Josh Balk is the co-founder and CEO of The Accountability Board, an organization that utilizes shareholder engagement to advance animal welfare and other issues with the world’s largest corporations, like McDonald’s, Kroger, Walmart, Burger King and more than a hundred more. Previously, he was the Vice President of Farm Animal Protection at the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) where he led the passage of a dozen state laws banning cages for egg-laying hens, mother pigs, and/or veal calves, including the historic California Prop 12 law, the strongest law in the world for farm animals. He also led corporate negotiations with the largest food companies to enact animal welfare. Balk is also a co-founder of EAT Just, the maker of Just Egg and the first company to ever sell cultivated meat in the world. Prior to his work at HSUS and co-founding EAT Just, he worked at Animal Outlook where he did undercover investigations at chicken slaughterhouses and factory farms.