Dr. Amy Shroff is a veterinarian, founder of Let's Save the Strays International, and a passionate advocate for the humane management of stray animal populations. She specializes in the TNVR approach, helping marginalized animals in countries such as Thailand, Ukraine, and beyond. Dr. Shroff has worked internationally to improve stray animal welfare, reducing human-animal conflict while promoting sustainable solutions for overpopulation.

Dr. Carol Gigliotti is an author, artist, animal activist, and scholar whose work focuses on the reality of animals’ lives as important contributors to the biodiversity of this planet. She is Professor Emerita of Design and Dynamic Media and Critical and Cultural Studies at the Emily Carr University of Design, Vancouver, BC. CANADA

Professor Clive D. L. Wynne, Ph.D.

Clive Wynne hails from the UK and has lived and worked in Germany and Australia in addition to the United States where he is now based. Before he found a way to combine his childhood fascination with dogs with his day job as a psychology professor, he studied the behavior of animals ranging from pigeons to dunnarts (a mouse-sized marsupial) in the UK, the US, Germany and Australia. Wynne has travelled the world examining the diverse lives dogs lead.  Wynne melds his wide personal experience with dogs and wolves with a deep professional involvement in the science of canids. His primary area of research is the behavior and cognition of dogs in interaction with humans, but he has also published on canine genetics and collaborates with archaeologists and anthropologists in understanding the origin of dogs. 

Sara graduated from UCL with a BSc in Anthropology before completing an MSc in Clinical Animal Behaviour at the University of Lincoln. In 2020 she has completed a PhD at the University of Liverpool entitled "Dog Bites: Perception and Prevention". Afterward, Sara split her time between completing an AWF-funded post-doctoral study exploring the impact of COVID-19 on veterinary healthcare seeking and working as a Research Officer at Dogs Trust. She currently works full time on Dogs Trust’s Generation Pup cohort study (you can find out more about it here: https://generationpup.ac.uk/)

Suzanne Clothier has worked with animals professionally since 1977, with a background includes obedience, agility, puppy testing, breeding, Search and Rescue, conformation, instructing, kennel management and AAT.
Her Relationship Centered Training™ approach blends science and heart to create humane, effective and practical solutions for dogs and the people who work with them, whether professional working dogs or couch warming companions. Her suite of assessment tools provide a powerful framework for trainers and organizations:

RAT™ (Relationship Assessment Tool) – handler/dog dynamics, rapid assessment plus ability to track and compare
CARAT™ (Clothier Animal Response Assessment Tool) – temperament assessment on 6 categories, 21 dimensions
FAT™ (Functional Assessment Tool, release in 2022) – global of functionality/welfare assessment across physiological, social and cognitive dimensions