MEET THE FARM TEAM
together we work for the animals
Meet the dedicated people behind Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM).
Our staff and Board of Directors bring together decades of experience, passion, and commitment to advancing animal rights and creating meaningful change. From developing impactful programs and campaigns to guiding FARM’s mission and future, our team works every day to build a more compassionate world. Get to know the people turning FARM’s vision into action for animals, people, and the planet.
Our staff and Board of Directors bring together decades of experience, passion, and commitment to advancing animal rights and creating meaningful change. From developing impactful programs and campaigns to guiding FARM’s mission and future, our team works every day to build a more compassionate world. Get to know the people turning FARM’s vision into action for animals, people, and the planet.
Who we are
We are a team united by compassion and driven by one purpose: creating a world where animals are no longer used for food. Every campaign, conversation, and action we take is rooted in our commitment to giving farmed animals a voice and building a kinder future for all.
Eric C Lindstrom
As Executive Director, Lindstrom oversees FARM’s programs, personnel, fundraising, partnerships, budget, and operations. After founding a successful vegan marketing firm, he joined FARM as Program Director (2016–2018) before serving as Director of Marketing and Communications for Animal Outlook. Lindstrom is also the author of two bestselling books, *The Skeptical Vegan* and *Raising Vegan Kids* (Skyhorse Publishing), and lives in Ithaca, New York.
Addison Chantz
As FARM’s Associate Executive Director, Addison (they/she) oversees volunteer outreach, content creation, event coordination, and other key programs. Previously, they served as Senior Paralegal for the PETA Foundation (2017–2021), gaining extensive experience in vegan advocacy, nonprofit work, and grassroots activism. Addison is passionate about growing the vegan movement through radical kindness, empowerment, and solidarity, including organizing with vegan businesses to provide free food during the 2020 Black Lives Matter demos in Washington, DC.
Ally Hinton
Ally Hinton, Marketing Director, has been working in digital marketing and video production for over a decade. Prior to working at FARM she worked as the Head of Digital Marketing for Rethink Homelessness promoting compassion and human rights for the community. One of her projects, Cardboard Stories: Homeless In Orlando went viral in 2015 gaining national & international attention. Ally is passionate about marketing for non-profits and for animal rights. She has worked to promote animal welfare and human rights for many years and resides in Florida.
Shemirah Brachah
Shemirah has worked with FARM in various roles since 2005, supporting campaigns including MeatOut, World Day for Farmed Animals, Letters from FARM, and the Animal Rights National Conference. She currently manages the EdLetters program while supporting FARM’s outreach efforts and coordinating partnerships with vegan and plant-based food companies.
Mariah Hughes
As FARM’s Program Coordinator, Mariah Hughes supports the organization’s campaigns, events, and grassroots outreach efforts. She also manages FARM’s Compassionate Activist Network (CAN), connecting and empowering volunteers across the country to take meaningful action for farmed animals. Mariah helps turn FARM’s mission into action by coordinating opportunities that inspire people to advocate for animals and promote compassionate, plant-based living.
William Sidman
William Sidman has been an integral part of FARM for more than two decades, providing bookkeeping and IT support that keeps the organization running smoothly behind the scenes. His longstanding dedication, technical expertise, and institutional knowledge have supported FARM’s programs, operations, and mission throughout years of growth and change.
FARM Board of Directors
Our distinguished Board of Directors brings decades of leadership, expertise, and unwavering commitment to advancing FARM’s mission and creating a world where farmed animals are valued, protected, and free from exploitation.
Lucy Goodrum is an intellectual property attorney specializing in trademark and copyright prosecution at GARFIELD GOODRUM, DESIGN LAW headquartered in Boston, MA and Hanover, NH. She and her husband and two daughters have a farm animal sanctuary in Reading, VT with rescued cows, horses, chickens, turkeys, ducks, guinea pigs and turtles. Lucy worked for PETA after college and later for FARM helping promote MeatOut, World Day for Farmed Animals, the Animal Rights National Conferences and other FARM campaigns. Lucy is a lifelong animal activist who has worked with local and national rescue and advocacy groups for decades.
Jim Mason is an author and attorney whose work focuses on the relationship between humans and animals. He co-authored "The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter" with Princeton ethicist Peter Singer, examining the origins of our food and the ethical implications of choices involving factory farming, local and organic agriculture, fair trade, and commercial fishing.
Mason is also the author of "An Unnatural Order: The Roots of Our Destruction of Nature" and co-author of "Animal Factories." He has contributed to "A Cultural History of Animals" and "The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies," and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, Audubon, New Scientist, Newsday, and other prominent publications.
Mason is also the author of "An Unnatural Order: The Roots of Our Destruction of Nature" and co-author of "Animal Factories." He has contributed to "A Cultural History of Animals" and "The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies," and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, Audubon, New Scientist, Newsday, and other prominent publications.
Dr. Tushar Mehta trained at the University of Toronto and practices Emergency Medicine while participating in international health and humanitarian initiatives. His work has included projects in India and Haiti, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Project CANOE, and Toward Ahimsa. He also co-founded Plant Based Data, an online resource compiling research on the impacts of food systems on health, the environment, food security, and policy. His work emphasizes evidence-based approaches and the interconnectedness of humans, animals, and the planet.
Dawn Moncrief is the founder and president of A Well-Fed World, a plant-based hunger relief, food security, and climate advocacy organization. Dawn holds two master’s degrees from The George Washington University: one in International Relations, the other in Women’s Studies—both with a focus on economic development. She was an early participant in the Woodhull Institute’s Ethical Leadership Program and was awarded the Graduate Prize for Feminist Scholarship for her research leading to her thesis: Rethinking Meat – Recentering World Hunger Paradigms: A Standpoint Critique of Food Choice, Food Policy, and Overconsumption.
Dawn previously served as FARM's Executive Director.
Dawn previously served as FARM's Executive Director.
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