March 2019 by Kristen Auerbach, Director of Pima Animal Care Center

Audience: Executive Leadership

Video Length: 48:34

Get More Staff Without Spending More Money

Play along with this interactive session to evaluate your organization's structure and compare your data to other organizations, in order to set achievable goals. No-kill leader Kristen Auerbach helps you take a look at the bigger picture of your organization, so that you can make thoughtful and informed decisions. This session will teach you how to increase staff productivity, without increasing your budget. This presentation was recorded by Maddie's Fund® at the 2019 American Pets Alive! Conference.

About Kristen Auerbach

Kristen Auerbach is the Director of Pima Animal Care Center, Pima County's only open-admissions animal shelter which takes in 17,000 homeless, lost and abandoned pets annually and serves 15,000 animals through animal protection and outreach services. Under her direction, PACC is saving more than 90 percent of the cats and dogs who come to the shelter including orphaned puppies and kittens, pets recovering from illness and injuries, and animals who have been victims of cruelty or neglect. In 2017, she oversaw the opening of the newly-constructed state-of-the-art, animal services facility. Under her leadership, PACC partners with hundreds of rescue and community groups and engages thousands of volunteers and foster families to help achieve its mission.

Her efforts have been featured in numerous national publications and websites, such as Animal Sheltering magazine, the Huffington Post, BarkPost, the Dodo and Buzzfeed, and on TV networks, including CNN, Fox and ABC. Kristen formerly served as the Deputy Director at Austin Animal Center in Austin, Texas as well as the Assistant Director at the Fairfax County Animal Shelter in Fairfax, Virginia.