As chief executive officer of the San Francisco SPCA, Dr. Jennifer Scarlett is responsible for a number of visionary programs, including a coalition that transformed partner shelters in California’s Central Valley, veterinary outreach to under-resourced neighborhoods, and Shelter PALS, the first no-cost legal service designed to resolve structural, policy-based barriers to improved welfare and outcomes for shelter animals. Dr. Scarlett has 20 years of experience in both non-profit and for-profit veterinary medicine. She received her DVM degree from Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine and completed her residency in large animal medicine at the University of Tennessee. In 2011, she was awarded the Meritorious Achievement Award for contributions to the veterinary field by the Association of Shelter Veterinarians.