List of Groups Calling on Yum Brands to Take Strong Action on Antibiotics

Since releasing a letter endorsed by over 80 groups calling on Yum Brands to close its antibiotics policy loophole on January 28, 2016, additional organizations have asked to add their support. I will update list periodically, as the call for action grows louder.

SIGNATORY COUNT (FEBRUARY 4, 2016): 86


  • Andrew Gunther, Executive Director, A Greener World
  • Nancy Sudak, Co-CEO, Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine
  • Sean Lucan, Associate Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Robyn O'Brien, Founder/Executive Director, AllergyKids Foundation
  • Emma Rose, Campaign/Lobbying/Communications Coordinator, Alliance to Save our Antibiotics
  • Lance Price, PhD, Director, Antibiotic Resistance Action Center, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health
  • Diane Brown, Executive Director, Arizona PIRG
  • Harrison C. Spencer, MD, President /CEO, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
  • Jena Price, Legislative Director, California League of Conservation Voters
  • Rev. Dr. Rick Schlosser, Executive Director, California Church IMPACT
  • Lynn Silver, Senior Advisor, California Project LEAN
  • Adele Amodeo, Executive Director, California Public Health Association - North
  • Emily Rusch, Executive Director, CalPIRG
  • Robert Gronski, Policy Coordinator, Catholic Rural Life
  • Stephanie Feldstein, Population & Sustainability Director, Center for Biological Diversity
  • Charles Margulis, Media Director, Center for Environmental Health
  • Rebecca Spector, West Coast Director, Center for Food Safety
  • Patricia Buck, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention
  • Michael Jacobson, PhD, President, Center for Science in the Public Interest
  • Brent Newell, Legal Director, Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment
  • Miriam Gordon, California Director, Clean Water Action
  • Evan Preston, Director, ConnPIRG
  • Amanda Long, Director General, Consumers International
  • Jean Halloran, Director of Food Policy Initiatives, Consumers Union
  • Danny Katz, Director, CoPIRG
  • Rachelle Wenger, Director, Public Policy & Community Advocacy, Dignity Health
  • Jim Slama, President, FamilyFarmed
  • Aaron Gross, Founder and CEO, Farm Forward
  • Gene Baur, President, Farm Sanctuary
  • Patty Lovera, Assistant Director, Food and Water Watch
  • Steve Roach, Food Safety Program Director, Food Animals Concern Trust
  • Vani Hari, Founder, FoodBabe.com
  • Joann Lo, Executive Director, Food Chain Workers Alliance
  • Dave Murphy, Founder/Executive Director, Food Democracy Now!
  • Melinda Hemmelgarn, Host, Food Sleuth Radio
  • Kari Hamerschlag, Senior Program Manager, Food and Technology Program, Friends of the Earth
  • Carrie Balkcom, Executive Director, Global Animal Partnership
  • Anna E. Meyer, Food Campaigns Coordinator, Green America
  • Dan Rosenthal, Founder, Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition
  • Tim Reed, Executive Director, Health Action International
  • Shila Kaur, Coordinator, Health Action International - Asia Pacific
  • Stacia Clinton, National Program Director, Health Care Without Harm
  • Gabor Figeczky, Advocacy Manager, IFOAM - Organics International
  • Abe Scarr, Director, Illinois PIRG
  • Shefali Sharma, Director, Agricultural Commodities and Globalization, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
  • Jamie Harvie, Executive Director, Institute for a Sustainable Future
  • Bob Martin, Director of Food System Policy, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
  • Richard Wood, Steering Committee Chair, Keep Antibiotics Working
  • Nancy Utesch, Founder & Farmer, Kewaunee CARES
  • Brent Wilkes, National Executive Director, League of United Latin American Citizens
  • Ted Quaday, Executive Director, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
  • Emily Scarr, Director, Maryland PIRG
  • Janet Domenitz, Executive Director, MASSPIRG
  • Jane L. Finn, Chief Operating Officer, Michigan Antibiotic Resistance Reduction Coalition
  • Monifa Bandele, Senior Campaign Director, MomsRising
  • Jeanine Thomas, President, MRSA Survivors Network
  • Rudy Arredondo, President/CEO/Founder, National Latino Farmers & Ranchers Trade Association
  • Lena Brook, Food Policy Advocate, Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Dan Bensonoff, Policy Director, NOFA - MASS
  • Maddie Monty, Policy Advisor, NOFA - VT
  • Steve Gilman, Policy Coordinator, NOFA - IC
  • Bill Duesing, Organic Advocate, NOFA - CT
  • Elizabeth Henderson, Policy Committee Co-Chair, NOFA- NY
  • David Rosenfeld, Director, OSPIRG
  • Judy Hatcher, Executive Director, Pesticide Action Network
  • Catherine Thomasson, MD, President, Physicians for Social Responsibility
  • Matthew Marsom, Public Health Institute
  • Anna Zorzet, Coordinator, ReAct Europe
  • Michael Dimock, President, Roots of Change
  • Sejal Choksi-Chugh, Executive Director & BayKeeper, San Francisco BayKeeper
  • Steve Heilig, Associate Executive Director, San Francisco Medical Society
  • Toni Liquori, Founder/Executive Director, School Food Focus
  • Ted Schettler MD, MPH, Science Director, Science and Environmental Health Network
  • Brenda Ruiz, Policy Committee Chair, Slow Food California
  • Richard McCarthy, Executive Director, Slow Food USA
  • Emily Heil, Policy Chair, Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacists
  • Cherise Chartwell, MPH, President, Southern California Public Health Association
  • Darya Rose, PhD, Founder, SummerTomato.com
  • Kyle Tafuri, Sustainability Advisor, The Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center
  • Gary Ruskin, Co-Founder/Co-Director, U.S. Right to Know
  • Merith Basey Executive Director, North America, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines
  • Tracy Sides, Founder, Urban Oasis
  • Bill Wenzel, Antibiotics Program Director, U.S. PIRG
  • Bruce Speight, Director, WashPIRG
  • Buffalo Bruce, Staff Ecologist, Western Nebraska Resources Council
  • Peter Skopec, Director, WisPIRG