Martin Rowe is the Executive Director of the Culture & Animals Foundation, and a Senior Fellow at Brighter Green. The editor and publisher of more than 200 books at Lantern Books and Lantern Publishing & Media, both of which he co-founded, he is also a ghostwriter or writer of more than a dozen works of nonfiction, fiction, and verse. His personal website is martin-rowe.com.
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Michelle Rivera is is co-founder and director of Animals 101, Inc. a humane education project in South Florida. She has received numerous awards in the fields of animal rescue and humane education, including the prestigious Superintendent’s Award for Excellence in Education, and is a board member of the Association of Professional Humane Educators (APHE). She is the author of several books, including Simple Little Vegan Dog Book.
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Hillary Rettig worked for 11 years as a business coach and microlender at two nonprofit agencies in Boston, roles in which she helped hundreds of people from all backgrounds start and grow businesses in fields including art, technology, personal services, professional services, manufacturing, distribution, and retail. It was in the course of this work that she became acutely aware of the forces that hold so many talented, energetic, ambitious, and visionary people back, and it was this awareness that catalyzed her current mission.
Hillary now offers uniquely targeted and effective coaching and workshops on designing solutions for both procrastination and perfectionism. She is the author of The 7 Secrets of the Prolific: The Definitive Guide to Overcoming Procrastination, Perfectionism, and Writer’s Block and The Lifelong Activist. Hillary’s articles have appeared in Psychology Today, Huffington Post, Future Buzz, Time Management Ninja, Tomorrow’s Professor, Authors Helping Authors, and numerous other publications. She’s been interviewed in Entrepreneur.com and elsewhere.
Hillary is a vegan, free software advocate, lover of life and dogs, living kidney donor, and former foster mom of four teenage Sudanese refugees. She was born in the Bronx and now lives in Kalamazoo, MI with her partner and two rescue dogs, Billy and Petey. Her website is hillaryrettig.com.
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Tatiana Forero Puerta is originally from Bogotá, Colombia. A graduate of Stanford, New York, and Columbia universities, she has taught philosophy and yoga for a decade, including her post as an adjunct faculty member at New York University and the City University of New York. A columnist for New York Spirit, Park Slope Reader, and Elephant Journal, Tatiana is a recipient of the Stanford Garfield Prize in Ethics, the 2017 Pushcart Prize, a 2019 Pushcart Prize Nominee, and a finalist for the Blueshi Journal prize for writers of color. A contributing author of Religion and Psychology Research Progress, her work has also appeared in Able Muse, Flock, Juked, JOY: Journal of Yoga, and elsewhere. Tatiana lives in New York, where she teaches and writes. Her website is yogaforthewoundedheart.com.
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Krissy Pozatek, MSW, is a former wilderness therapist and current parent coach. It is her quest to bring the internal-resiliency skills that kids gain from the wilderness into everyday parenting. She is the author of Brave Parenting, Brave Teaching, and The Parallel Process. In addition to parent-coaching and writing, Krissy is a public speaker and conducts parent workshops and seminars nationally. Krissy was also a visiting professor at her alma matter, Middlebury College, Vermont. Her website is www.parallel-process.com
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Norm Phelps was the spiritual outreach director of The Fund for Animals, as well as a founding member of the Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians (SERV) and a contributing writer for Satya. His goal was for faith communities of all traditions to include animals within the scope of their compassionate ministries. Norm Phelps’s books include The Dominion of Love, The Great Compassion, The Longest Struggle, and Changing the Game. Norm passed away in the end of 2014. His website is animalsandethics.org.
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Pythia Peay is an author and journalist on psychology, spirituality, and the American psyche. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including Religion News Service, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. A regular contributor to The Huffington Post and Psychology Today, she has received awards for her work from The American Association of University Women and Women in the Media. She is the author of America on the Couch: Psychological Perspectives on American Politics and Culture (Lantern, 2015) and Soul Sisters: The Five Sacred Qualities of a Woman’s Soul (Tarcher, 2002). Her website is pythiapeay.com.
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Janell O’Rourke is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Queens New York. Janell has a BFA from Colorado State University, an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and has done postgraduate studies at New York University. Her recent work has been exhibited at the National Museum of Animals & Society in Los Angeles, Kentler International Drawing Space in Brooklyn, New York, and St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue, New York. She has received a number of awards, including the Merit Award, Vermont College of Fine Arts (2011); the Soaring Gardens Artists’ Retreat, Pennsylvania (2010); and the Individual Artist Initiative from Queens Council for the Arts (2009). She is a founding member of the collective ArtAnimalAffect. Her website is janellorourke.com.
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Fr. Murchadh Ó Madagáin (pronounced Mur-a-ca) grew up in Galway, in the West of Ireland, in a family of seven children. In 1998 he was ordained a priest for the diocese of Galway, where he then worked for the following 14 years. In 2002 he completed his Licentiate in Theology in St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth. In 2005 he graduated with a doctorate in Spiritual Theology, from the University of St. Thomas Aquinas (“The Angelicum”), in Rome. In 2013 he moved to Florida where he now works in the diocese of Venice, Florida.
He has published three books: St. Thérèse of Lisieux: Through Love and Suffering (St. Paul, London, 2003); Centering Prayer and the Healing of the Unconscious (Lantern, 2007); By the Word of Their Testimony: The Journey of a Priest (Lantern, 2009).
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Anthony J. Nocella II, Ph.D., an internationally renowned author, professor, mediator, and community organizer. Dr. Nocella, a critical criminologist and pedagogue, is an Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the Institute for Public Safety at Salt Lake Community College. He has taught and/or was an administrator at twelve universities, published over fifty articles/book chapters and forty books, and has been interviewed on socio-political issues by CNN, CSPAN, New York Times, Washington Post, Houston Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Fresno Bee, Pacifica, KPTA, KPFT, Durango Herald, and Post Standard. His website is www.anthonynocella.org.
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