Chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Congressman Kucinich is one of the few vegans in Congress. Rep. Kucinich ran for President in the 2004 election under the Democratic Party. He lost the Jan-Feb Primaries, coming up second to John Kerry in Hawaii (26%), Alaska (26%), Kansas (10%) and Wyoming (6%).

Prior to being elected to the House of Representatives, Kucinich served as an Ohio state senator and mayor of Cleveland. He won the mayoral race at age 31, becoming the youngest mayor elected to lead a major American city. He has lobbied for human rights, worker rights, and the environment, and is an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq and the policies of the World Trade Organization.

More information:
house.gov/kucinich/
Kucinich.us
DennisKucinich.us/

The Mad Cowboy, Howard Lyman was a fourth-generation family farmer in Montana. After a 1979 spinal cord tumor caused by his lifestyle, his life changed for ever. Mr. Lyman began to dedicate his life to change. Mr. Lyman was the president of EarthSave International, International Vegetarian Union, and is currently the founder and president of Voice for a Viable Future. He is the author of Mad Cowboy. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife Willow Jeane, and his cat, Ceasar.

More information:
MadCowboy.com

Michael Greger, M.D., is a physician, a prize-winning cook, and an internationally recognized speaker on a number of important public health and social justice issues. He serves as Farm Sanctuary's Chief Medical Investigator, and is the author of Carbophobia: The Scary Truth Behind America's Low Carb Craze.

More information:
DrGreger.org
FarmSanctuary.org
AtkinsExposed.org

BYU Adjunct Professor, Logic, Philosophy of Language. Founder of Mormons for Animals, Chris teaches of the connection between the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and helping animals by adopting a vegetarian lifestyle.