{"id":14,"date":"2025-04-24T19:18:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T19:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veganinternational.org\/english\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-06-25T19:02:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:02:26","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/veganinternational.org\/english\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Vegan International Board Members<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Sharon Leontine Wallenberg<\/h3>

Founder and President of Vegan International has attended and participated in UN World Health Organization Conferences, UN Non-Governmental Organization Conferences, and is an Author and Publisher. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Shanti Golden<\/h3>

Shanti is a Fine Art Photographer. She has been a vegan for 35 years, is a Special Education Teacher, who has taught both in New York and Florida public schools.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Vegan International Advisory Board<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Dr Nandita Shah, M.D.<\/h3>

India, is an Author, Founder of SHARAN to help people connect with animals and nature to heal themselves and the planet.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Nassim Nobari <\/h3>

She is the Agriculture Expert. She is a sustainable Veganic Agriculture expert, co-founder of Seed the Commons and main organizer of the People\u2019s Harvest Forum, has worked with community programs in Switzerland and the United States as a Social Justice and Food Activist, strives to build a food system that works for farmers and consumers, and to remove unhealthful dairy milk from school lunch programs.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Robert Grillo<\/h3>

is the Founder of \u2018Free From Harm\u2019 to advocate for animals exploited by animal agriculture. His book, \u201cFarm To Fable\u201d, exposes how people are conditioned to accept mass animal consumption. \u201cThere is no world peace without justice for everyone, not just those of a certain species.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Robert Cheeke <\/h3>

is a Vegan Athlete, Body Building Champion, Best- Selling Author who tours all over the world talking about his transformation from a skinny farm kid to a Champion Vegan Body builder.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Anita Krajnc Ph.D.<\/h3>

Canada, is the Founder of Toronto Pig Save which has evolved into the world\u2019s largest and fastest growing grass roots Save Movement, and a worldwide Plant Based Treaty movement. Anita and others offered water and comfort to pigs on slaughter trucks and was jailed as a criminal. Worldwide outrage her release. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Victor Fodeke, Ph.D.<\/h3>

Nigeria, former Technical Advisor on Climate Change for the African Union Commission, the Director General of the African Clean Energy Summit and African Climate Solutions Centre. Victor is sensitive to the plight of the voiceless in \u2018VoicelessOnes\u2019.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Budjargal Byambaa<\/h3>

Mongolia, is a raw vegan and ultradistance runner covering extreme distances over several days at impressive speeds, setting course records, and won the 10-day Sri Chinmoy race, the Icarus Florida 6-day race, the Xiamen 6 day race and holds the National record for 24 hour running, among others. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Krishna Murari Gautam<\/h3>

Nepal, Founder of Aging Nepal, a UN ECOSOC NGO, has over 30 years of experience in water management, irrigation, and socio-economic aspects of rural development projects in India, Nepal, and China, and created a \u2018No Kill Zone\u2019 in Kathmandu. \u2018There are many bodies \u2013 human, animal, insect \u2013 but one life.\u2019<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.<\/h3>

author of the \u201cChina Study\u201d called the \u201cGrand Prix of Epidemiology\u201d by The New York Times. His impact includes involvement in education, public policy, and laboratory research, with a focus on the association between diet and disease.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Neal Barnard, M.D.<\/h3>

Founder of Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Medicine George Washington University, Researcher at the National Institutes of Health, Author of books on Nutrition and Health, Editor, Nutrition Guide for Clinicians. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Gene Baur<\/h3>

is Co Founder, President of Farm Sanctuary, has a Master\u2019s Degree in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University, is a Faculty Member at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, an Author, and \u201cthe conscience of the food movement\u201d by TIME magazine. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Lawrence H. Kushi, Sc. D.<\/h3>

Nutrition and Cancer Epidemiologist, served on Committees for the National Institutes of Health, American Institute for Cancer Research, World Cancer Research Fund, and leads the NCI Cancer Research Network.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Michael Klaper, M.D. <\/h3>

was Nutrition Advisor to NASA\u2019s Space Colonists programs, was on the Nutrition Task Force of the American Medical Students Association, advocates food and lifestyle choices. His book advocates using plant-based medicine to arrest and reverse disease.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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