Spencer Conover – Bio
Spencer Conover has dedicated his life to innovative, servant leadership at some of the top animal welfare organizations across the country including, the Denver Dumb Friends League, Best Friends Animal Society, the Humane Society of Utah and Pasco County Animal Services. Spencer is passionate about leadership development and being surrounded with other progressive and proactive lifesaving individuals. Spencer has a Master of Interdisciplinary Studies in Contemporary Animal Services Leadership and Leadership Studies. He is a Certified Public Manager and certified green belt in lean six sigma process improvement.
He has had the pleasure to lead various shelter operations teams including animal control, adoption, intake, customer care, foster care, volunteer, education/outreach, transfer/rescue and animal behavior. Spencer is a certified animal control officer, CPR and humane euthanasia certified with training in dangerous/fractious animal handling and Florida SARC certified in emergency animal sheltering. Spencer currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer for the National Animal Care and Control Association. He has a passion for shelter operation, statistics, data driven decision making and life-saving innovative community-based programs.