Speakers and Contributors

Corban Addison

Author, Attorney

Ross Barker

Director of Pet-Inclusive Housing Initiative, Michelson Found Animals Foundation

Kevin Chambers

Oklahoma State Director and Assistant Director of International, Animal Wellness Action

Todd Edmonds

Principal Architect, HSE Architects

Drew Edmondson

Former Oklahoma Attorney General and District Attorney

Ben Felder

Reporter, Investigate Midwest

Adam Feltz

Associate Professor of Psychology , University of Oklahoma

Dan Flores

Writer and Professor of American History

Priscilla Forehand

Okie Cats Creator

Molly Gibb

Search and Rescue/Recovery Canine Handler

Inger Giuffrida

Executive Director, Wildcare

Katie Hawk

Director and Founder, Oklahoma Monarch Society

Jennie Hays

Founder, Oliver and Friends Farm Sanctuary

Mayor David Holt

Mayor, Oklahoma City

Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dogs

David Holt

Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

Brendan Hoover

Coordinator, Kirkpatrick Policy Group

Christian Keesee

Chairman, Kirkpatrick Foundation

Gary Maxey

Founder, Animal Law Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association

Berrien Moore II

Dean, University of Oklahoma College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences; Director, National Weather Center

Brett Robinson

Managing Principal, Husch Blackwell Strategies

Manda Overturf Shank

Conference Organizer, Program Officer, Kirkpatrick Foundation

Douglas Smith

Wildlife Biologist

Lesa Staubus

Senior Program Officer, Farm Animal Welfare; Kirkpatrick Foundation

Brent Toellner

Senior Director, National Programs, for Best Friends Animal Society

Tyler Whitley

Director, The Transfarmation Project by Mercy for Animals

Benji Harris

Client Executive at SongDivision, Nashville, Tennessee