Sentences with phrase «as shelter director»

Jackie has served as shelter director of the Humane Society of Stillwater since 2008.

janshowley — As a shelter director, I can't say enough good things about SNSI and what an asset they are to the welfare of animals across the state.

We've launched a Master's Degree with a Concentration in Shelter Medicine, and opened it to veterinary professionals as well as shelter directors and managers.

Not exact matches

As HSUS Texas senior state director Katie Jarl, Florida state director Kate MacFall and director of shelter outreach and policy engagement Kim Alboum organized the transports, Animal Rescue Team members, coordinated by senior director Sára Varsa, searched for missing pets and animals in need of rescue.

My career has included working as an after - school program director, healthy relationships / sexual health educator, community connector for an elementary school, homeless shelter co-facilitator and leading teen mission trips.

The 10 - acre park, which Director Larry DeGraaf describes as «run down,» will get three new baseball fields, a hiking and biking path, new playground equipment, a picnic shelter, a sand volleyball court and an in - line skating rink.

Carl Siciliano, the founder and executive director of the Ali Forney Center, lauded the de Blasio administration for adding 100 new emergency beds in youth shelters over the past year, which he sees as a down payment on a commitment to grow the stock of available spots until the unmet need is addressed.

Jeri taught high school English; served as co-executive director of folk singer Harry Chapin's World Hunger Year; was an aide to Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger; served as executive director of The Retreat, the East Hampton women's shelter; and founded two local businesses, A Taste of the North Fork and the North Fork Specialty Kitchen.

The task force, chaired by city Human Resources Administration commissioner Steve Banks, Housing Preservation and Development commissioner Vicki Been and Laura Mascuch, executive director of the Supportive Housing Network of New York, will help the city expedite the creation of the new housing units, de Blasio said, as it faces high numbers of homeless people living in city shelters and on the streets.

CROWN HEIGHTS — As some neighbors of two planned Crown Heights homeless shelters fight to block their openings, city officials hope to mend relationships between shelters and residents by hiring a full - time Director of Community Partnerships to manage problems and volunteer efforts.

As yet another Greenport resident demanded to know why the latest proposal to run an electrical cable from the North Fork to Shelter Island would succeed where the last attempt by the Long Island Power Authority had failed, Christopher Hahn, the director of external affairs for PSEG - Long Island, began to speak louder.

As CountyExecutive, my administration will continue our work with Hi Tor President Lizanne Fiorentino and her Board of Directors to build a new shelter, increase adoptions, save more lives and prevent animal suffering — all in the most fiscally responsible way possible.

As County Executive, my administration will continue our work with Hi Tor President Lizanne Fiorentino and her Board of Directors to build a new shelter, increase adoptions, save more lives and prevent animal suffering — all in the most fiscally responsible way possible.

Scott Speedman and Evan Rachel Wood star as the ne'er - do - well son of a wealthy Southern family and the sheltered young woman he begins to fall for in Barefoot, a romantic comedy from director Andrew Fleming (Dick, Hamlet 2) and writer Stephen Zotnowski.

She comes to Shelter as VP of National Film & Television Publicity from senior director of publicity and awards at Focus Features where she worked on such films as Loving, Nocturnal Animals, Kubo and the Two Strings, The Beguiled, Victoria & Abdul, Darkest Hour and Phantom Thread.

At the Critics» Week — where, in the interest of full disclosure, I served on a competition jury comprised of three other critics and the South Korean director Lee Chang - dong — the highlight of an unusually strong lineup was Take Shelter, the second feature by Shotgun Stories director Jeff Nichols, an acknowledged Malick acolyte whose new film shares a producer with The Tree of Life as well as a leading lady, Jessica Chastain (reportedly at Malick's personal recommendation).

Inevitably, Nichols can't entirely avoid the public face of this injustice, and later scenes with lawyers and the media feel especially perfunctory (Michael Shannon, helping out his old Take Shelter director, has a cameo as a Life photographer).

It's not quite as good as «Take Shelter» but this is a director that has started strongly, backed it up with one of the best film's of 2011 and I believe will continue to go from strength to strength — time will tell with his forthcoming film «Mud» released later in 2012.

But since the new film from writer - director Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud) works best as a very strange road - trip movie, that cliché feels apropos.

January 29, 2006 My first glimpse of lanky British director Stephen Frears was in passing as he took shelter from a frigid early - December wind in a doorway in front of Denver's historic Brown Palace Hotel.

A kind of subversive take on the traditional Noah story, Take Shelter made good on the promises of writer / director Jeff Nichols» first feature Shotgun Stories, establishing him as a powerful new voice in the film community.

I don't think it's an exaggeration to say this is shaping up to be a very important partnership between director and actor, already having produced one film — the fiery, apocalyptic «Take Shelter» — nearly as impressive as any collaboration between, for example, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.

For Shelter, his first film as a writer - director, Paul Bettany cast his wife Jennifer Connelly in the demanding leading role of a homeless junkie.

Bertolucci had already received a Globe nomination as Best Director for Last Tango in Paris in 1974, and would later be nominated again, for The Sheltering Sky in 1991.

The nominees could very well end up being the same as Director (Beginners, The Descendants, Drive, Shame, and Take Shelter), though I'd say at least one gets upended by the likes of Like Crazy, Rampart, or The Tree of Life.

Mud Year: 2013 Director: Jeff Nichols In 2011, Jeff Nichols turned heads at Sundance with his second film Take Shelter, as did his fast - rising stars Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon.

The Take Shelter and Mud director reunites with a surging Michael Shannon to tell the story of a father (Shannon) protecting his young son, Alton (Jaeden Lieberher), from a government task force and a scary religious sect as they race to a secret location.

But those in the know have been keeping tabs on Nichols since his breakout sophomore effort, the provocative apocalypse tale Take Shelter, and over these three films (also including his debut, Shotgun Stories, and the moderately successful and excellent Mud), he has established himself as a strong Southern voice on the independent scene, the sort of director who makes you sit up and take notice whenever he announces a new project.

Now, 34 years on, writer / director Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud) at last allows us to see, pretty much, how that film might have turned out — Midnight Special taps into the Carpenter mood (Starman is a key influence) as a father and his mysterious son flee US agents.

No director understands Shannon and his abilities better than Jeff Nichols, and this film is a nice companion to Take Shelter as a showcase for the actor's unique brand of emotionality.

In his first four films (Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter, Mud, Midnight Special), writer / director Jeff Nichols created a series of strong, brave characters, most notable for their quiet restraint as they deal with momentous events in their lives.

Author Bio Andy Swain is the Managing Director of SAS Shelters, who are a family run business with over 50 years of experience in the design, manufacture and installation of school building products such as school canopies, sail shades and shelters.

She is a member of multiple Boards of Directors, including Child Advocates of Fort Bend (where she also serves as chairperson of the Ambassador Council) and Parks Youth Ranch (a shelter for homeless and at - risk youth).

Its education department, led by director of education Sue Tasa, regularly gives presentations to the many animal shelters and rescue groups that Pet Food Express works with, educating them on a variety of topics, such as proper pet nutrition and animal care and control.

An individual rescuer shall be named as such on a roster of recognized rescuers furnished by a local welfare organization to the City (the Director of Finance) and recognized by the Animal Shelter.

Phil Peckinpaugh, director of Muncie Animal Shelter, came up with the idea as he was equally in love with the game.

«As we took crisis calls and spoke with survivors we noticed that fear for the lives of pets was a common barrier that prevented families from seeking safety at our shelter,» said Carissa Bratschun, director of communication and marketing for DVIS.

So, whether you are a shelter director, city official, organizational board member, rescuer, advocate or volunteer, as they say: «Watch this space.»

Currently I am on the Board of Directors of the shelter where I began my journey in this vocation and I donate my time as their veterinary advisor.

We know of one shelter who has a director that makes her living as a writer.

Animal activists as well as former employees and volunteers, former staff veterinarians, and even other shelter directors have alleged all sorts of issues.

In late 2013, the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Board of Directors approved an ordinance that requires all dogs and cats over the age of four months to be implanted with a microchip, although exemptions are allowed, such as for medical reasons.

Jeff Randazzo currently serves as the chief animal control officer and director of Macomb County Animal Control, where he has overseen an increase in the shelter's save rate from 34 percent to 71 percent since he took charge in 2012.

«We hope this operation provides much - needed breathing room for the animal shelters as they work toward sustainable solutions to the massive pet overpopulation on the island,» said Kim Alboum, Director of Sheltering Outreach and Policy Engagement for The HSUS.

For humane societies, animal shelters, and rescue groups today, Stubby's legacy remains powerful — beautifully underscoring, as Sgt. Stubby producer - director Richard Lanni suggests, «what animals can do when given a chance in life, regardless of their origins.»

Reva Laituri has been a volunteer at Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter (UPAWS) for 25 years, and has served on the Board of Directors for 17 years, the last five as president.

And while there is certainly room for a good, old - fashioned pitchforks - and - torches march on a regressive shelter, the long - term sustainable results that Peter regards as defining the success of any model rely on a community - based infrastructure that is independent of the longevity of any particular shelter director, rescue organization or charismatic leader.

Thank you from the Community Cats TNR Board of Directors — As the Community Cats TNR program begins its sixth year, we wish to thank all who have made donations, helped with and contributed to fundraisers, dropped loose change and bills in to canisters and the participating businesses that welcomed the canisters, to Shop N Save and all who have dropped off canned and dry cat food in the container, and individuals who have donated building materials and built winter cat shelters.

Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program alum Dr. Katherine Polak serves as international director of animal welfare for the Soi Dog Foundation, Thailand's largest animal welfare charity.

Deputy County Manager Clarence Grier will serve as interim director of the Guilford County shelter, which will remain closed the rest of the week.