About Us

The Physicians Committee is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, headquartered in Washington, DC. Our efforts are dramatically changing the way doctors treat chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and cancer. By putting prevention over pills, doctors are empowering their patients to take control of their own health.

And we are also building a new way of viewing research. Since 1985, the Physicians Committee has worked tirelessly for alternatives to the use of animals in medical education and research and for more effective scientific methods.

Our staff of physicians, dietitians, and scientists is working with policymakers, industry, the medical community, the media, and the public to create a better future for people and animals.

The Physicians Committee is dedicated to saving and improving human and animal lives through plant-based diets and ethical and effective scientific research.

Creating a healthier world through a new emphasis on plant-based nutrition and scientific research conducted ethically, without using animals.

Neal D. Barnard, MD, President
Mindy Kursban, Esq., Chair
Ruby Lathon, PhD, Director
Mark Sklar, MD, Director
Barbara Wasserman, MD, Treasurer

Milton Berkman
Dr. Brooke Bussard
Charlotte Cressey
Mark Doskow
Kristie Funk, MD
Andy Funk
Mindy Kursban
Ellen Lavinthal
Moby
Alicia Sirkin
Steve White
Gwyn Whittaker, Chair

Neal Barnard, MD, FACC
President

Dania DePas, MA
Vice President of Communications

Stacey Glaeser, SPHR
Vice President of Human Resources

Doug Hall 
Vice President of Publications

Stephen Kane, CPA
Vice President of Finance

Mark Kennedy, Esq.
Vice President of Legal Affairs

Kristie Sullivan, MPH
Vice President of Research Policy

Betsy Wason, CFRE
Vice President of Development