About

Zoë leads grant portfolio strategy for major donors and foundations deploying capital to reduce animal suffering at scale. In addition to her grantmaking experience, her direct farmed animal advocacy experience and network provide an additional layer of understanding of the movement’s dynamics and challenges that cannot be accessed via desk research.

For nearly a decade across The Humane League and Mercy For Animals, she collaborated with, trained, and mentored advocates and organizations across five continents on effective, locally-adapted animal advocacy campaigns. As the Global Director of Corporate Engagement at Mercy For Animals, Zoë led an international team in partnering with global food companies to strengthen farmed animal welfare policies.

Since 2022, Zoë has focused on the funding side. As the Sr. Director of Philanthropic Advising & Programs at Senterra Funders, a network of major donors representing 75%+ of global funding to reform and replace factory farming, she advised philanthropists giving $250k to $50M+ annually on bespoke portfolio strategy and charity recommendations. Additionally, she chaired funding circles and the Plant-Based EU Policy Fund, and provided donor education via monthly member calls, their in-person annual retreat, the Cultivating Impact newsletter, and strategy deep dives.

Now, as a Senior Program Officer at the EA Animal Welfare Fund, she leads the fund’s grantmaking strategy for farmed vertebrates, oversees grant evaluations, and tracks grant-wide outcomes for animals.

Her approach combines ecosystem-level insights with theory of change analysis. She emphasizes cost-effectiveness, a donor’s comparative advantage, and strategic, cohesive portfolio construction. She works particularly well with analytically inclined donors who care about evidence, tradeoffs, and marginal impact.

Zoë holds a master’s degree in food and agriculture law and policy from Vermont Law School, and studied biology and environmental studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. Outside of farmed animal advocacy, she teaches fitness classes, plays social deduction games, hikes, and gardens.