AnnaPayton is the Administrator of Will County Animal Protection Services and anadjunct professor at Aurora University in the Human Animal Studies department. Anna has been in the animal welfare field for over 20 years and served onmultiple animal welfare committees, coalitions, and boards, including theBoard of Directors for the Association of Professional Humane Educators (APHE),the former president of the Illinois Animal Welfare Federation (IAWF), and iscurrently on the Board of Directors for The Association for Animal WelfareAdvancement.