Our Team

Board of Directors. Tanya has been leading the Humane Society of Huron Valley in Ann Arbor MI since 2005. With a BA in Political Science and a Masters in Social Work Administration and Public Policy and having served as Executive Director of Ozone House, her passion centers on protecting the vulnerable (human and non-human animals) and transformational leadership that helps nonprofit organizations achieve mission success. With an incredible team of staff, volunteers, and supporters, HSHV has become a thriving, dynamic animal welfare organization with a multi-service organization, with 100+ employees, 2000+ volunteers, and a 97%+ save rate focused on rescuing, healing, saving, and protecting animals and supporting the community. Tanya currently is the proud mom of several fabulous felines, a high-spirited GSD, and a beautiful, brilliant human. 

Board of Directors  

Author of Justice as a Fair Start in Life, Carter began his career as an Honors Program appointee to the U.S. Department of Justice. He later served as a legal adviser to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in the national security law division. He wrote his thesis reformulating the right to have children under Jeremy Waldron, his extensive academic work on family planning has been published by Yale, Duke, and Northwestern Universities, as well as in peer-reviewed pieces, and he has served on the Steering Committee of the Population Ethics and Policy Research Project and was a Visiting Scholar at the Uehiro Center, both at the University of Oxford. He has taught at several law schools in the U.S., served as a peer reviewer for the journal Bioethics, Justice advisor for the Stable Planet Alliance, managed an animal protection strategic impact litigation program, with annual resources in excess of five million dollars and most recently co-founded an animal liberation program at the University of Denver. 

Founder, Executive Director, Investigations 

Bakhtiari’s work within the energy sector, and his desire for a humane and truly sustainable food system, makes him a unique voice. While partnered with Shell Oil, he curated and launched Hangry Planet in 2022, the nation’s only health driven, plant-based and earth loving C-store. He later partnered with Vegan Mob and was pivotal in scaling the brand, making dangerously yummy BBQ soul food more accessible to the masses.  Bakhtiari founded CPF after helping assemble assets and conducting undercover work that exposed a major global brand for humane washing and greenwashing. An emerging fervor for environmental justice coupled with a drive to educate, protect consumers and surface hidden truths pertaining to food choices fuels the variegated campaigns and collaborations of CPF. Since 2003, Bakhtiari has also been a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for court dependent children with significant abuse histories.  

 He is on the Board of Directors for Jefferson award recipient Moms Against Poverty, a global nonprofit that builds schools and orphanages. As a Stage and TV actor with Outer Critics Circle nominations for his regional theater work, he can also be seen playing make believe sometimes . Bakhtiari notably suffers from spontaneous dance syndrome. He is a graduate of Bowdoin College.