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12 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Heather Payne <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Heather Payne <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 1300 Mason Farm Road <br /> Chapel Hill NC 27514 <br /> Phone (Day): 919-843-9824 <br /> Phone (Evening): 919-933-0229 <br /> Phone (Cell): 919-824-8362 <br /> Email: helsimon @yahoo.com <br /> Place of Employment: UNC School of Law <br /> Job Title: Assistant Director, CLEAR <br /> Year of OC Residence: 2005 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: Chapel Hill Township within C.H. city limits <br /> Sex: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: Caucasian <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> OWASA Board of Directors, Chapel Hill appointee <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> None <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Animal Services Advisory Board <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> As the current guardian of two rescue felines, I have insight into the adoption (and, as one got <br /> away from a cat sitter, recovery) process. As an attorney, I have written on TNR policy, and <br /> continue to monitor legal developments on animal issues. I have 10+ years of experience in <br /> management, both corporate experience from before law school and in my current position. I <br /> am passionate about animals, their welfare, and the policies and statutes that concern them. <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br /> I feel passionately about the needless killing going on in our shelter and those nationwide. While <br /> Orange County continues to make progress, we have not committed to becoming a no-kill <br /> locale - something which I think is within our grasp with the right focus and fundraising. While <br /> the five-year plan on community cats is a good start, the lack of specificity and commitment to <br /> implementing programs which have been successful elsewhere is a shame. A commitment to <br /> go no-kill could be used to galvanize the community to action and to raise the funds necessary. <br /> If Los Angeles, CA, can do it by 2017 (through NKLA), we should be able to achieve the same <br /> goal by 2020. NKOC (No Kill Orange County) can be a reality. <br /> Conflict of Interest: <br /> Supplemental Questions: <br />