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Ed Sayres

Edwin J. Sayres was recently named president of the ASPCA, having previously been president of the San Francisco SPCA since November 1998. He came to the SF/SPCA with more than 27 years of experience in the animal welfare field. As the director of PETsMART Charities, Inc. in Phoenix, he administered the Grants Program, distributing more than $3 million to local humane societies. He also managed the In-Store Adoption Program in collaboration with local humane societies, resulting in the placement of more than 150,000 animals annually and partnerships with more than 1,000 humane societies to reduce needless euthanasia.

From 1995 to 1997, he served as director of the Animal Protection Division at the American Humane Association, where he took the lead in recognizing the value, status and importance of feral cats, and also in promoting the inclusion of the "no-kill" movement in the national debate on animal sheltering practices.

Prior to 1995, he worked for 20 years at St. Hubert's Giralda, a statewide animal protection agency in Madison, New Jersey. He served as president of St. Hubert's for 14 years and created the largest humane-society-based dog-training center in the country. He organized and became the first president of the Animal Welfare Federation of New Jersey, an alliance of 115 agencies that came together under his leadership to speak with one voice on animal welfare issues. He also served as a consultant to the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

Sayres has a master's degree in psychology.