Phoenix Advisory Board

One Welfare Phoenix Advisory Board

Rebeca García Pinillos, One Welfare CIC
(Chair and project founder)

Rebeca García Pinillos qualified as a vet at the University of Zaragoza, Spain and completed a PhD at the University of Reading, England. Rebeca is a diplomate of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine and a certified specialist by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) in animal welfare, ethics and law. She has worked in general practice and veterinary government work since 2001, joining Defra as Veterinary Adviser in 2008. Rebeca has also volunteered with exotic animals and is an internationally recognised animal welfare lecturer and speaker on animal welfare, teaching and speaking across Europe, Asia, Central and South America. Rebeca is a Past-President of the Association of Government Vets and founder of the non-profit social enterprise One Welfare Community Interest Company, which started as a voluntary project, launching a global consultation to define and create a One Welfare framework as a complement to One Health and creating social media platforms and a web presence to help expand and disseminate the concept and related work. Initiatives launched to date supporting these objectives are the publication of the One Welfare Framework book and the projects One Welfare World and One Welfare Phoenix.

Phil Arkow, The National Link Coalition
(Project co-founder)

Phil Arkow is coordinator of the National Link Coalition – the National Resource Center on The Link between Animal Abuse and Human Violence – and editor of its monthly LINK-Letter. He chairs the Latham Foundation’s Animal Abuse and Family Violence Prevention Project. He teaches Animal Abuse and Human Violence at the University of Florida and Animal-Assisted Therapy at Harcum and Camden County Colleges. He trains internationally and has authored or edited over 60 key reference works in human-animal interactions and violence prevention. He has founded and served with a dozen national and state veterinary, animal welfare, human-animal bond, and criminal justice organizations.

Paola Boyden, The Link Coalition
(Project co-founder)

Paula Boyden graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London in 1992. She spent 11 years in general practice before moving into a technical role in industry in 2003. It is here that Paula developed her interest in the ‘link’.

Paula joined Dogs Trust in 2010, where she is now Veterinary Director. In addition to veterinary matters, her responsibilities include Dogs Trust’s outreach work, campaigns and public affairs. Paula has a particular interest in the link between violence to animals and violence to people; she is current Chair of the Links Group and is regularly involved in undergraduate training on Non-Accidental Injury (NAI) within the UK veterinary schools.

Paula is a founder member and past treasurer of the Association of Charity Vets and board member of the Blue Dog Trust. She chairs the Pet Advertising Advisory Group (PAAG), is vice chair of the Canine and Feline Sector group, sits on the RSPCA’s prosecutions oversight panel and is a member of the Wales Animal Health and Welfare Framework Group. In 2017 she received BSAVA’s J A Wight Memorial Award for her contribution to the welfare of companion animals.

Nuria Querol Viñas, Viopet
(Project co-founder)

Dr. Núria Querol Viñas is a Biologist & Medical Doctor specialized in Family Medicine, Mental Health and Family Violence. She has also followed training in criminology and criminal profiling (including training with the FBI, The New Scotland Yard and the NSA) with special interest in animal abuse, psychopathy and interpersonal violence. She took part in the first research projects in Spain in animal abuse and psychopathy and animal abuse and family violence. She is a researcher and Prof. at Profiling & Crime Behaviour Analysis Group, Law School, Univ. Barcelona where she also co-directs the 1st university course on “Violence against Animals” at the Psychology School. National Sheriffs’ Association, NLECAA Advisory Board Member, USA. NSA’s DV and Crime Victim Services Member, USA. NSA’s Animal Cruelty Committee. Representative of the Council of Medical Societies at the National Comission Against Domestic Violence, Government of Catalonia. Representative of the Council of Medical Societies at the Working Group on Sexual Violence & Stalking of the National Comission Against Domestic Violence, Government of Catalonia. Member of WONCA Special Interest Group on DV. USA Delegate of CISEG (Global Intelligence & Security Community). Director of Observatorio de Violencia Hacia los Animales and International VioPet Director.

Joe Bailey, RSPCA Assured
(Civil Society)

Marisa Erasmus, SSPCA
(Academia)

My passion for welfare and wellbeing commenced in my childhood on the family dairy farm, appreciating the triumphs, and acknowledging the traumas, of livestock farming on both the animals and those responsible for them. I realised that my driving purpose was to improve the lives of all animals, to improve the quality of life and environment for farm animals and to impart knowledge, empathy and compassion to those who care for them.
My career began with the RSPCA as an Inspector in 1994, and since then I have worked as a Trading Standards Animal Health and Welfare Inspector, a Livestock Technical Manager for NSF and a Farming Community Network volunteer and now ambassador. Having returned to the RSPCA family in 2015 as Head of farming for RSPCA Assured I feel I can really start to make that difference, not only in the UK but globally.
I received a Nuffield Farming Scholarship in 2012, looking at the correlation between welfare and wellbeing, and was awarded the CharityComms inspiring communicator award in 2017. I am dedicated to exploring the links between animal, human and environmental neglect and abuse, and will stop at nothing to spread the word, and gain support for initiatives that improve Animal Welfare and Human Wellbeing.

After completing a BSc Honours Zoology degree and MSc by Research degree I joined the Scottish SPCA and since 2005 have progressed to the post of Head of Education and Policy. My core activities involve managing our ‘Prevention through Education’ strategy. This includes our Animal Guardians programme where children are referred as a result of them exhibiting behaviour towards animals that are a cause of concern. We focus on increasing knowledge and nurturing that empathetic and compassionate behaviour towards animals and in turn people. We want to ensure we are able to teach animal welfare education to anyone of any age in an engaging and fun way, for example making use of robotics and developing bespoke gaming initiatives. I also coordinate collaborative research projects with amazing Universities that focus on the impact of animal welfare education, the links between animal and human abuse and neglect and also the enrichment of animals in the Scottish SPCA’s care. By combining what we learn through our education and research work gives us opportunities to make a positive difference at an operational level and enables us to respond effectively to any proposed legislative changes helping ensure current animal welfare legislation meets modern day issues.

Adele Lau (National Parks Board)
(Legal)

Joan Lindenmayer
(Independent)

Adele received her bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Bristol in 2014, and was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2016. She worked as legal counsel for the then Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore, where she provided legal advice on both criminal and contractual matters related to animal welfare and cruelty, and was also involved in the drafting of legislative amendments. Now, Adele works for the Animal & Veterinary Service, a cluster of the National Parks Board of Singapore (NParks). In her role, she writes and implements policies and programmes related to animal welfare, management, and animal assisted interventions. Adele is in charge of NParks’ review of the pet sector, as well as animal assisted programmes and activities.

During her free time, Adele volunteers with her dog to participate in animal assisted activities in homes for the youth or elderly, as well as educational programmes for children.

Joann Lindenmayer DVM, MPH is Chair of the Leadership Council of Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association, Board member of the Massachusetts Animal Coalition, an elected member of the Uxbridge MA Board of Health and Co-President of the Wellness Warriors, a Boston, MA dragon boat club. In her previous iteration she chaired the One Health Commission’s Board of Directors, directed the DVM-MPH combined degree program at Tufts Medical School and Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, and served as Senior Manager of Disaster Operations for Humane Society International. She lived and worked in SE Asia and West Africa for a total of more than 7 years. Her current efforts are directed towards supporting legislative efforts to release dogs, cats and rabbits from research institutions and product testing facilities, developing a statewide shelter and rescue database in Massachusetts, incorporating One Health/One Welfare issues into local policies and programs in Uxbridge, developing international One Health disaster resources, and publishing on nonlethal management of free-roaming cat colonies. She is owned by a teacup Chihuahua, a retired laboratory beagle, and a Basset-beagle (“Bagel”) rescue.

Gilly Mendes-Ferreira, SSPCA
(Social Work)

Andrew Morrison, Government of Nova Scotia (Government)

Andrew Morrison is a Canadian mixed-practice veterinarian with fifteen years of clinical experience. He moved into the Canadian public service in 2019, and currently works as the Farm Animal Welfare Program Veterinarian with the Province of Nova Scotia. This role supports both field investigations and development of programs and policy, and is embedded in the One Welfare framework, as the welfare of farm animals often deteriorates as the wellbeing of their caretakers decreases. Lack of care for farm animals often goes hand-in-hand with a lack of care for the environment.
Throughout his career, Andrew has worked with several SPCAs and animal rescue groups, and has training in emergency management and all-hazards response. He has been an educator, both formally and informally. He has been a member of the Canadian Army Reserve since 1990.

Mohamed Nader, Zoo Tree Project
(Independent)

Dr Nader is an Egyptian veterinary specialist in Animal Welfare and Wildlife conservation. He has a Master’s Degree in wildlife conservation from Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, Spain, and a Bachelor of Veterinary Science Degree from Alexandria University, Egypt. He was an official veterinarian at Sharjah Municipality, UAE, from 2001-2008, after which, he joined as a Senior Veterinarian at Al Ain Municipality, UAE, from 2009 to the present.
In addition, he has volunteered as a wildlife conservationist expert with NGOs to deliver workshops and training in the Middle East on animal welfare, CITES, wildlife conservation, and wildlife trade regulations.
Nader was a keynote speaker in the UAE National Conference on Animal Welfare in Dubai in 2018.
He is also a wildlife conservationist Ambassador in One Zoo Tree Project which aims to change the world by educating a generation on career preparation and conservation. https://1zootree.weebly.com/wildlife-conservationist.html

Rodrigo Nova, University of Nottingham (Academia)

Rodrigo is a veterinarian who graduated from the University of Concepcion in Chile. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Royal Society of Public Health. He is currently a resident of the European College of Veterinary Public Health. He holds a PhD in Food Microbiology (University of Nottingham) and postgraduate qualifications in Higher Education (University of Nottingham) and Veterinary Public Health (University of Ulster). He has worked as a veterinary consultant for the meat and dairy sector in Chile. More recently, he was appointed as a training manager for the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD), a commission of the United Nations food and Agriculture Organisation (UN FAO).
Rodrigo is currently an Assistant Professor in Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham. He is an advocate of innovation in teaching, learning and assessment and was instrumental in developing the veterinary public health curriculum at Nottingham. He leads the “Veterinary Public Health” module and the “One Health-One Welfare” clinical rotation. His research interests are zoonotic and transboundary animal diseases and their impact on animal and human health and welfare.

Evelyn Segredo, ASSE Salud
(Medical)

Pat Turner, World Veterinary Association (Veterinary)

Evelyn is a Family and Community Health Resident Doctor currently working in the public health system in Uruguay, training on global health problems, and undergoing several social and community projects in suburbs where poverty, human and animal violence are frequent issues.
She is also a veterinary student, enrolled in the University of the Republic of Uruguay, and has recently ended her Masters degree on Animal Welfare, graduating from the Veterinary Faculty, Buenos Aires University (UBA), Argentina. Her main line of research is how dog population management and dog bites impact on Public health issues.
As a member of an Antrozoology research group in Uruguay, she has recently extended her work with the University of Flores, Argentina, creating new approaches on Human - Animal interaction in the region.
In reference to public policies and project designing, her past work includes assessing the national government of Uruguay, through dog population management consultancies, and recently working as an independent consultant for World Animal Protection on rabies management in Latin - America.
Evelyn is also a member of the One Health – One Welfare Latin - American (OHLA) network, collaborative and research group, assessing on different human, animal and environmental issues in the region.

Patricia Turner is Corporate Vice-President, Global Animal Welfare for Charles River and oversees global policy and training in animal welfare and behaviour. She is also Professor Emerita at the University of Guelph, where she worked as a professor and program leader of laboratory animal science and her lab conducted research evaluating the impact of environment on affective behaviour and disease susceptibility, infectious diseases and the gut microbiome of research animals, and research animal anaesthesia, analgesia, and euthanasia, including humane methods of on-farm euthanasia of meat rabbits, poultry, and pigs. She completed a BSc (McMaster University) and an MSc (Dalhousie University), prior to a DVM degree (Ontario Veterinary College). After two years of mixed mostly food animal practice, Turner returned to the University of Guelph for a Doctorate in Veterinary Sciences (Comparative Pathology). Following post-doctoral work at McGill University, she worked as Director of Animal Care Services and Asst Professor, Pathology at Queen’s University. She later worked for Pfizer as a toxicologist in preclinical safety testing. Turner is a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, the American Board of Toxicology, and the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine, and is President-Elect of the World Veterinary Association.

Jeannette Anderson (Project Support)

Jeanette Anderson works in Student & Academic Services supporting students and academic staff at The University of Auckland in the Faculty of Science. She received her Bachelor of Applied Animal Technology from Unitec Institute of Technology with a focus in veterinary nursing and more recently completed an MSc (Animal Science) from Massey University in the area of feline health. Her research interests can largely be described as animal health as a domain of welfare and the overlap between human and animal health, particularly in domestic cats.

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​One Welfare Phoenix Advisory Board

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