ACC&D - Leadership & Staff

ACC&D Staff

Joyce Briggs MS

ACC&D President

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Valerie Benka MS, MPP

ACC&D Director of Programs

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Adelia Hwang JD

ACC&D Operations and Project Manager

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ACC&D Board of Directors

John Boone PhD (Vice Chair)

Research Director, Great Basin Bird Observatory; Consultant, HSI, HSUS

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Elly Hiby PhD (Chair)

ICAM Coalition Scientific Coordinator; Independent Animal Welfare Consultant

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Betsy Banks Saul MS

Founder, Petfinder.com; Founder, HEAL House Call

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Joyce Briggs MS (Secretary)

President, ACC&D

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Kevin Morris PhD (Treasurer)

American Humane Endowed Chair & Research Assoc. Prof., Graduate Sch. of Social Work, Univ. of Denver; Dir. of Research, Inst. for Human-Animal Connection

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G. Robert Weedon DVM, MPH

Retired Clinical Assistant Professor, Shelter Medicine, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine

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Gregory Castle MS

Chief Executive Officer Emeritus, Best Friends Animal Society

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Amy Nichols

Vice President, Outreach, Engagement & Training, The Humane Society of the United States

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Camille DeClementi VMD

Vice President, ASPCA Animal Hospital

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Linda Rhodes VMD, PhD

Independent Consultant

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ACC&D Scientific Advisory Board

Cheryl Asa PhD

Retired Director of Research and Director of the AZA Wildlife Contraception Center, St. Louis Zoo

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Michelle Kutzler DVM, PhD, DACT

Associate Professor of Companion Animal Industries, Department of Animal Sciences, Oregon State University

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Marie-Paul Lachaud DVM

Head, Program Management Europe, Aratana Therapeutics

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Margaret Slater DVM, PhD

Senior Director of Research, Strategy & Research, ASPCA^®

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Linda Brent PhD, MBA

Executive Director, Parsemus Foundation

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Julie Levy DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Director, Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Program, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine

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Cathy Moldave MBA

Founder, Turnstone Animal Health

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Steve Zawistowski PhD CAAB

Science Advisor Emeritus, The ASPCA; Adjunct Professor of Animal Behavior and Conservation, Hunter College

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M.A. Driancourt PhD, DSc

Former Associate Director, Research & Science, MSD Animal Health Innovation

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Joanne Maki MS, DVM, PhD

Technical Director, Veterinary Public Health, Global Commercial Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health

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David M. Petrick VMD, JD

President, The Delta Consortium Regulatory Consulting, Ltd.

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Amy Fischer PhD

Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois

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Phil Miller PhD

Senior Program Officer, Conservation Planning Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN

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Andrew N. Rowan PhD

President, WellBeing International; Retired Chief Scientific Officer, The HSUS

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ACC&D International Advisory Board

Heather Bacon BSc (Hons), BVSc, CertZooMed MRCVS

Veterinary Welfare Education and Outreach Mgr, Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education, Univ. of Edinburgh

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Katherine Polak DVM, MPH, MS, DACVPM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine)

Head of Stray Animal Care - Southeast Asia, FOUR PAWS International

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Beaux Berkeley MS, PhD

Beaux Berkeley photo for master bios page

Independent Consultant

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Elly Hiby PhD

ICAM Coalition Scientific Coordinator; Independent Animal Welfare Consultant

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Darryn Knobel BVSc, MSc, PhD, MRCVS, Dipl. ACVPM (Epi)

Director, Research Ctr. for Conservation Medicine & Ecosystem Health; Prof. of Epidemiology & Population Health, Ross Univ. School of Vet. Med.

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