Wayne Pacelle

During his 17 years with the Humane Society of the United States, including seven as president and CEO, Wayne Pacelle has played a leading role in transforming the HSUS, the nation's largest animal protection charity, into a dynamic public force and voice for all animals. Taking a special interest in law reform, he has been the leading strategist for more than a score of successful ballot initiatives that outlawed cockfighting, cruel factory farming practices, bear baiting, negligent puppy mill operations, and a host of other inhumane practices. 

Pacelle is the author of the bestselling book The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them. He has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and During his 17 years with the Humane Society of the United States, including seven as president and CEO, Wayne Pacelle has played a leading role in transforming the HSUS, the nations largest animal protection charity, into a dynamic public force and voice for all animals. 

Taking a special interest in law reform, he has been the leading strategist for more than a score of successful ballot initiatives that outlawed cockfighting, cruel factory farming practices, bear baiting, negligent puppy mill operations, and a host of other inhumane practices. Pacelle is the author of the bestselling book The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them. He has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times, and has appeared on almost all of the major network television programs from 60 Minutes to the News Hour with Jim Lehrer. 

In 2008, The Los Angeles Times reported, Pacelle has retooled a venerable organization seen as a mild-mannered protector of dogs and cats into an aggressive interest group... Pacelle was named one of NonProfit Times Executives of the Year in 2005 for his leadership in responding to the Hurricane Katrina crisis. Pacelle received his B.A. in History and Studies in the Environment from Yale University in 1987. "