What It Takes

• Mission-driven person with a passion for animal welfare, creating a community where pets are valued family members, and ensuring all animals receive the care they deserve.
• Visionary who approaches new ideas and challenges with a sense of innovation, openness, and positivity.

• Strategic thinker with business and/or nonprofit acumen and useful expertise (e.g., experience with community engagement, marketing, animal welfare policy, veterinary medicine, legal, finance, investment management, etc.)
• Committed supporter who is responsive and engaging during and between meetings and events, and contributes time, financial resources, or other means of support to proactively meet and grow organizational needs.

• Collaborative leader with the ability to work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Coalition-builder with a community-centered vision who can forge strong alliances and networks, grow partnerships, and foster new support.
• Team player who expresses genuine interest in others’ well-being and proactively models organizational customs, beliefs, and values.