Meet The Speakers • Children's Health Defense

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

CHD Founder, Chairman and Chief Litigation Counsel on Leave

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is founder, chairman and chief litigation counsel on leave for Children’s Health Defense. He is the founder of Waterkeeper Alliance — the world’s largest clean water advocacy group — and served as its longtime chairman and attorney.

Catherine Austin Fitts

President, The Solari Report

Catherine is the president of Solari, Inc., publisher of the Solari Report and managing member of Solari Investment Screens, LLC. (formerly Solari Investment Advisory Services, LLC.).

Aseem Malhotra, M.D.

Consultant Cardiologist, researcher, public health activist and international best-selling author

Dr. Aseem Malhotra is an NHS-trained Consultant Cardiologist and an internationally renowned expert in the prevention, diagnosis and management of heart disease.

Andy Wakefield, M.D., FRCS

Author, Screenwriter & Director, Physician, Scientist

Andy Wakefield is a physician, author, and filmmaker. He has published over 150 original scientific articles, books, book chapters, and invited scientific commentaries.

Brian Hooker, Ph.D.

Chief Scientific Officer, Children's Health Defense

Brian S. Hooker, Ph.D., is Chief Scientific Officer at Children’s Health Defense, an organization committed to the best health for children in the U.S. and worldwide. He is also Emeritus Professor of Biology at Simpson University in Redding, California, where he specialized in microbiology and biotechnology.

Suzanne Humphries, M.D.

Doctor & Holistic Medical Practitioner

Dr. Suzanne is a medical internist and nephrologist who awoke to medical corruption in 2008. Since then, she has re-educated herself, written two best-selling books and traveled abroad to share her experience and knowledge with parents worldwide.

Mary Holland, J.D.

President, Children’s Health Defense

Mother, activist, lawyer, leader – has been part of the health freedom and human rights movements for more than two decades. She is proud to be part of the CHD organization and broader movement.

Laura Bono

Executive Vice President, Children's Health Defense

Laura’s son regressed after his vaccinations at 18 months old and was diagnosed with heavy metal toxicity/autism. Since, Laura has advocated for services, biomedical treatments and civil rights for children with autism/vaccine injury. Laura is a co-founder and chairman emeritus of the National Autism Association and was on the board of directors for SafeMinds from 2005-2015.

Kim Mack Rosenberg, Esq.

General Counsel, Children's Health Defense

A long-time health freedom advocate, Kim Mack Rosenberg is CHD's General Counsel and maintains a private practice representing clients nationwide on health freedom issues, healthcare practice and insurance coverage, focusing on autism.

Cecelia (Cece) Doucette

Massachusetts for Safe Technology

Cecelia (Cece) Doucette, Director of Massachusetts for Safe Technology, educates schools, communities and legislatures on wireless radiation and public health. Cece teaches the science, risks, and inroads made locally by citizens, in the courts and with public policy. Most importantly, she teaches how to reduce radiation exposures coming from our devices and how to protect our communities.

Christina Parks, Ph.D.

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Dr. Christina Parks earned her Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology in the field of cytokine signaling. Thus, Dr. Parks brings a wealth of knowledge about how vaccines affect the immune system. She has spent many years studying the biochemistry of how pharmaceuticals and natural substances affect the expression of genes and biochemical pathways that are essential to our health and well-being.

DeeDee Hoover, LMT, PMT, CCT

Licensed Massage Therapist/Bodyworker, Family Health and Wellness Coach, Co-Founder of Kids First 4 Ever

DeeDee has been licensed for over 30 years as a massage therapist. The focus of her work now is early infant care and body work for special pediatric health conditions that are responsive to body work and coaching. So many conditions for infants and children respond well to body work.

Five Times August

Five Times August, Singer/Songwriter

Five Times August is the solo act of singer/songwriter Brad Skistimas. After decades in music as a successful indie artist, Skistimas began releasing a series of protest songs in early 2021 aiming at COVID-era regulations, the Biden administration, Justin Trudeau, as well as Anthony Fauci with the #1 song "Sad Little Man." In November 2022, the full-length album "Silent War" was released.

James Lyons-Weiler, Ph.D.

CEO and Director of IPAK

Dr. Lyons-Weiler is CEO and Director of IPAK, The Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge and founder of IPAK-EDU LLC, an online university where students can experience higher education training in many areas to help them empower themselves through knowledge. He is Editor-in-Chief of Science, Public Health Policy and the Law and writes Popular Rationalism.

James Neuenschwander, M.D.

Physician

James Neuenschwander, M.D. (aka Dr. Neu) is a physician dually board certified in emergency and integrative medicine with over 35 years of experience. Since 2007, he has focused his practice on the treatment of children with neurodevelopment delays, including autism. He is now the president of the Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs (MAPS) and brings this wealth of knowledge to our conference.

Jim Gale

Founder of Food Forest Abundance

Meet Jim Gale, the extraordinary mind behind Food Forest Abundance and a true force of nature. As an international permaculture advocate, entrepreneur and visionary, Jim has dedicated his life to transforming how we interact with our environment, cultivating a sustainable future for all.

Julio Gomez, Esq.

Attorney

Practiced for 25 years in civil rights and complex commercial litigation in discrimination, education, unfair trade practices, qui tam cases involving false claims against the government, and antitrust. Lead counsel in CHD v. Rutgers, a challenge to the university’s COVID-19 mandate.

Kari Bundy

Translations Manager, Children’s Health Defense

Kari Bundy is the translations manager at Children’s Health Defense. After the death of her 4-month-old son, Mason, following his routine vaccinations, Kari set off in search of answers and discovered the toxic load that plagues our children in almost every area. Since her son’s death in 2011, Kari has made it her mission to empower and educate parents and legislators how to make healthy choices.

Karl Jablonowski, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist, Children’s Health Defense

He earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical and Health Informatics from the University of Washington and was honored with three fellowships from the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health, and Children’s Health Defense. With a focus on data mining medical records, he currently serves as a Senior Research Scientist at Children’s Health Defense.

Krishna Doniparthi, M.D.

Medical Director

Dr. Doniparthi is a physician specializing in fatty acids and phospholipids for cellular repair and regeneration. His clinic, Functional Medicine Georgia, is located in Alpharetta, GA, focusing on biological substrates for cellular detoxification to help children and adults with complex medical conditions.

Kristen Meghan Kelly, MS-OSH

Sr. Industrial Hygienist & Environmental Specialist

Kristen Meghan is an Industrial Hygienist and Environmental Specialist of 21 years. After nine years on active duty, Kristen exposed health and environmental hazards concealed from the public. A vocal educator on mask and vaccine mandates, she emphasizes their unethical and dangerous nature. Kristen sheds light on regulatory capture, solidifying her as a professional dedicated to a safer society.

Leigh Merinoff

Owner, Meadows Bee Farm

Leigh Merinoff owns and operates Meadows Bee Farm, an experimental farm and school in the mountains of Southern Vermont. She runs an educational program teaching farming and science fundamentals to children with subjects ranging from basic livestock skills to agroecology to herbal medicine. Leigh sits on the board of Children’s Health Defense.

Mark Skidmore, Ph.D.

Professor of Economics and Morris Chair

Mark Skidmore serves as Professor and Morris Chair in State and Local Government Finance at Michigan State University. He has joint appointments in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics and the Department of Economics, and is a Distinguished Scholar at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

Miriam Eckenfels-Garcia, Esq.

EMR & Wireless Program Director, Children's Health Defense

Miriam Eckenfels-Garcia is the Director of CHD's EMR & Wireless program. She leads a team of litigators and researchers focused on protecting children and the environment from the harms of wireless radiofrequency (RF) radiation. Miriam is an international lawyer with a background in corporate accountability and international human rights law.

Monica Smit

Full-Time Freedom-Loving Activist

Monica has been on the front line of Australia’s freedom movement since August 2020. She founded two organizations, Reignite Democracy Australia and Reignite Freedom. Monica hit the international stage when she spent 22 days in solitary confinement in a high-security prison simply for promoting an anti-lockdown protest.

Paul Héroux, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Toxicology and Health Effects of Electromagnetism

Paul Héroux is Director of the Occupational Health program at McGill University, where he teaches the Toxicology and Health Effects of Electromagnetism. Member of New Hampshire’s Commission to Study the Environmental and Health Effects of Evolving 5G Technology and commissioner of the International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields.

Paul Thomas, M.D.

Pediatrician (retired) / Health Freedom

Paul Thomas, M.D. “Dr. Paul” Pediatrician, author, activist, & champion for informed consent and medical freedom.

Polly Tommey

CHD.TV Program Director, Producer of “Vaxxed”, Executive Producer “Vaxxed2”, Director and Founder of The Autism Trust USA and UK

Polly is a devoted mother raising three remarkable children, including Billy, who is vaccine injured. Recognized for her role as a producer in impactful documentaries like “Who Killed Alex Spourdalakis” and “Vaxxed,” her executive influence also shines through in "Vaxxed2."

Ray Flores, Esq.

Attorney at Law

Ray Flores, Senior Outside Counsel to CHD, is a health freedom rights attorney. His interest in natural living started in the 1980s when he began working in the burgeoning natural foods industry. Seeing the FDA ban effective herbs and supplements, the passing of DSHEA in 1994 and the removal of most fresh juices in 1996 made it obvious that our health was under attack by the FDA and other regulatory agencies.

Michael Baum, Esq.

Attorney, Gardasil

Michael Baum has litigated cases against the major pharmaceutical manufacturers and companies like Monsanto and Bayer for harming people with their defective products. His firm is presently serving as one of the co-leads for hundreds of Gardasil-induced auto-immune injury cases against Merck, the manufacturer of the HPV vaccine

Rick Jaffe, Esq.

Lawyer

Rick Jaffe litigates cutting-edge medico-legal and constitutional rights cases. He works with doctors and groups across the US on cancer, stem cells, supplements, BHRT, Lyme, standard of care, medical mandates, and COVID misinformation cases. He graduated from Columbia Law School (Law Review). He received his BA at Hebrew University of Jerusalem (with honors and an academic excellence prize in Philosophy of Science). Rick is also the author of Galileo's Lawyer.

Risa Evans, Esq.

Staff Attorney, Children's Health Defense

Risa Evans is a staff attorney at CHD. She leads CHD's FOIA efforts. In the past, she has worked as a public defender, law professor, and homeschooling mom.

Rolf Hazlehurst, Esq.

Senior Staff Attorney, Children’s Health Defense

Since 2003, Rolf has fought for the rights of vaccine-injured children. His son’s case Hazlehurst v. HHS was the second test case in the Omnibus Autism Proceeding under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. He intends to expose the catastrophic injuries and injustices caused by the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.

Sabine Hazan, M.D.

Gastroenterologist & Medical Researcher

Gastroenterology, internal medicine, and hepatology physician, CEO of Progenabiome and Ventura Clinical Trials, Co-founder of Topelia Therapeutics; Expert on the Gut Flora (Microbiome) and cutting-edge medical research; Writer, Editor, World-Renowned Speaker, Published Author of “Let’s Talk Sh!t,” Regenesis.

Sujata Gibson, Esq.

Attorney

Sujata Gibson is a veteran civil rights attorney with over a decade of experience litigating medical freedom. She regularly partners with Children's Health Defense, and among other victories, recently won a case overturning New York State's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. Ms. Gibson also teaches part-time at Cornell Law School in the area of civil rights and movement law.

Tammy Clark, B.S.

IH/OEHS Professional

Tammy Clark is a 20+ year experienced and highly-credentialed Industrial Hygienist and Occupational Environmental Health and Safety Professional. Tammy is most recently known for her work as an “accidental activist,” leading the charge in exposing U.S. regulatory agencies such as OSHA & EPA who are guilty of revisionism with their unethical, dangerous and illegal responses to the COVID pandemic.

Tracy Slepcevic, NBC-HWC

Bestselling Author & Health Practitioner

Tracy Slepcevic is a Certified Integrative Health Practitioner, Speaker, Air Force Veteran, and the bestselling author of “Warrior Mom: A Mother’s Journey In Healing Her Son with Autism.” She is educated in the field of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and has dedicated over 14 years to researching various treatments and therapies for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Vera Sharav

Human Rights Advocate & Holocaust Survivor

Vera Sharav is a long-time human rights advocate and the founder and president of the Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP). Her focus has been on violations of informed consent; her advocacy has often focused on the plight of children of color as involuntary subjects in medical experiments and experiments that exposed them to harm.

W. Scott McCollough, Esq.

Chief Litigation Counsel - CHD EMR Team

W. Scott McCollough is the Principal at McCollough Law Firm, PC. Scott has 40 years of experience in telecommunications, Internet, utility regulation, privacy and free speech oriented and other litigation before federal and state courts and commissions. He has represented CHD's EMR Team since 2020 as chief litigation counsel, advancing health, individual liberties and environmental issues.

Zen Honeycutt

Executive Director, Moms Across America

Zen Honeycutt is the founding executive director of Moms Across America, a non-profit and national coalition of unstoppable moms dedicated to creating healthy communities, focusing primarily on the food supply. Zen instigated the first glyphosate testing project in America, is the author of the book “UNSTOPPABLE,” producer of Communities Rising, and co-founder of the Neighborhood Food Network.

Sarah Bridges, Ph.D., MBA

Neuropsychologist, Executive Coach, and Founder of Bridges Consulting

Sarah Bridges, Ph.D., MBA, is a neuropsychologist, executive coach, and founder of Bridges Consulting. Dr. Bridges received her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Minnesota, her MBA from Benedictine University, and her B.A. in psychology from Wesleyan University.