Fireside chat and Q&A with Josh Balk of the Accountability Board
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Are you an animal advocate who wants to keep abreast of the latest strategies that bring significant progress for farmed animals?
Join the Impactful Animal Advocacy community for an hour of casual conversation and Q&A with Josh Balk to:
Learn about shareholder advocacy and how it complements other advocacy strategies
Hear what Josh Balk may be excited about next
Ask any questions
Josh Balk co-founded The Accountability Board in 2022, which has since made incredible progress for animals using a strategy called shareholder advocacy. Josh has a wealth of experience as a longtime animal advocate, and we think some community members could benefit from his lessons and insight.
We encourage anyone to join, either with specific questions or just to listen in on the discussion.
This event took place on Thursday, March 28.
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CEO, The Accountability Board
Josh Balk is the co-founder and CEO of The Accountability Board, an organization that utilizes shareholder engagement to advance animal welfare, and other issues with the world’s largest corporations, like McDonald’s, Kroger, Walmart, Burger King and more than a hundred more. Previously, he was the Vice President of Farm Animal Protection at the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) where he led the passage of a dozen state laws helping egg-laying hens, mother pigs, and/or veal calves, including the historic California Proposition 12. He also led corporate negotiations with the largest food companies to enact animal welfare. Balk is also a co-founder of EAT Just, the maker of Just Egg and the first company to ever sell cultivated meat in the world. Prior to his work at HSUS and co-founding EAT Just, he worked at Animal Outlook where he did undercover investigations at chicken slaughterhouses and factory farms.”
If you want to learn more about Josh before or after the meeting, we recommend Josh’s interview on the How I Learned to Love Shrimp podcast.