About ACC&D

Leadership & Staff

ACC&D Staff & Consultants

Team

Gary Evans; President

Gary Evans; President

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Candace Anderson; Senior Operations and Project Coordinator

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Joyce Briggs, MS; Senior Advisor

Valerie Benka, MS, MPP | ACC&D Director of Programs

Valerie Benka, MS, MPP; Program Consultant

ACC&D Board of directors

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Kate Atema, MS (Vice Chair); PetSmart Charities

Founder, Petfinder.com; Founder, HEAL House Call

Betsy Banks Saul, MS; Heal House Call

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

John Boone, PhD (Chair); Great Basin Bird Observatory

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Elly Hiby, PhD; ICAM

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

Kevin Morris, PhD; University of Denver

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Phillip D. Nelson, DVM, PhD (Treasurer); Western University, PDN Consultant Services

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Lauren Overman, DVM; ASPCA

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Pam Runquist, MS; HumaneVMA

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G. Robert Weedon, DVM, MPH (Secretary); Paws Plus Veterinary

International Advisory board

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Heather Bacon, BSc (Hons), BVSc, CertZooMed MRCVS | Veterinary Welfare Education and Outreach Manager, Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education, University of Edinburgh.

Heather Bacon, BSc (Hons), BVSc, CertZooMed MRCVS; Univ. of Edinburgh

Beaux Berkeley, MS, PhD | Independent Consultant

Beaux Berkeley, MS, PhD; Independent Consultant

Emma Clifford, BA | Founder and Executive Director, Animal Balance

Emma Clifford, BA; Animal Balance

Rey Camuta Del Napoles, DVM | Disaster Response and Veterinary Services for Animal Kingdom Foundation

Rey Camuta del Napoles, DVM; Quezon City Veterinary Department

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Elly Hiby, PhD; ICAM

Tamara Kartal, MS, MPP; FOUR PAWS International

Dr Natasha Lee, DVM, MSc | Independent Animal Welfare Consultant

Natasha Lee, DVM, MSc; Independent Consultant

Katherine Polak, DVM, MPH, MS, DACVPM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine Practice); Humane World for Animals

Scientific Advisory Board

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Cheryl Asa, PhD; AZA Reproductive Management Center

Amy Fischer, PhD; University of Illinois

Michelle Kutzler, DVM, PhD, DACT | Associate Professor of Companion Animal Industries, Department of Animal Sciences, Oregon State University

Michelle Kutzler, DVM, PhD, DACT; Oregon St. Univ.

Marie-Paul Lachaud, DVM | Head, Program Management Europe, Aratana Therapeutics

Marie-Paul Lachaud, DVM; Aratana Therapeutics

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Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DABVP; University of Florida

Joanne Maki, MS, DVM, PhD | Technical Director, Veterinary Public Health, Global Commercial Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health

Joanne Maki, MS, DVM, PhD; Boehringer Ingelheim

Phil Miller, PhD | Senior Program Officer, Conservation Planning Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN

Phil Miller, PhD; IUCN

David M. Petrick, VMD, JD | President, The Delta Consortium Regulatory Consulting, Ltd.

David M. Petrick, VMD, JD; Delta Consortium Regulatory Consulting

Linda Rhodes, VMD, PhD; Independent Consultant

Andrew Rowan, PhD | President, WellBeing International; Retired Chief Scientific Officer, The HSUS

Andrew Rowan, DPhil; Wellbeing Int’l.

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Margaret Slater, DVM, PhD; ASPCA

Richard Surosky, PhD; Sangamo Therapeutics (formerly)

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Stephen L. Zawistowski, PhD, CAAB Emeritus