THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE ANIMALS VOICE

Laura Moretti
President, Co-Founder, Executive Editor, and Webmaster/Production Designer
As a writer, editor, and graphics designer, Laura has been active in animal defense for more than 35 years. She founded and still edits The Animals Voice Magazine, and is also a published writer in numerous mainstream and trade magazines and books, including The Animals Agenda. As well, Laura is the publisher and editor of animal protection books and literature, most notably All Heaven in a Rage. She is the founder, editor, and designer for both The Animals Voice web sites and The Animals Voice Magazine. In what remains of her spare time, Laura rescues horses; see Shilo's Inn for more details.

Veda Stram
Vice President, Associate Editor, Administration & Outreach
Veda saw a photograph of an animal in a lab around noon one day in April 1988 and attended an animal rights meeting that night. She was vegetarian within weeks, vegan within months. She volunteered for The Animals Voice Magazine from 1988 through 1999, began working for AnimalsVoice.com in 2001. She has been on the Boards of Orange County People for Animals (OCPA) and the Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN) and has been a speaker at FARM's National Animal Rights Conferences. She has an essay included in Voices from the Garden: Stories of Becoming a Vegetarian and she wrote What to Eat When You Don’t Eat Animals.

Michele Lamelin
Associate Design & Production
A childhood love of all creatures great and small led Michele to lifelong activism. In addition to more than 15 years of graphic design experience (with a focus on working with non-profit groups), she has held positions with The Animals Voice Magazine and Lynx Educational Fund for Animal Welfare. Currently, Michele, her husband Rick, and son Shayne share their lives with 5 horses, 3 dogs, 2 cats, 2 rats, a bunny, and several birds — all rescues. Michele will never turn away an animal in need!