Martin Powell, head of campaigns at Transform Drug Policy Foundation, was an analytical chemist for the French nuclear industry before working for a range of
charities in Latin America and the UK, including
Friends of the Earth, the
Environmental Investigation Agency, and the World Development Movement, including as co-chair of the Jubilee Debt Campaign.
In an effort to build a model for saving the lives of community cats, while at the same time reducing their numbers and
environmental impacts, PetSmart
Charities ® awarded Best
Friends Animal Society ® a $ 700,000 grant to work with the Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department (AAWD) on the Community Cats Project.