Board of Directors

  • Nandita Bajaj is the Executive Director of Population Balance, a US nonprofit that works to inspire narrative, behavioral, and system change that shrinks the human impact and elevates the rights and wellbeing of people, animals, and the planet. She produces and co/hosts two podcasts, OVERSHOOT and Beyond Pronatalism, and has delivered over 100 presentations globally. She is also a Senior Lecturer at Antioch University, where she teaches graduate courses on ecological ethics, pronatalism, population, and ecological overshoot. Her research and advocacy work focuses on the links between reproductive rights, human exceptionalism, and planetary health.

  • Mary Pat is the director of graduate programs at the Institute for Humane Education and faculty at Antioch University. She holds an MA from New York University. Mary Pat has been in the field of education since 1979 when she began teaching as a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger, West Africa. Before becoming part of the IHE team, she worked in refugee camps in Southeast Asia and supervised American culture and language programs for the World Trade Institute in New York City. Since 2002, she has directed and taught in IHE’s graduate programs first with Cambridge College, then Valparaiso University, and now at Antioch. She has served on numerous school and non-profit boards and is a longstanding member of the humane education anti-racism working group.

  • Mike Farley has been teaching middle and high school Geography and Environmental Studies for more than 20 years in Toronto. He is also a Sessional Lecturer for the University of Toronto’s Master of Teaching program, and a Senior Lecturer for Antioch University’s Master of Education program. Mike is a frequent presenter at conferences in Canada and the U.S. on human rights, environmental issues, and animal protection. He was awarded the TeachKind Canadian Teacher of the Year in 2022 for his work focusing on animals and education.