Executive Director & Co-Founder
Amy Van Aartsen
Amy holds an MS in Organic Chemistry, an MPH in Public Health, and a BS in Biochemistry, all from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She works in medical research developing alternative methods to animal testing. She believes the technology largely already exists to move away from using dogs for human product safety testing — what remains is the policy work to adopt it. With a background spanning public health and grassroots organizing, Amy collaborates with policymakers, scientists, and biotech companies to remove the barriers to implementation. She is, of course, a beagle owner.