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Inga Fricke
Director

After spending several years as an environmental attorney volunteering with local shelters and wildlife rehabilitation facilities, in 2001 Inga decided to pursue her passion for animal welfare, first with Wyandot County Humane Society and later with Loudoun County Animal Care and Control. In 2010 she joined the Humane Society of the United States, working in various roles to support animal welfare professionals, helping to launch Spayathon™ for Puerto Rico, authoring and contributing to numerous nationally-utilized best practices publications including HSUS’ Euthanasia Reference Manual, Rescue Group Best Practices Guide and Adopters Welcome, and leading national trainings for the animal protection community. After leaving HSUS she joined Humane Pennsylvania as Director of Community Initiatives, then became Executive Director of McKamey Animal Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, providing animal protection services for the cities of Chattanooga, Red Bank and Lakesite. In addition to her work at MAC, Inga is an adjunct professor for Canisius College’s Anthrozoology Department and has served on various boards including Shelter Animals Count. She has certification in technical animal rescue, swift water rescue and large animal rescue and has deployed and assumed leadership responsibilities in dogfighting cases, large scale hoarding cases and natural disaster responses.