Milton R. Mills, M.D., serves as associate director of preventive medicine for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a nationwide organization of physicians and laypersons that promotes preventive medicine, especially good nutrition, and addresses controversies in modern medicine, including ethical issues in research.

Dr. Mills practices outpatient, clinic-based medicine in Northern Virginia and works as a critical care physician with Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, Va. His varied experience specializing in internal medicine and HIV has made him extensively knowledgeable about the unique health care needs of minorities, the challenges of practicing medicine in inner cities, and the special medical and nutritional requirements of HIV-positive and AIDS patients.

As an African-American physician focusing on preventive medicine, Dr. Mills has delved into some of the environmental and societal influences affecting the health of African-Americans and other racial minorities. Dr. Mills has lectured and given research seminars across the United States and in Mexico and Canada on such topics as the negative effects of meat and dairy consumption on human health; nutrition and HIV/AIDS; nutrition and cancer; and the dietary needs of various ethnic groups.

Dr. Mills, who graduated in 1991 from Stanford University School of Medicine, began working with AIDS patients while still in school. He also served as student body president of the medical school, founded the Minority Students’ Alliance, and worked as editor-in-chief and managing editor of the Stanford Medical School newspaper. He later interned at the University of California, San Francisco, and performed his residency at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington.

Dr. Mills is a video nutrition spokesperson for the Discovery Health Channel, and he is featured in one of PCRM’s public service announcements on childhood obesity. Dr. Mills’ papers on race and diet have appeared in the Journal of the National Medical Association.

Tim McIlrath is the frontman of Chicago-based, vegetarian, punk band, Rise Against. The band has received international acclaim after four records and nearly a decade of globe-spanning tours. Their video for the single "Ready to Fall" addresses environmental degradation and its effect on animals, as well as animal cruelty inherent to factory farming and sport hunting. The video was picked up my MTV and received international exposure, sparking debate wherever it was played.  It splices together footage of the band playing in a clear cut forest in British Columbia with images from graphic documentaries like "Meat Is Murder" and "Earthlings". A Director's Cut was made available exclusively to the PETA website. 

While in his previous position as PETA’s senior campaign coordinator, Dan organized protests at Wendy’s restaurants around the country, which helped PETA win its campaign to convince Wendy’s to meet animal welfare standards adopted by McDonald’s and Burger King. Shannon also launched and helped coordinate PETA’s ongoing campaign to convince fast-food giant KFC to improve welfare standards for the chickens raised and killed for its restaurants. The campaign has garnered the support of dozens of celebrities, including Sir Paul McCartney, Pamela Anderson, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and The Rev. Al Sharpton, and generated headlines around the world. Shannon helped coordinate thousands of protests at KFC franchises—some of which have gone out of business.

Dan’s work with sports franchises, including his annual listing of the most “veg-friendly” ballparks, has garnered him interviews with Sports Illustrated and ESPN’s SportsCenter , Pardon the Interruption, and Cold Pizza. Shannon has also been a guest on The O’Reilly Factor, Scarborough Country, Anderson Cooper 360, and other national TV programs.