Information for Animal Advocacy Careers

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Positions count by year

Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).

Year Positions count Researchers General staff Associates Board members Advisors
2019 2 Jamie Harris Lauren Mee
2020 2 Jamie Harris Lauren Mee
2021 10 Jamie Harris Aneeha Patwardhan, Catherine Bunting, Lauren Mee Brenton Mayer, Edie Bowles, Laila Kassam, Meghan O"Brien Lowery, Nicole Rawling, Pia Voltz
2022 13 Jamie Harris Ana Barreiro, Aneeha Patwardhan, Catherine Bunting, Lauren Mee, Sofia Balderson Brenton Mayer, Edie Bowles, Laila Kassam, Martin Underwood, Meghan O"Brien Lowery, Nicole Rawling, Pia Voltz
2023 26 Engin Arıkan Ana Barreiro, Aneeha Patwardhan, Aneeha Patwardhan, Cai Blanton, Lauren Mee, Nayan Agarwal, Nevena Beljanski, Patrycja Wierzchałek, Sean Barrs, Sofia Balderson, Vishakha Agrawal Elkanah Oluyori Alexandria Beck, David Nash, Elly Nakajima, Karolina Skowron-Baka, Sanjay Joshi, Taylor Ford Brenton Mayer, Edie Bowles, Laila Kassam, Martin Underwood, Meghan O"Brien Lowery, Nicole Rawling, Pia Voltz
2024 27 Engin Arıkan Ana Barreiro, Ana Barreiro, Aneeha Patwardhan, Kikiope Oluwarore, Lauren Mee, Nayan Agarwal, Nayan Agarwal, Nevena Beljanski, Patrycja Wierzchałek, Patrycja Wierzchałek, Sean Barrs, Vishakha Agrawal Elkanah Oluyori Alexandria Beck, David Nash, Elly Nakajima, Karolina Skowron-Baka, Sanjay Joshi, Taylor Ford Brenton Mayer, Edie Bowles, Joey Savoie, Laila Kassam, Meghan O"Brien Lowery, Nicole Rawling, Pia Voltz

Number of full-time staff at the beginning each year

The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.

Date Staff count Staff
2020-01-01 2 Jamie Harris, Lauren Mee
2021-01-01 2 Jamie Harris, Lauren Mee
2022-01-01 4 Aneeha Patwardhan, Catherine Bunting, Jamie Harris, Lauren Mee
2023-01-01 5 Ana Barreiro, Aneeha Patwardhan, Engin Arıkan, Lauren Mee, Sofia Balderson
2024-01-01 9 Ana Barreiro, Aneeha Patwardhan, Engin Arıkan, Lauren Mee, Nayan Agarwal, Nevena Beljanski, Patrycja Wierzchałek, Sean Barrs, Vishakha Agrawal

Full history of additions and subtractions

This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.

Date Number of positions Number of positions added Number of positions removed Positions added Positions removed
2019-07-01 1 1 0 Lauren Mee
2019-12-01 2 1 0 Jamie Harris
2021-03-01 3 1 0 Laila Kassam
2021-04-01 4 1 0 Pia Voltz
2021-06-01 9 5 0 Aneeha Patwardhan, Brenton Mayer, Edie Bowles, Meghan O"Brien Lowery, Nicole Rawling
2021-09-01 10 1 0 Catherine Bunting
2022-02-01 11 1 0 Ana Barreiro
2022-03-01 12 1 0 Martin Underwood
2022-07-01 11 0 -1 Catherine Bunting
2022-08-01 12 1 0 Sofia Balderson
2022-12-01 11 0 -1 Jamie Harris
2023-01-01 12 1 0 Engin Arıkan
2023-03-01 12 2 -2 Alexandria Beck, Elly Nakajima Aneeha Patwardhan, Martin Underwood
2023-04-01 13 1 0 Karolina Skowron-Baka
2023-07-01 14 1 0 Aneeha Patwardhan
2023-08-01 13 0 -1 Sofia Balderson
2023-09-01 14 1 0 Elkanah Oluyori
2023-10-01 21 7 0 Cai Blanton, David Nash, Nevena Beljanski, Sanjay Joshi, Sean Barrs, Taylor Ford, Vishakha Agrawal
2023-11-01 23 2 0 Nayan Agarwal, Patrycja Wierzchałek
2023-12-01 22 0 -1 Cai Blanton
2024-02-01 21 1 -2 Ana Barreiro Sean Barrs, Vishakha Agrawal
2024-03-01 20 0 -1 Ana Barreiro
2024-04-01 19 0 -1 Nayan Agarwal
2024-05-01 22 3 0 Joey Savoie, Nayan Agarwal, Patrycja Wierzchałek
2024-06-01 21 0 -1 Nevena Beljanski
2024-07-01 20 0 -1 Elkanah Oluyori
2024-10-01 21 1 0 Kikiope Oluwarore

List of people (33 positions)

Person Title Start date End date Employment type Source Notes
Lauren Mee CEO & Co-founder, Treasurer 2019-07-01 full-time [1], [2], [3]
Aneeha Patwardhan Senior Director of Operations 2023-07-01 [4], [5], [3]
Engin Arıkan Researcher & M&E Manager 2023-01-01 [6], [7], [3]
Ana Barreiro Senior Marketing Manager 2024-02-01 [8], [3]
Patrycja Wierzchałek Learning & Community Manager 2024-05-01 [9], [10], [3]
Nayan Agarwal Marketing Assistant 2024-05-01 [11], [12], [3]
Kikiope Oluwarore Partnerships and Programme Specialist 2024-10-01 [13]
Taylor Ford Board Member 2023-10-01 board member [14], [3]
Sanjay Joshi Board Member 2023-10-01 board member [14], [3]
David Nash Board Member 2023-10-01 board member [14], [3]
Karolina Skowron-Baka Board Member 2023-04-01 board member [14], [15], [3]
Alexandria Beck Board Member 2023-03-01 board member [14], [16], [3]
Elly Nakajima Board Member 2023-03-01 board member [14], [17], [3]
Nicole Rawling Advisor 2021-06-01 advisor [18], [3]
Pia Voltz Advisor 2021-04-01 advisor [18], [19], [3]
Edie Bowles Advisor 2021-06-01 advisor [18], [3]
Meghan O"Brien Lowery Advisor 2021-06-01 advisor [18], [20], [3]
Laila Kassam Advisor 2021-03-01 advisor [18], [21], [3]
Joey Savoie Advisor 2024-05-01 advisor [22], [3]
Brenton Mayer Advisor 2021-06-01 advisor [18], [3]
Patrycja Wierzchałek Learning Designer 2023-11-01 [10]
Ana Barreiro Marketing Manager 2022-02-01 2024-03-01 [22], [23], [24]
Nayan Agarwal Social Media Assistant 2023-11-01 2024-04-01 contractor [24], [12], [9]
Jamie Harris Researcher & Co-Founder 2019-12-01 2022-12-01 part-time [25], [1], [26]
Aneeha Patwardhan Operations Manager 2021-06-01 2023-03-01 [18], [27]
Catherine Bunting Recruitment Specialist 2021-09-01 2022-07-01 contractor [22], [28]
Martin Underwood Advisor 2022-03-01 2023-03-01 advisor [22], [29], [27]
Sofia Balderson Head of Programs 2022-08-01 2023-08-01 full-time [26], [30], [14]
Cai Blanton Learning & Growth Manager 2023-10-01 2023-12-01 [14], [24]
Elkanah Oluyori Programme Associate 2023-09-01 2024-07-01 contractor [14], [31], [11]
Sean Barrs Instagram Assistant 2023-10-01 2024-02-01 contractor [24], [32], [33]
Nevena Beljanski SEO and Content Assistant 2023-10-01 2024-06-01 contractor [24], [34], [9]
Vishakha Agrawal Community Assistant 2023-10-01 2024-02-01 contractor [35], [13]

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