Meet PETA’s Executive Board

Ingrid Newkirk is the founder and principal of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the largest animal rights organization in the world. She has spoken internationally on animal liberation issues, from the steps of the Canadian Parliament to the streets of New Delhi, India, where she spent her childhood.

Mike Rodman was PETA’s HR director for seven years until the office moved to Norfolk, Virginia, in 1996. He then became the HR director of Greenpeace USA for a decade before becoming an HR executive at the World Health Organization. Now retired, he spends his time volunteering and traveling.

Mary Healey, a former PETA staff member, spent 20 years managing animal shelters in Louisiana, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. She now works as an executive at a gardening business in Maryland.