Category: Interviews & Conversations
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
by Rana Ejtehadian - 11 minute read
An animal welfare specialist from a major animal advocacy organization spoke with ACE Researcher Kieran Greig on March 14, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 11 minute read
Aaron Ross is the vice President of policy and strategy at The Humane League (THL) and Vicky Bond is the Managing Director of THL U.K. They spoke with ACE Researcher Kieran Greig on March 23, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 13 minute read
Vivian Mocellin is the Executive Director of Animal Equality Brasil. She spoke with ACE Research Intern Victoria Schindel on November 29, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 10 minute read
Lucas Alvarenga is the Vice President of Mercy For Animals (MFA) Brasil. He spoke with ACE Research Intern Victoria Schindel on October 18, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 37 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 Research Associate Aaron Call on July 17, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 17 minute read
Kristopher Gasteratos is founder and President of the Cellular Agriculture Society (CAS). He spoke with ACE Researcher Kieran Greig on July 25, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 30 minute read
Anita Krajnc is the co-founder and campaigns and fundraising coordinator at The Save Movement. James O’Toole is the social media and special projects campaigner at The Save Movement. They spoke with ACE Research Associate Aaron Call on July 25th, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 22 minute read
Josh Balk is the vice President of the Humane Society of the United States Farm Animal Protection (HSUS FAP). He spoke with ACE Research Associate Jamie Spurgeon on July 16, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 21 minute read
Jack Norris is the Executive Director of Vegan Outreach. He spoke with ACE Researcher Kieran Greig on July 17, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 20 minute read
Mahi Klosterhalfen is the CEO of the Albert Schweitzer Foundation (ASF). He spoke with ACE Research Associate Jamie Spurgeon on July 17, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 40 minute read
Sharon Núñez is the co-founder and President of Animal Equality, Jose Valle is a co-founder and the executive vice President of Animal Equality, and William Rivas-Rivas is the Director of philanthropy at Animal Equality. They spoke with ACE Researcher Kieran Greig on July 27, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 26 minute read

Bruce Friedrich is the co-founder and Executive Director of The Good Food Institute (GFI), Clare Bland is GFI’s Director of development, and Alexis Vanderhye is GFI’s senior foundations manager. Friedrich, Bland, and Vanderhye spoke with ACE Research Associate Yzar Wehbe on July 17, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 13 minute read

Carolina Galvani is the CEO of Sinergia Animal. She spoke with ACE Research Associate Yzar Wehbe on August 7, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by Rana Ejtehadian - 16 minute read
Guilherme Carvalho is the CEO of Sociedade Vegetariana Brasileira (SVB). He spoke with ACE Researcher Kieran Greig on August 3, 2018. This is a summary of their conversation. … Read more
by ACE Team - 17 minute read
Mike Selden is co-founder and CEO of Finless Foods. He has a background in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has worked on the evolutionary biomechanics of mantis shrimp and the epigenetics of fusarium oxysporum, in addition to having worked on high-throughput cancer screening. … Read more
by Erika Alonso - 9 minute read

Kerry McCarthy is a British politician. She was the first vegan member of parliament (MP) in the House of Commons and has been vegan for more than 25 years. McCarthy is an officer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Vegetarianism and Veganism and is working to address food poverty and food waste issues, … Read more
by ACE Team - 12 minute read
Melanie Joy, PhD, is a Harvard-educated psychologist, celebrated speaker, organizational consultant, trainer, and relationship coach. Dr. Joy has given her acclaimed carnism presentation and trained vegan advocates on six continents. Her work has been featured in major media outlets around the world. … Read more
by Toni Adleberg - 10 minute read
The Director of Campaigns at The Humane League (THL) spoke with ACE Researcher Toni Adleberg on June 30, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
The Use of Protests at THL
Protests have been a growing component of our work towards corporate campaigns and welfare reform. … Read more
by Toni Adleberg - 10 minute read

Zach Groff was1 an organizer with Direct Action Everywhere (DxE). He spoke with ACE Researcher Toni Adleberg on February 15, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What can protests accomplish?
Protests are, unfortunately, a “black box;” … Read more
by Toni Adleberg - 6 minute read

Mikael Roldsgaard Nielsen is the Campaigns Manager for Latin America and Brazil at Mercy For Animals (MFA). He spoke with ACE Researcher Toni Adleberg on March 20, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
Why does MFA organize protests?
These days, … Read more
by Toni Adleberg - 14 minute read

Matthew Dominguez is the Director of public affairs and government relations at the Nonhuman Rights Project. He spoke with ACE Researcher Toni Adleberg on July 26, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What led you to the Nonhuman Rights Project? … Read more
by Jamie Spurgeon - 18 minute read
Sharon Núñez is the co-founder and President of Animal Equality. She spoke with ACE Research Associate Jamie Spurgeon on July 26, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What were Animal Equality’s three biggest accomplishments of the past year?
The past year has been a great success for Animal Equality; … Read more
by Toni Adleberg - 18 minute read
Isha Datar and Erin Kim are the Executive Director and the Communications Director of New Harvest, respectively. They spoke with ACE Researcher Toni Adleberg on July 25, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What are New Harvest’s three biggest accomplishments from the past year? … Read more
by Jamie Spurgeon - 15 minute read
Che Green is the Executive Director of Faunalytics. He spoke with ACE Research Associate Jamie Spurgeon on July 28, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What are some of Faunalytics’ biggest accomplishments in the past year?
In cooperation with the Good Food Institute (GFI) and the Animal Advocacy Research Fund (AARF), … Read more
by Ashwin Acharya - 18 minute read

Leah Garces is the Executive Director of Compassion in World Farming’s USA branch. She spoke with ACE Research Associate Ashwin Acharya on July 26, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What are some of Compassion in World Farming USA’s successes? … Read more
by Kieran Greig - 12 minute read
Brigitte Gothière and Johanne Mielcarek are the Director of corporate campaigns and Director at L214, respectively. They spoke with ACE Research Associates Kieran Greig and Ashwin Acharya on July 24, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What do you consider to be L214’s biggest accomplishments in the past year? … Read more
by Jamie Spurgeon - 15 minute read
Leah McKelvie and Oscar Horta are two of the three co-founders at Animal Ethics. They spoke with ACE Research Associate Jamie Spurgeon on August 14, 2017. This is a summary of their conversation.
What are some of Animal Ethics’ recent accomplishments? … Read more