Clare Callison

Clare Callison brings 15 years of animal welfare experience to Austin Pets Alive. In 2018, she joined APA in a national-facing role where she provides guidance and support to help organizations build robust lifesaving programs and improve operations to better serve people and pets. Clare specializes in helping organizations grow their transport relationships and increase their lifesaving through rescue partnerships and inclusive adoption and foster practices. Before joining Austin Pets Alive!, she was the Director of Operations for San Antonio Pets Alive for 5 years where she helped the city go from a 28% to 90% live release rate in 3 years. Clare is a frequent conference speaker, and enjoys supporting others to implement lifesaving solutions to common challenges that exist in the animal well-being space.