Our Team

Harry joined FACT in June 2019. An expert in scaling startup ideas into vibrant not-for-profit organizations, he previously served as cofounder and executive director for Growing Home, an urban farming organization that produces more than 30,000 pounds of organic vegetables a year and trains city residents for sustainable careers. In Israel, Harry established SHEMESH, which grew into a leading coexistence organization. Harry believes in the power of interpersonal relationships to connect people and bring them together for a common purpose. Contact Harry here.

Samantha joined the FACT team in 2019, but she’s been part of our humane-farming family since she started attending our webinars in 2015. Samantha and her family own and operate Bull City Farm in North Carolina, a certified Animal Welfare Approved farm. In addition to raising pigs, dairy cows, turkeys, layers, lambs, and a geriatric emu named George, Samantha and her family host annual summer camps for kids and adult classes on cheese and sausage making. Contact Samantha here.

Before joining the FACT Humane Farming team in 2023, Katie managed a Doula mentorship program where up-and-coming Doulas trained under the supervision of experienced Midwives and Doulas in home, birth center & hospital settings. In addition to leading FACT's Mentorship Program, Katie runs her family farm in rural Applegate, Oregon. Along with shepherding a Katahdin flock, milking Jersey cows, and wrangling free-ranging pigs and children, she organizes agricultural land rehabilitation projects and community workshops supported by her local University extension. Outside of work she enjoys reading, swimming in nearby rivers & lakes, and exploring the great outdoors with her children. Contact Katie here.

Before joining the Humane Farming program in 2023, Lydia participated as a mentor in FACT’s Humane Farming Mentorship Program for four years, supporting new and aspiring shepherds as they begin their pasture focused, sheep-based enterprises. Lydia, along with her husband, raise a good-sized flock of Icelandic and Shetland sheep in Bellingham, WA, and offer beginning and ongoing shepherding education and mentorship to shepherds planning to utilize a pasture-based management system for their flock. In addition to all things sheep, they also raise pastured heritage-breed laying hens, breed, raise, and train Great Pyrenees dogs for livestock guardianship, and have a Guernsey heifer calf, Marigold, for a future micro-dairy endeavor. In her downtime, Lydia enjoys knitting, reading, spending time with family, cooking and baking with local foods, and watching British and Nordic crime dramas. Contact Lydia here.

In addition to his work at FACT, Steve is a senior analyst for Keep Antibiotics Working, a coalition of advocacy organizations that have joined forces to combat the inappropriate use of antibiotics in food animals. He represented Consumers International in the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Food and at the Codex Ad hoc Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance, and has served on a World Health Organization advisory group. Steve is a citizen of the Shawnee Tribe and is a Community Language Preservationist. Steve, who joined our team in 1998, has a master’s degree in anthropology. Contact Steven here.

Before joining FACT, Madeleine worked in a laboratory setting, researching infectious organisms and their impacts on public health. She completed her graduate degree in public health at UC Berkeley with an emphasis in infectious diseases and vaccinology. Outside of work, she enjoys adventuring with her son, dancing, being outdoors, playing volleyball, and doing photography with her husband. Contact Madeleine here.

Charlotte joined FACT in September 2018. Since earning her master’s degree in environment and development from Kings College London, she has worked for UK and US nonprofits and associations including Oxfam and the American Medical Association. Outside of work, Charlotte enjoys trying out new restaurants, seeing live music and exploring Chicago, where she now lives. Contact Charlotte here.