Meet our leaders

Thank you to our diverse leadership team & board of directors and their institutions for the unpaid, in-kind donation of their time, expertise, and passion.

Our Leadership Team

Elizabeth Nunamaker, PhD, DVM, DACLAM, DACAW
Our President

Director of Animal Welfare, Charles River Laboratories

Sally Thompson Iritani, DVM/PhD, CPIA, CCFP
Our Vice President

Assistant Vice Provost, Animal Care, Outreach, & 3Rs; Associate Professor, School of Public Health 
University of Washington

Benjamin Cappiello, BSE
Our Past President

Chief Business Officer
AxoSim, Inc.

Melissa Truelove, RLAT, BSc, MSc
Our Secretary

Social Housing Specialist Sr & Supervisor, Behavioral Management Unit 
Emory University

Jerry Poling, BS, CPIA
Our Treasurer

Animal Welfare Officer
Eli Lilly and Company

Our Board of Directors

Alan Hoberman, PhD

Executive Director of Global Developmental, Reproductive, & Juvenile Toxicology
Charles River Laboratories

Jim Curry, MS

Principal Scientist
Zoetis

Laura Conour, DVM, ACLAM

Executive Director of Lab Animals Resources and Attending Veterinarian
Princeton 

Jessie Carder, MS

Supervisory Technical Information Specialist
Animal Welfare Information Center

Joseph Garner, PhD

Associate Professor
Stanford University

Shayna Halverson, RQAP-GLP 

Associate Director of Quality Assurance, AltaSciences 

Chris Manuel, DVM, PhD, DACLAM 

Associate Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Meaghan Loy, MS, ALAT

Category Director, In Vivo Services
Scientist.com

Clive Roper BSc, PhDCBiol, CSci, ERT, FRSB

Director, Roper Toxicology Consulting Limited 

Noel Dybdal , BS, MA, DVM, PhD

Executive Director, Genentech, Inc.

Our Ad Hoc Advisors

Armand Mensen, PhD

Deputy Director & Scientific Officer
Swiss 3R Competence Center

Vicky Robinson, PhD

Chief Executive
NC3Rs

Natalie Bratcher-Petersen 

Director of Partner Relations
Murine

Naomi Charalambakis, PhD

Associate Director of Science Policy

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Our Staff

Dr. Megan LaFollette, MS, PhD

Executive Director

Lauren Young

Program Manager

Our Interns and Volunteer

Aleeza Stephens, PhD

Independent

Caroline Clement

Stanford University

Our Board of Directors Emeritus