Cheryl Leahy is the executive director of Animal Outlook, a national nonprofit animal protection organization. She is responsible for the development and oversight of investigations, litigation and policy, and effecting mainstream corporate and cultural change to shift away from animal products and reduce the suffering of farmed animals. Cheryl earned her B.A. from the University of Chicago in Environmental Studies and her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law.
Vida Moazez is a consultant and strategic finance collaborator. Vida has over 20 years of finance experience, including working at a CPA firm, Fortune 100 company, start-ups, and several non-profit organizations. She has volunteered at various animal protection organizations and supports sanctuaries. She is dedicated to supporting mutual aid and food justice issues. She has participated in community organizing and connecting organizations with resources. Vida received her degree from CSU Northridge in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant in California.
Vida is also an active member and contributor in other social justice movements including people impacted by incarceration, indigenous rights, refugee assistance, and queer liberation. Vida is passionate about strategically solving problems, serving both human and non-human animals alike.
Amy Trakinski is Managing Director of VegInvest, where she leads investments and oversees a portfolio of more than 40 early-stage food and biotech companies, both in the US and abroad, that are striving to replace the use of animals. Previously, Amy practiced animal law with the firm Egert and Trakinski, litigating on behalf of national animal protection organizations, grassroots groups and individual activists. She received her BA from Binghamton University and her JD from the Cardozo School Law and serves on the boards of Animal Outlook and Wild Earth.
A. Frank Rothschild is founding director of the Center for Contemporary Equine Studies (CCES), a non-profit operating foundation dedicated to protecting horses, donkeys and their brethren by directly engaging in scientific research and technological innovation, academic scholarship and publication, and legal action as initiatives of its volunteer board members.
Frank's previous incarnations include Project Director of the NIH Human Genome Institute's Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the UC Berkeley Institute for the Study of Social Change, culminating his professional experience as an investment banker specializing in the biomedical and life science industries.
Frank holds a Joint PhD in Medical Anthropology from University of California Berkeley and UCSF School of Medicine, MA in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago, MA in Urban Environmental Planning from Antioch University, and BA in Environment Studies from Antioch College.