Co-Founder
CurrentDavid Ebert, a retired lawyer, is Co-Founder, President and a member of the board of Animal Defense Partnership, which provides legal services exclusively to animal protection nonprofits, entirely without charge. ADP now represents 400+ clients working in the US as well as US-based organizations advocating for change in other parts of the world.He is also a founder of Animal Protection Capacity Builders, an association of stellar organizations that provide capacity building services to animal protection nonprofits. The services include legal (ADP); career placement (Animal Advocacy Careers); evidence-based advocacy (Animetrics); research (Faunalytics); community building (Hive); organizational monitoring and evaluation (The Mission Motor); online sanctuary resources (Open Sanctuary Project); organizational and workplace consulting (Scarlet Spark); media (Sentient), technology and website builds (Vegan Hacktivists); and photojournalism (We Animals Media).David is a member of or advisor to: Pro Elephant Network; Voice for Asian Elephants Society; Physicians Association for Nutrition; Scarlet Spark; Free All Captive Elephants; The Asia for Animals Coalition/Capacity Building and Elephant Working Groups; Rowdy Girl Sanctuary’s Rancher Advocacy Program; TerraMar Research; and Global Animal Law Association. David received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from New York University School of Law, both a very, very long time ago.Before ADP, David was not on any boards or the president of anything. In his free time, he does as little as possible.
