Our Staff

The Animal Legal Defense Fund is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area.

Statistics as of May 2021

Stephen Wells
Executive Director
Janiec Gutierrez
Chief Operating Officer
Mark Walden
Chief Programs Officer
Akisha Townsend Eaton
Managing Attorney
Alicia Prygoski
Senior Legislative Affairs Manager
Alyssa Nessman
Events Associate
Alyssa Sander
Animal Law Program Fellow
Amanda Howell
Senior Staff Attorney
Ann Jerome
Philanthropy Manager for the Central Region
Anthony Eliseuson
Litigation Program Director
Ariel Flint
Staff Attorney
Ashley Ridgway
Litigation Fellow
Brian Hackett
Legislative Affairs Manager
Caitlin Foley
Staff Attorney
Carter Dillard
Senior Policy Advisor
Chris Berry
Managing Attorney
Christine Ball-Blakely
Staff Attorney
Cristina Kladis
Litigation Fellow
Cristina Stella
Managing Attorney
Daniel Waltz
Managing Attorney
David Phillips
Digital Media Manager
David B. Rosengard
Managing Attorney
Elaina Gavounas
Events Manager
Eliot Cirivello
Membership Services Associate
Elizabeth Meydenbauer
Accounting Associate
Elizabeth Putsche
Communications Director
Emily Lewis
Senior Staff Attorney
Emma McCapes
Litigation Program Administrator
Gwen Jakubisin
Social Media Specialist
Gwen Jones
Operations Administrative Assistant
Isabel Callejo-Brighton
Litigation Fellow
Jayna Sisbarro, CFRE
Philanthropy Manager, Eastern Region
Jenna Benton
Development Associate
Jennifer Hauge
Legislative Affairs Manager
Jessica Beaudry
Communications Associate
Jessica Chapman
Criminal Justice Program Fellow
Joyce Tischler
Animal Legal Defense Fund Founder
Kathleen Schatzmann
Strategic Legislative Affairs Manager
Kathleen Wood
Staff Attorney
Kara Vernor
Grants Officer
Kelly Levenda
Senior Student Programs Attorney
Kelsey Eberly
Senior Staff Attorney
Kera Melrose
Legal Campaigns Program Director
Kim Kelly
Director of Legislative Affairs
Kristin Lauhn-Jensen
Director of Development
Larissa Liebmann
Staff Attorney
Liberty Mulkani
Project Management Program Director
Linda Fielder
Animal Cruelty Investigations Manager
Lindsay G. Barnett
Senior Writer
Lora Dunn
Director of the Criminal Justice Program
Marcia Slackman
Philanthropy Manager, Western Region
Mike Andrade-Heymsfield
Public Relations Specialist
Nicole Pallotta
Senior Policy Program Manager
Ofra Isler
Project Manager
Paula Mullen
Executive Administrator
Priscilla Rader Culp
Education Program Manager
Samantha Church
Processing Administrative Assistant
Sandy Haynes
Processing Manager
Sarah Rogers
Litigation Fellow
Selena Chavez
Development Administrative Assistant
Stacey Gordon Sterling
Animal Law Program Director
Stefanie Hargreaves
Creative and Content Manager
Stephan Avanozian
IT Manager
Stephanie Harris
Senior Legislative Affairs Manager
Taylor Waters
Pro Bono Manager
Tom Linney
Pro Bono Program Director
Vida Moazez
Director of Finance
Wendy Watts
General Counsel
Zakeia Rodgers
Direct Marketing Manager