Speakers

• Our Hen House produces resources that you can use in order to find your own way to create change for animals. Using video, audio, interviews, reviews, and the written word, it provides daily updates on what you need to create change. Change makers come in all shapes and sizes –- artists, grassroots activists, academics, lawyers, students, business moguls, media darlings, etc. No matter what your niche is, Our Hen House aims to give you what you need to be part of a new world for animals. Jasmin Singer is the Executive Director and co-founder of Our Hen House. She was previously the campaigns manager for Farm Sanctuary, and is a contributing writer for VegNews Magazine. Mariann Sullivan is the Program Director and co-founder of Our Hen House . She is a lawyer and adjunct professor of animal law at Brooklyn Law School and Cardozo Law School, the current chair of the American Bar Association’s TIPS Animal Law Committee, and the former chair of the Legal Issues Pertaining to Animals of the NYC Bar Association.
• Robert Cheeke works full-time for Sequel Naturals as a National representative for Vega, a line of vegan whole-food products, and also works full-time running Vegan Body Building and Fitness. . . As a touring speaker, the Presentation Robert gives across North America is titled, “Thrive on a Plant-Based Diet – Whole-Food Nourishment for Whole-Body Health” as part of Robert Cheeke’s “Take Action and Make it Happen Tour.”
• John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C., is a senior medical and research adviser for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a nationwide organization of physicians and laypersons that promotes preventive medicine, especially good nutrition, and addresses controversies in modern medicine, including ethical and scien tific issues in education and research. Dr. Pippin works to promote alternatives to the use of animals in medical and drug research. Dr. Pippin also works on PCRM’s campaigns to replace medical school animal labs, to end the March of Dimes’ support of animal research, and many other projects. He contributes research and articles for Good Medicine and serves as a media spokesperson for many of PCRM’s efforts.
• Vesanto Melina MS, RD – specializes in vegetarian, vegan, and raw nutrition, and healthful eating. Her books are nutrition classics for those who are near-vegetarian, vegetarian, vegan, and raw foods enthusiasts, and are widely recommended by physicians, dietitians, and other health professionals. Books include Becoming Raw, Raw Food Revolution Diet, Food Allergy Survival Guide, Raising Vegetarian Children, Becoming Vegan, and Becoming Vegetarian.
• Alan Roettinger has been a private chef for over 28 years. He has cooked in private homes, catered parties and provided specialty desserts for a broad spectrum of high profile clients, from entertainers to presidents. A world traveler, he absorbed elements from many cuisines to synthesize a unique creative style of his own. He is the author of Speed Vegan and Omega 3 Cuisine