Education
Doctor Ganzert received her Bachelor of Surgery and Master of Business Administration from Wake Forest University, and her Doctor of Philosophy from University of North Carolina-Greensboro.
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Robin Ganzert
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Career
Ganzert is the author of the book "Animal Stars: Behind the Scenes with Your Favorite Animal Actors" (2014)
Ganzert also serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, and on the advisory board for the Mary J. Blige and Steve Stoute Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now. Prior to working at the American Humane Association, she served as deputy director of philanthropic services at the Pew Charitable Trusts, and she also was a national director of philanthropic strategies with Wachovia. As Chief Executive Officer of the American Humane Association, Robin Ganzert works to increase global awareness about the organization, improve its efficiency, and boost the effectiveness of its programs.
She also conducts numerous interviews and makes frequent public appearances on behalf of the organization.
During Ganzert"s tenure as Chief Executive Officer, the organization quadrupled the number of children and animals under its protection. Robin Ganzert is the author of the book "Animal Stars: Behind the Scenes with Your Favorite Animal Actors" (2014), which discusses the animals and trainers featured in popular movies and television shows.
Robin Ganzert is a proponent of the "five freedoms" test to determine the state of an animal"s welfare. The five freedoms stipulate that animals should be free from pain, free from fear, free from discomfort, free from hunger, and free to express natural behaviors.
Ganzert has stated that the intent of the American Humane Association is "to have food supply animals treated as humanely as possible, at the same time our goal is to work with agriculture, educate them as to the best standards of humane animal welfare -- and not put them out of business."
Doctor Ganzert advocates for the federal reimbursement of military veterans who use service dogs to treat symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Robin Ganzert has published op-eds on the importance of fatherhood, noting that "65 percent of children in the child welfare system did not have a birth father" with them when they entered foster care.
