies at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1985. He then went on to specialize in […]

Stacy Lopresti-Goodman earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Connecticut in 2009. She is currently an Associate Professor of Psychology, and the Honors Program Director, at Marymount University in Arlington, VA. Dr. Lopresti-Goodman’s research focuses on the psychological harms of exploiting animals in laboratories, and on alternatives to the use of animals in […]

Liza Heavener is Chief Operating Officer at NEXUS Global Summit. She has wide-ranging experience working nearly ten years in federal politics, grassroots and campaign strategy and with the United States Congress. Liza was a healthcare lobbyist for a large membership organization, running their national advocacy program to engage hundreds of thousands of advocates across the country. […]

Rebecca Coffman is the Chief Operating Officer for Citizen Data and formerly worked at Concerned Veterans for America, Freedom Partners, and Generation Opportunity. She is committed to limiting government and advancing freedom. Rebecca became a vegetarian to improve her track and field performance but quickly fell into the “veg” lifestyle because of the health and […]

Lyndsey is the Social Media Manager at the Heritage Foundation.