AWI Issue Experts

AWI is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1951 to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans.

For press inquiries, please contact AWI's Public Relations Coordinator, Amey Owen, at amey@awionline.org or directly at (202) 446-2128.

Cathy Liss, President
Issues: animals in laboratories, animal dealers, companion animals, humane education, trapping, general issues

Chris Heyde, Deputy Director, Government and Legal Affairs
Issues: congressional issues, horses

Dena Jones, Director, Farm Animal Program
Issues: farm animals

Susan Millward, Executive Director
Issues: marine life, wildlife trade, general issues

Mary Lou Randour, Senior Advisor, Animal Cruelty Programs and Training
Issues: animal abuse

Naomi Rose, Ph.D., Marine Mammal Scientist
Issues: marine mammals

DJ Schubert, Wildlife Biologist
Issues: marine life, wildlife, wildlife trade, general issues