Nancy Perry ‘95

Ms. Perry joined the America Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) in 2011 as Senior Vice President of Government Relations to open their Capitol Hill office and to expand the ASPCA’s policy work. While at the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), she served as Vice President of Government Affairs and oversaw HSUS’s state and federal legislative efforts, including ballot measure campaigns and nationwide grassroots activities. During her 16-year tenure at the HSUS, Nancy led successful efforts to secure federal legislation preventing the distribution of notorious animal crush videos, prohibiting the practice of shark finning, requiring truthful labeling of fur garments, banning the import of puppies from foreign puppy mills, prohibiting the interstate commerce of birds for fighting, requiring disaster planning for pets, banning tigers and other big cats as pets, securing greater protections for pet food safety, and defunding government-supported horse slaughter. She has testified before U.S. House and Senate committees and worked directly with legislators on pending federal legislation on puppy mills, horse welfare, animal fighting, and other high priority issues. Nancy has also been a key architect and leader on more than 20 successful state ballot measures to protect animals since 1995.

Accomplishments at Lewis & Clark Law School include:

• Founded the first-ever Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
• Created the annual Animal Law Conference
• Co-founded the first law journal dedicated to animal issues, Animal Law Review