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17 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Susan Houser <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Susan Houser <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 922 Edgewater Circle <br /> Chapel Hill NC 27516 <br /> Phone (Day): 919-904-7641 <br /> Phone (Evening): 919-904-7641 <br /> Phone (Cell): 301-728-2750 <br /> Email: shouser111 @hotmail.com <br /> Place of Employment: retired <br /> Job Title: formerly attorney with US Dept. of Justice <br /> Year of OC Residence: 2013 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: C.H. City Limits <br /> Sex: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: Caucasian <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> none <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 /> I have an undergraduate degree in zoology and a Juris Doctor degree. I am currently completing <br /> a book on the history of animal control and sheltering in the United States. I founded and ran a <br /> non-profit organization that rehabilitated and rehomed dogs rescued from puppy mills. When I <br /> lived in Maryland I coordinated with rescues in the northeast to pull animals from shelters in the <br /> mid-Atlantic and southeast and transport them to the rescues. I am currently a blogger on animal <br /> shelter issues for the Huffington Post and a member of BlogPaws. I have blogged on animal <br /> shelter issues since 2011 and have a popular Facebook page for my current blog, Out the Front <br /> Door. I am familiar with social media promotion of animal issues. <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br /> Orange County Animal Services is already a good shelter, and I would like to assist it in taking <br /> the next steps to become a model system and an example for the state. For example, Target <br /> Zero and Humane Network are two respected consulting services that I believe would be <br /> interested in working with the shelter to find a solution for feral cats. I think there is also room to <br /> further improve the shelter s already good social media presence and its community <br /> engagement. <br /> Conflict of Interest: <br /> Supplemental Questions: <br />