Marie Kulick, Senior Policy Analyst
Kulick joined the Food and Health team in August 2004, with more than 14 years experience as a program director, collaborator, advocate, non-profit manager and skilled communicator within the environmental and conservation communities. She works on the health impacts of sewage sludge, and on our hospitals and food project. Kulick has a B.A. in Communications from McDaniel College and a Master of Studies in Environmental Law from Vermont Law School. Prior to IATP, Kulick worked for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Environmental Fund for Maryland, and Clean Water Action.

Ben Lilliston, Communications Coordinator
Lilliston works on media outreach and the production of publications. He has a bachelor of philosophy degree from Universify of Miami (OH). He is the former Associate Editor for the Corporate Crime Reporter, a frequently published writer, co-author of the book Genetically Engineered Foods: A Guide for Consumers (Avalon), and former associate at the Chicago environmental public relations firm Sustain.

Kathleen Schuler, Senior Policy Analyst
Schuler's focus is on protecting children, among other vulnerable populations, from environmental toxins in food. She has developed a Smart Fish Guide and online fish calculator to educate parents and women of childbearing age about eating safer fish and seafood lower in mercury and PCBs. She also served as the project coordinator for Reducing Pesticides in Minnesota Schools Pilot Project. Schuler has a master of public health degree from the University of Minnesota. As a Bush Leadership Fellow in environmental health, she also studied at Boston University and interned with the Center for Health, Environment and Justice. Schuler is an active member of both the Minnesota and American Public Health Associations.

Dr. David Wallinga, Director, Food and Health Program
Wallinga's expertise includes the health impacts of industrialized food production, including the overuse of antibiotics in livestock. He is a leading authority on the health impacts of environmental pollutants—including food borne pollutants—on the developing brains and other organs in fetuses and children. He co-authored In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development, and authored Putting Children First: Making Pesticide Levels in Food Safer for Infants & Children. Prior to joining IATP in 2000, Wallinga worked in the Public Health Program of the Natural Resource Defense Council in Washington, D.C. He received a medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School, and a Masters from Princeton University.