Leadership, Lunch & Learn – West Coast

DESCRIPTION:

Executive and Operations Leadership from private and/or municipal Florida shelters and rescue organizations are invited to attend a lunch and learn workshop hosted by FAAWO. Attendees will network with leadership from humane organizations across the state while receiving support, resources and practical takeaways. Four guests from each organization are invited to attend.

TICKETS:

Each attendee must have a ticket
Non-Members: $10/person
FAAWO Members: $0

AGENDA

Registration and Breakfast
10:00am – 10:30am
Enjoy coffee, tea and assorted pastries while you meet and mingle with FAAWO members and leadership from Florida shelters.

Welcome and Remarks
10:30am – 10:45am
Sherry Silk, CEO, Humane Society of Tampa Bay; FAAWO Board President

Disaster Response: Are You Prepared?
10:45am – 11:15am

• All About ESF 17, Melody Belenger, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Specialist (ESF-17), Florida State Animal Response Coalition (FL SARC)
• Creating a Disaster Plan, Shelley Thayer, CEO, SPCA Florida

11:15am – 11:30pm
BREAK

Transport: How to Save More Lives
11:30am – 12:00pm
Randa Richter, Humane Programs & Public Media Director, Florida SPCA

Lunch Presentation
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Corey Price, Managing Director of Client Services, 24Pet

Spay/Neuter Solution: Pop-Up Clinics
12:30pm – 1:00pm
Karen Slomba, Consultant, Slomba Shelter Solutions; FAAWO Board

OPTIONAL Tour of Humane Society of Sarasota County
1:00pm 
HSSC Executive and Operations staff will lead a tour of the 38,000 sqft shelter that opened in 2021.