Portraits of 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 nationís 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 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 programsññfrom 60 Minutes to the News Hour with Jim Lehrer. He is the author of the forthcoming book The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals; Our Call to Defend Them, which will be published by William Morrow in April 2011.

In 2008, The Los Angeles Times reported, ìPacelle has retooled a venerable organization seen as a mild-mannered protector of dogs and cats into an aggressive interest group flexing muscle in state legislatures and courtrooms.î Pacelle was named one of NonProfit Timesí ìExecutives of the Yearî 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.