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9 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Amanda Schwoerke <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Amanda Schwoerke <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 206 Old Larkspur Way <br /> Chapel HIII NC 27516 <br /> Phone (Day): 2038155481 <br /> Phone (Evening): 2038155481 <br /> Phone (Cell): 2038155481 <br /> Email: amanda.schwoerke @gmail.com <br /> Place of Employment: Duke University School of Law <br /> Job Title: Lecturing Fellow <br /> Year of OC Residence: 2011 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: C.H. Twnshp; C.H.Cty.Lmts. <br /> Sex: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: Hispanic <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> Member, American Bar Association; DC Bar Association <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> N/A <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Animal Services Advisory Board <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> I have years of experience in animal welfare advocacy. While a student at Yale Law School, I <br /> interned in the Animal Protection Litigation section of the Humane Society of the U.S. and at <br /> Meyer Glitzenstein & Eubanks, a law firm specializing in animal and environmental law. Until <br /> earlier this summer, I was the Associate Director of Animal Law at the PETA Foundation, where <br /> I worked for 6 years. I am currently a lecturing fellow at Duke Law School, teaching Professional <br /> Responsibility and Animal Law. I am very knowledgable about animal-related ordinances, <br /> dangerous-dog laws, and the like. <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br /> I am passionate about animals and about Orange County, where I have lived with my husband <br /> and two small children for the past 5 years. I would love to use my experience and education in <br /> animal law and advocacy to serve my community. <br /> Conflict of Interest: <br /> Supplemental Questions: <br /> Boards/Commissions appointments: <br />