ADVISORY BOARD

• Dave Simon, (Chair) is a vegan lawyer, writer and activist. He is the author of the book Meatonomics (Conari Press, 2013), which looksat how to fix the broken market for animal foods in the U.S. Dave is also a level three Reiki master and the founder and co-organizer of the group Meditation and Mindfulness for Vegans. In addition to his support of Compassion Consortium, Dave is on the boards of directors of the Animal Protection and Rescue League and the APRL Fund. His legal work on behalf of animals and animal advocates has included lawsuits against rodeos, a horse racetrack, a marine park, the U.S. Coast Guard, foie gras producers and retailers, retailers who sell animals from puppy mills, and malls throughout California that stifle animal activism.

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• Patti Breitman is an advocate for health and animals, a writer and an expert public speaker who left a very successful career in the publishing industry to devote herself fulltime to vegan altruism and activism. Patti identifies as both a Jew and a Buddhist, and is a co-founder of Dharma Voices for Animals, the organization encouraging Buddhists to discover and adopt the principles of compassion for all beings that are central to the Buddha's teachings. During her dazzling career as an agent, she represented many of the authors who put veganism on the map, including John Robbins, Dr. Neal Barnard, Ingrid Newkirk, Howard Lyman, and Victoria Moran. Patti is also a writer herself, and co-author of: How to Say No Without Feeling Guilty (with Connie Hatch),  How to Eat Like a Vegetarian, Even If You Never Want to Be One (with Carol J. Adams), Never Too Late to Go Vegan; The Over 50 Guide to Adopting and Thriving on a Plant Based Diet (with Carol J. Adams and Virginia Messina, RD, MPh) and Even Vegans Die: A Practical Guide to Caregiving, Acceptance, and Protecting Your Legacy of Compassion (with Carol J. Adams and Virginia Messina, RD, MPh).

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• Jeffrey Spitz Cohan is the Executive Director of Jewish Veg. Jeffrey came to Jewish Veg after successful careers in journalism and Jewish communal service. A vegetarian since 2007 and a vegan since 2010, Jeffrey has a Master's in Public Management from Carnegie Mellon University. Jewish Veg is a charitable organization that, as an expression of Jewish values, builds community to encourage plant-based lifestyles through support, education, and celebration.

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• Rev. Nathan DeMay is an ordained Interfaith Interspiritual minister and graduate of OneSpirit Seminary in New York City. He is also a certified Church Executive and has a certificate from the University of Vermont Companion Animal End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate program. He is multilingual and holds a BS in International Business from Illinois State University. Having been enchanted by the natural world his entire life, he loves animals and the environment. He is the current Treasurer of Creation Spirituality Communities. Nathan offers ministerial services to anyone needing them in the metro-Atlanta area. He lives in Atlanta with his husband, Rob and their wonderful rescue beagle Charlie.

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• Sara Eifler (she/her) is the Director of Programming of Jewish Veg, a national nonprofit that, as an expression of Jewish values, builds community to encourage plant-based lifestyles through support, education, and celebration. She holds a BA from Brandeis University and is a current rabbinic student at ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal. Sara believes in a Jewish ethic of responsibility and care toward animals and the earth and is passionate about global food justice.