Log in

2019 Conference Speakers

Christopher Berry

Senior Staff Attorney
Animal Legal Defense Fund

Galiena Cimperman

Executive Director
Midwest Avian Adoption & Rescue Services

Ray Foxworth

Vice President of Grantmaking, Development & Communications
First Nations Development Institute, Navajo

Scott Giacoppo

Director of National Shelter Outreach
Best Friends Animal Society

Melanie Goble, DVM

CFO, Director of Fundraising and Membership Team Lead
Not One More Vet, Inc.

Rory Haaland

Community Service Officer
Leech Lake Tribal Police, Leech Lake Band of the Ojibwe

Jessica Halverson

Grants Officer
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Tarah Heinzen

Senior Staff Attorney
Food & Water Watch

Sara Kent

CEO
Shelter Animals Count

Susanne Kogut

Foundation President
Petco Foundation

Sue Leary

President
Alternatives Research & Development Foundation

Daniel Lebbin, Ph.D.

Vice President of Threatened Species
American Bird Conservancy

Ben Lilliston

Director of Rural Strategies and Climate Change
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Sandra Newbury

Director of Shelter Medicine Program, University of Wisconsin

Bill Nimmo

Founder and President
Tigers in America

Lindsay Oliver

Former Undercover Investigator

Dr. Julia Ponder

Executive Director
The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine

Sara Rummel

Engagement Manager
Animal Agriculture Reform Collaborative (AARC)

Dr. Renée Schott

Medical Director and Senior Veterinarian
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota

Alesia Soltanpanah

Executive Director
World Animal Protection

Tammy Thies

Executive Director
The Wildcat Sanctuary

Shelly Thompson

Director of Grants
Maddie’s Fund^®

Greg Tully

Executive Director
Pan African Sanctuary Alliance

Lise Van Susteren

Board Certified: General and Forensic Psychiatry
Private Practice

Contact Us | About Us

© 2026 Animal Grantmakers • All Rights Reserved