Category: Interviews & Conversations
by James Odene - 5 minute read

Animal Charity Evaluators spotlights User-Friendly Marketing, an ACE Movement Grantee helping animal advocacy organisations communicate more effectively. Creative director and co-founder James Odene shares the marketing lessons he has learned from the field, and explains why strong communications are a multiplier — not a cost — on advocacy impact. … Read more
by Mona Oliver - 4 minute read
ACE’s Movement Grants spotlight features Animals Aotearoa, the New Zealand charity driving higher welfare standards for chickens killed for meat. Co-founder Mona Oliver shares how corporate campaigning is changing farming practices across Australia and New Zealand — and why breed change is the key to ending hidden suffering. … Read more
by Emmanuel Awuni - 5 minute read
This month, we spoke with Emmanuel Awuni, Director at SHARED (Sustainable Health And Resilient Environments for Development), a non-profit dedicated to fostering a sustainable future through the One Health approach. SHARED recognizes the interconnectedness of animal, human, and environmental health and work to establish evidence-based policies that promote wellbeing. … Read more
by Joanne Tunna - 6 minute read
Discover how Cellular Agriculture Australia is building the ecosystem for cellular agriculture and driving systemic change for animals and the future food system.
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by Cynthia Schuck-Paim and Wladimir Alonso - 7 minute read
This month, we spoke with Dr. Cynthia Schuck-Paim and Dr. Wladimir J. Alonso, Co-Founders of the Welfare Footprint Institute (WFI), a nonprofit research organization dedicated to developing and disseminating scientifically rigorous methods for quantifying animal welfare.
With backgrounds in evolutionary biology, … Read more
by Max Taylor - 15 minute read
Introduction
The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in our everyday lives is rapidly accelerating. Take ChatGPT: released less than three years ago, it now has over a billion weekly users, and is already vastly more capable than the original version. The same goes for other popular AI models, … Read more
by Sandra Lopes - 4 minute read
This month, we spoke with Sandra Lopes, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Compromiso Verde, one of ACE’s latest Movement Grant recipients.
As a trained lawyer with over 15 years of experience in animal advocacy, Sandra has led impactful campaigns across Latin America focused on corporate outreach, … Read more
by Erika Alonso - 9 minute read
Lynette Bye is a productivity coach and founder of EA Coaching. Before that, she researched self-control under Angela Duckworth at the University of Pennsylvania. Lynette got involved in Effective Altruism in 2014 while earning a degree in psychology from Harvard University. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 35 minute read
Che Green is the Executive Director, Brooke Haggerty is the Operations Manager, and Jo Anderson is the Research Director of Faunalytics. They spoke with ACE Senior Researcher Sydney Heiss on July 22, 2019. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 27 minute read
Rachel Dreskin is the Executive Director of CIWF USA, otherwise known as Compassion USA. She spoke with ACE Researcher Maria Salazar on July 23, 2019. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 23 minute read

Leah Garcés is the President and Lucas Alvarenga is the Senior Vice President – International of Mercy For Animals. They spoke with ACE Senior Researcher Greg Boese on July 22, 2019. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 24 minute read
Philip Lymbery is the Global Chief Executive of Compassion in World Farming International (CIWF or Compassion). He spoke with ACE Researcher Maria Salazar on July 31, 2019. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 29 minute read

Clare Bland is the director of development, Bruce Friedrich is the Executive Director, and Alexis Vanderhye is the Senior Foundations Manager of The Good Food Institute (GFI). They spoke with ACE Senior Researcher Greg Boese on July 17, 2019. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 27 minute read
Reut Horn is the Executive Director of Animals Now (formerly known as Anonymous for Animal Rights). She spoke with ACE Researcher Maria Salazar on July 23, 2019. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 28 minute read
Mahi Klosterhalfen is the CEO and President of the Albert Schweitzer Foundation (ASF). He spoke with ACE Researcher Maria Salazar on July 24, 2019. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 25 minute read
Varda Mehrotra is the Executive Director of the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO). She spoke with ACE Researcher Jamie Spurgeon on July 31, 2019. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 18 minute read
Lauren Choplin is the communications director of the Nonhuman Rights Project. She spoke with ACE Researcher Maria Salazar on July 23, 2019. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 27 minute read

Dobrosława Gogłoza is the Executive Director and Jan Sorgenfrei is the Director of Campaigns at Anima International. They spoke with ACE Researcher Jamie Spurgeon on July 12, 2019. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 39 minute read
David Coman-Hidy is the President and Andrea Gunn is the Executive Vice President of The Humane League (THL). They spoke with ACE Senior Researcher Sydney Heiss on July 18, 2019. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Leah Edgerton - 19 minute readCross-posted to Effective Altruism Forum
Eve Samyuktha is the founder of Vegans of Shanghai (VoS) and senior Sales Consultantof Plant Based Consulting China. Eve spoke with ACE Executive Director Leah Edgerton on July 8, 2019. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 8 minute read
Prashanth V. is the Deputy Campaigns Director of FIAPO. He spoke with ACE Managing Editor Melissa Guzikowski on September 11, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 17 minute read
Alokparna Sengupta is the Deputy Director of Humane Society International/India (HSI/India) and N.G. Jayasimha is the Managing Director of HSI/India. They spoke with ACE Managing Editor Melissa Guzikowski on September 20, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 6 minute read

Varun Deshpande is the Managing Director for India at The Good Food Institute (GFI). He spoke with ACE Managing Editor Melissa Guzikowski on September 2, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 12 minute read

Gustavo Guadagnini is the Managing Director at The Good Food Institute Brazil. He spoke with ACE Research Intern Victoria Schindel on October 24, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 7 minute read
Sandra Lopes is the food policy manager at Humane Society International/Brazil. She spoke with ACE Research Intern Victoria Schindel on October 17, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 10 minute read
Patrycia Sato is the animal welfare coordinator at Fórum Animal. She spoke with ACE Research Intern Victoria Schindel on October 23, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 10 minute read
Guilherme Carvalho is the CEO of Sociedade Vegetariana Brasileira (SVB). He spoke with ACE Research Intern Victoria Schindel on October 25, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 15 minute read
Doctor Lynne Sneddon is the Director of bioveterinary science at the University of Liverpool. She spoke with ACE Researcher Kieran Greig on February 22, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 16 minute read
Professor Braithwaite is a professor of fisheries and biology at Penn State University. She spoke with ACE Researcher Kieran Greig on February 20, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 14 minute read
Phil Brooke is the Research and Education Manager at Compassion in World Farming (CIWF). He spoke with ACE Researcher Kieran Greig on March 12, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more