Media Center (media contacts and AWI press releases)

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 more about AWI, click here.

If you are a reporter who would like to speak to a member of our staff, please call (202) 337-2332
(9 a.m. to 6 p.m.) or (202) 423-8689 (after hours) and refer to our directory below.

Cathy Liss
President
lab animals, animal dealers, trapping, wildlife, farm animals, marine mammals, general issues, legislation
   
Chris Heyde
Deputy Director, Government and Legal Affairs
legislation, horses, lab animals, marine mammals, farm animals, general issues
   
Tracy Silverman, Esq.
General Counsel
litigation, elephants, companion animals, trapping, animal dealers
   
Susan Millward
Executive Director
International Whaling Commission, marine mammals, CITES/wildlife trade
   
DJ Schubert
Wildlife Biologist
wildlife (buffalo, mountain lions, bears, wild horses), national park and national wildlife refuge issues, CITES/wildlife trade, and animals in captivity
   
Vivian Leven
Research Associate
farm animals