Meet your HSUS State Director

Last week we added something to the HumaneWatch Document Library: a U.S. map that appears in this spring’s edition of Shelter Pages, a publication that the Humane Society of the United States describes as a “directory of products and services for sheltering professionals.” (In reality, Shelter Pages reads more like a break-even advertising project for HSUS.)

At press time, this map showed the last names of each of HSUS’s current “State Directors.” It’s helpful to think of these staffers as salaried lobbyists in the state capitals who work exclusively for HSUS. At present, there are 40 of them.

Since HSUS State Directors seldom have the sort of public profile of a Wayne Pacelle, we thought it would be a good idea to list them here, along with the state where each one works—just so concerned citizens can recognize them when they visit their elected representatives.

In this gaggle of HSUS government-affairs workers, you’ll find some honest, well-meaning advocates. You’ll also find:

a former PETA Legal Fellow;
a former employee of both PETA and the Farm Animal Rights Movement;
a “SuperVegan” blogger;
the founder of a “vegan” Internet mailing list
a member (by marriage) of an Illinois political dynasty;
an animal-raid lawsuit defendant;
a former Miss West Virginia;
a kinda-sorta actress;
a former animal-rights fundraiser;
a finance lawyer with “seven cats, three quarter horses, two dogs and 10 pet chickens”; and
a “token Republican.”

The full list of HSUS State Directors is after the jump.

Alabama: Mindy Gilbert	Kentucky: Pamela Rogers	North Dakota: *none*
Alaska: none (but HSUS is hiring)	Louisiana: Julia Breaux Melancon	Ohio: Karen Minton
Arizona: Kari Nienstedt	Maine: Katie Lisnik	Oklahoma: Cynthia Armstrong
Arkansas: Desiree Bender	Maryland: none*	Oregon: Scott Beckstead
California: Jennifer Fearing	Massachusetts: Alexis Fox	Pennsylvania: Sarah Speed
Colorado: Holly Tarry	Michigan: Jill Fritz	Rhode Island: *none*
Connecticut: *none*	Minnesota: Howard Goldman	South Carolina: *none*
Delaware: *none*	Mississippi: Lydia Sattler	South Dakota: Darci Adams
District of Columbia: none*	Missouri: Barbara Schmitz	Tennessee: Leighann McCollum
Florida: Jennifer Hobgood	Montana: Wendy Hergenraeder	Texas: Nicole Paquette
Georgia: Jessica DuBois	Nebraska: Jocelyn Nickerson	Utah: *none*
Hawaii: Inga Gibson	Nevada: Beverlee McGrath (and HSUS is hiring)	Vermont: Joanne Bourbeau
Idaho: Lisa Kauffman	New Hampshire: Joanne Bourbeau	Virginia: Laura Hall-Donahue
Illinois: Jordan Matyas	New Jersey: Kathleen Schatzmann	Washington: Dan Paul
Indiana: Anne Sterling	New Mexico: *none*	West Virginia: Summer Wyatt
Iowa: Carol Griglione	New York: Patrick Kwan	Wisconsin: Alyson Bodai
Kansas: none (but HSUS is hiring)	North Carolina: Kimberly Alboum	Wyoming: Heidi Hopkins

* HSUS's principal offices are in Maryland and the District of Columbia.

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Posted on 01/20/2011 at 12:55 PM by the HumaneWatch Team

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What’s funny is that we in SC have no HSUS state director so when I have questions, I turn to neighboring state directors. But they refuse to talk to me on the grounds that I am not in their state.

Posted by YesBiscuit on 01/20 at 04:55 PM

The former PETA member and Farm Animal Rights Movement member is now holding “grass-roots” meetings in Michigan. A “new” resident of Michigan, I think it is tome for those of us who have lived in this state for decades to send her packing.

Posted by Connie James on 01/20 at 05:58 PM

http://cal-access.ss.ca.gov/Lobbying/Lobbyists/Detail.aspx?id=1149108&session=2009

Here’s a link to the CA Secretary of State’s lobbyist database. There’s a picture of McGrath there.

Posted by Chuck Bridges on 01/21 at 10:43 AM

@connie RIGHT ON!

Posted by Regan H on 01/23 at 01:18 PM

Odd that my state director has a PhD in English since that has NOTHING to do with animals.

Posted by Exotic Owner on 01/25 at 04:03 PM

Does anyone else find it odd how so many HSUS directors listed here have degrees in matters such as political science and law, but very few in biology, zoology, or any other field that is directly related to animals?

Perhaps this could be the subject of further investigation for HumaneWatch.

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Jan 20 2011

Meet your HSUS State Director

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