In 1993,
the lure of affordable housing tempted him (a mistake) to leave the Bay Area, first as v.p. for Humane Society of the U.S. in Washington, D.C., and then President of Arizona Humane Society where he completed the 20 - acre Campus For Compassion and dramatically increased adoptions and life - saving programs (one example, a 62» long mobile spay / neuter clinic free service for companion animals on the Navajo Nation).