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 in which health and compassion are central values in science and medicine.

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

Dr. Milton Berkman, Emeritus
Brooke Bussard, MD
Charlotte Cressey
Anthony Fleischmann
Kristie Funk, MD
Andy Funk
Mark Hammond, MD
Mindy Kursban
Moby
Christine and Peter Russo
Richard Schmidt, MD
Alicia Sirkin, President’s Council Chair
Gwyn Whittaker

Neal Barnard, MD, FACC 
President

Dania DePas, MA
Vice President of Communications

Stacey Glaeser, SPHR
Senior Vice President of Human Resources

Stephen Kane, CPA
Senior Vice President of Finance

Mark Kennedy, Esq.
Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs

Betsy Wason, CFRE 
Senior Vice President of Development