The Farm
Tavern on the Green ∙ New York, NY ∙ November 22, 2009
Speakers
 Jonathan Safran Foer is one of the most acclaimed young writers of his generation, a “certified wunderkind” (Time) whose work has appeared in the Paris Review, the New York Times, and The New Yorker. He has won a National Jewish Book Award, a Guardian First Book Award, and remarkable praise for his two novels, Everything Is Illuminated (adapted for film in 2005) and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Eating Animals is his first work of nonfiction.
 Gene Baur, Farm Sanctuary’s co-founder and president, grew up in Hollywood, California and worked in commercials for McDonald's and other fast food restaurants. Today, he campaigns to raise awareness about the negative consequences of industrialized factory farming and our cheap food system. Gene, who lives in rural upstate New York, holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from California State University Northridge, and a master's degree in agricultural economics from Cornell University. His book, entitled Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food, was published by Touchstone/Simon & Schuster in March 2008 and has become a national best-seller.
 Allan E. Kornberg, M.D. is executive director of Farm Sanctuary. A lifelong animal advocate, Dr. Kornberg formerly served as the U.S. Executive Director of the World Society for the Protection of Animals, and has worked with numerous other advocacy groups to end the abuses of animals in factory farms and laboratories. He has also had a distinguished career as a pediatrician and nonprofit leader with more than 25 years of clinical and executive experience, having served as Senior Vice President for the National Initiative for Children’s Health Quality, CEO of Network Health, Medical Director of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Executive Director and Medical Director for the physician-hospital organization at Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center, and Chief of Emergency Medicine at Buffalo Children's Hospital. Dr. Kornberg earned his undergraduate degree from MIT, a medical degree from Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and an M.B.A. from the University of Rochester.
 Susie Coston, Farm Sanctuary's national shelter director, joined us in March 2000. In the six years prior to coming to Farm Sanctuary, she worked for a veterinarian and at a sanctuary in West Virginia. Before that, she earned a master's degree in special education and worked with kids with disabilities. As a committed farm animal caregiver for more than a decade, Susie has been a mentor for many of her peers (who have started their own sanctuaries throughout the U.S.) and is well-known for bringing the animals' stories of love, loss and life to the public. Currently, she oversees a full department of caregivers, feeders, cleaners, and project workers at the New York Shelter, ensuring that hundreds of animals are given the best possible care at every stage of their lives. Aside from working at Farm Sanctuary, Susie cares for her own nine cats, two dogs and two roosters.
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