RAP Coalition
Paul Magee Berry
Paul is a board member of Rowdy Girl Sanctuary and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. Paul has also been an advocate and full-time professional in the animal protection movement for the past 25 years. He served as the first CEO of Best...
Jody Rasch
Jody Rasch is the former Managing Trustee of VegInvest Trust, a private equity trust that specializes in companies that reduce animal use and promotes a vegan lifestyle. Prior to this he headed the Social Performance Group at Moody’s Corporation working on projects...
Mary Dulka
Mary Dulka is the RAP Legal Advisor. Mary has over twenty years of experience as a securities litigation attorney and practiced in federal courts throughout the country. She handled all aspects of defending claims against banks, corporations, mutual fund advisers and...
Greg Litus
Dr. Greg Litus serves as Manager of the Western Colorado Research Center working to support the various research and public service programs that are initiated by resident and visiting scientists at each of the three research stations. Through the 1980’s and 90’s he...
Jane Velez Mitchell
Jane Velez-Mitchell is a television and social media journalist and author. She is the founder of #JaneUnChained, a digital news network for animal rights and the vegan lifestyle which uses more than 60 volunteer contributors from around the world to showcase vegan...
Krista Hiddema
Krista Hiddema is the RAP Strategic Advisor. Sh is a social justice activist with nearly thirty years of experience in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors. She lives by the motto that all oppression is interconnected, and she seeks to serve as a Voice for...
Denis Vidmar
Denis is a second generation Mushroom farmer on a mission to heal the Planet with the power of Fungi. He’s the founder of THEMUSHHUB CO., an everything Fungi company, with a line of Fungi foods, beverages and snacks, launching within the plant based, vegan and gluten...
Nikki Bollaert
Nikki has worked in the field of development and philanthropy for 25 years, building development programs at nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions, and working with animal advocacy organizations through her consulting practice. Nikki received a BA...
Renee King Sonnen & Tommy Sonnen
Renee King-Sonnen is the Founder and Executive Director of Rowdy Girl Sanctuary, a 501(c)(3) non-profit with pioneering initiatives: The Rancher Advocacy Program transitions cattle ranchers and animal farmers out of animal agribusiness and Families Choosing Compassion...
Lynn Max
Lynn Max is co-owner of Veg Avengers Marketing, a marketing company that provides social media marketing services to vegan organizations to bring awareness to their work, promote events, increase income and accomplish their specific goals. Lynn earned her Master’s...
Harris Max
Harris Max is co-owner of Veg Avengers Marketing, a marketing company that provides social media marketing services to vegan organizations to bring awareness to their work, promote events, increase income and accomplish their specific goals. Harris has a B.A. in...
David Ebert
David Ebert is a co-founder of the Animal Defense Partnership, a nonprofit that provides legal services free to animal protection nonprofits (www.animaldefensepartnership.org). David, a former lawyer, co-founded ADP with Joel Litvin in 2016 as a means to devote...
Other Rancher Alliance Coalition Support
Anita Krajnc
Anita Krajnc is co-founder of Toronto Pig Save, which was started in 2010. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto. Her doctoral thesis was based on the role of scientific knowledge and public education in building international...
Nadia Schilling
Nadia directs In Defense of Animals’ Farmed Animals Campaign, which works to protect farmed animals by lobbying for legal change, pressuring major food supply chains, leading investigations, and public awareness initiatives. Nadia has applied her education in business...
Sailesh Rao
Sailesh Rao is the Founder and Executive Director of Climate Healers, a non-profit dedicated towards healing the Earth’s climate. He authored “Carbon Dharma: The Occupation of Butterflies” and “Carbon Yoga: The Vegan Metamorphosis” and Co-Executive Produced “The Human...
Robert Grillo
Robert has 20 years of experience in the field of branding, design and communications. He is Free from Harm’s founder and director since 2009. He also acts as editor of the website and contributes regular articles. You can read about his activism...
Geraldine Starke
Geraldine Starke is the CEO and Founder at Refarm'd. Refarm'd helps dairy farmers transition out of milk production, turn their farm into an animal sanctuary and make a living from producing fresh plant based milks.
Nigel Osborne
Nigel Osborne is Executive Director of Egg-Truth, an on-line resource designed to educate and inform consumers about the true nature of global egg production, the impact on the animals, and reveal the consequences on human health from egg consumption. Nigel has years...
Marlene Narrow
Marlene Narrow is the host of Vegan Nation radio (a weekly informational 1/2 hour radio show that airs on WCUW 91.3 FM Worcester Community Radio, Massachusetts, USA, every Thursday, 4pm to 4:30pm EST. Vegan Nation broadcasts worldwide online at wcuw.org. Archived...