Meet the team in Kolkata
We have a dedicated team in Kolkata, working to improve the lives of animals and communities.
Nafiza
Animal People Alliance Kolkata
India Lead & Trustee
Meet Animal People Alliance
Supporting the work of our team in Kolkata, and how it started
Mark Harvey
Managing Director
Operations
Belinda Carlisle
Co Founder & Ambassador
International Recording Artist
Paul Suit
Co-Founder
Operations
Our Trustee Board
Mark Harvey
Trustee
Treasurer & Board Chair
Mark has 28 years experience in various Senior Executive/Management Treasury roles in the UK Financial and Corporate Sector, before moving to the Non-Profit Sector on a voluntary basis.
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Mark is also the Managing Director of Animal People Alliance, and working in the India and Thailand Non-Profit sector.
Nancy Rucks
Trustee
U.S Director
Nancy is now retired from New York State government where she worked as an environmentalist developing and implementing land use plans under the State’s Coastal Management Program.
Nancy served for more than a decade on the Board of Directors and as President of the Voorheesville Community and School Foundation facilitating the organization's mission to enhance the educational, cultural, and athletic opportunities for community members.
Rachel Lara
Trustee
Secretary
Rachel has extensive experience in business administration. She started visiting India in 2008 and is passionate about the plight of the street animals there.
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Caring for animals runs deep, having been raised with dogs, cats, hamsters and fish, with stories about beloved companion animals just as much a part of family lore as anything else.
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Rachel is involved in her family’s neighborhood feral cat TNR program and raising Monarch Butterflies in her family’s back yard.
David Stoltz
Trustee
Fundraising/Events
David is a life-long Animal Rights advocate. Studying at the Academy for Photographic Art, David went on to have a successful career in Hollywood.
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He is also a qualified massage therapist, working with clientele dealing with chronic pain an post surgery. More recently be awarded certification in CarnioSacral therapy.
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David now spends his time on body work in the U.S and travelling to India working on a photography project, fulfilling his love of the art.