Margaret Barnard is the Director of Operations & Administration at Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) where she oversees human resources, operations, IT, and finance functions. She brings 12 years of experience in operations, recruitment, personnel management, training, and program development. After spending the first 10 years of her career in the companion animal welfare space, Margaret changed her focus to advocating for greater education and adoption of a plant-based diet. She holds an M.A. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and draws on her organizational and team development skills and education to support the PBFA team in this very critical work.

Jamie Berger is the writer and producer of the feature-length documentary The Smell of Money. She previously served as the chief of staff at Mercy For Animals. Her activism for animals has taken many forms—from video production and writing to PR and federal lobbying. Jamie's writing on behalf of animal protection movement leaders has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Vox, USA TODAY, The Guardian, and more.

Amruza was the founder and executive director of Encompass, an organization that helped make the farmed animal protection movement more effective by fostering racial equity. Prior to Encompass, Amruza spent seven years at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine promoting alternatives to animal tests. In addition to her more than two decades of experience in animal protection and environmental advocacy, Amruza has worked in other social justice movements, including those striving for racial justice, queer rights, and reproductive freedom.

Christopher “Soul” Eubanks is a social justice advocate, creative, and public speaker raised in Atlanta, GA that has dedicated himself to doing advocacy work that advocates for collective liberation. After learning the horrors of animal exploitation, Christopher became vegan, began doing community organizing and has helped co-organize Atlanta’s first-ever animal rights march. Christopher is the founder of APEX Advocacy, a nonprofit animal rights organization that develops grassroots activism and various campaigns to empower Black, Indigenous People of color to advocate for animal rights.

Shweta Sood is the Global Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Mercy For Animals, where she works to build issue salience for farmed animals. She's a campaign and communication specialist with a critical focus on the intersections of climate change, food systems conservation, and global majority. She holds a postgraduate degree in English Literature from the University of Delhi and has nearly a decade of experience in networking, campaign management, marketing, and content creation. She has led diverse teams across a range of programmes and communications, built many initiatives in advocacy and research, and established social grassroots networks across 60 cities in India.

Eloísa is an award-winning policy advocate, liberation and food activist, educator, and artist. Her path toward activism and Veganism started early in life. She was raised by centenarians who lived off the land, taught her to be self-sustainable, and passed down much ancestral knowledge to her. This shaped her views of justice and empathy for all Beings, protection of our sacred home–Earth, and the belief in the healing power of plants, sharing, and community. As an AfroIndigeous Latina woman, she approaches liberation praxis and Veganism with an anti-colonial framework to raise awareness of how Western colonization has and continues to affect the plight of human and beyond-human persons (animals). And how it has changed the food system and our relationship with each other and the natural world. She is Executive Director at Chilis on Wheels, where she works to make Veganism accessible to communities in need through policy, education, mentorship, and direct food relief, and founder of Vegan Activist Alliance, a systems change-focused, community-driven, anti-speciesist, anti-colonial organization founded on the belief that all Beings have a natural right to their autonomy and to live free from oppression regardless of species. In addition, Eloísa works with various coalitions and organizations as an advisor to develop community-informed strategies and policies to transcend poverty, mitigate climate breakdown, and transform our food system.

Margaret Barnard is the Director of Operations & Administration at Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) where she oversees human resources, operations, IT, and finance functions. She brings 12 years of experience in operations, recruitment, personnel management, training, and program development. After spending the first 10 years of her career in the companion animal welfare space, Margaret changed her focus to advocating for greater education and adoption of a plant-based diet. She holds an M.A. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and draws on her organizational and team development skills and education to support the PBFA team in this very critical work.

Christopher “Soul” Eubanks is a social justice advocate, creative, and public speaker raised in Atlanta, GA that has dedicated himself to doing advocacy work that advocates for collective liberation. After learning the horrors of animal exploitation, Christopher became vegan, began doing community organizing and has helped co-organize Atlanta’s first-ever animal rights march. Christopher is the founder of APEX Advocacy, a nonprofit animal rights organization that develops grassroots activism and various campaigns to empower Black, Indigenous People of color to advocate for animal rights.

Andrea Gunn is CEO and Partner of Sharpen Strategy, where she supports farmed animal protection organizations to become more impactful and sustainable. Andrea was Executive Vice President of The Humane League for 9 years, and currently Board Member of Animal Charity Evaluators and Advisor to Vegan Hacktivists. Andrea has a degree in Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Science from the University of Michigan and an Executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.