Joel Schwartzberg is Senior Director of Strategic and Executive Communications for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), Joel has been teaching public presentation skills for corporate and individual clients for over a decade, including American Express, Comedy Central, The Brennan Center for Justice, The Council for American Islamic Relations,, The American Jewish Council,, and The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. His personal essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, The New York Daily News, The New York Post, Parents.com, Babble.com, as well as the anthologies Chicken Soup for the Soul and The Good Men Project.