Chris Fitzgerald

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About Chris Fitzgerald

In my role as Director of Animal Services for the Town of Greece, I guide and oversee field services and animal shelter operations including establishing policies and procedures, implementing best practices, and driving continuous improvement to support the community of people and animals.With AnimalsFirst, I helped animal shelters and rescue organizations solve their data challenges. Together, we co-authored solutions to save them time so they can focus on providing care, reuniting lost pets, rehoming, keeping families together, and supporting healthy and vibrant communities. With nearly 24 years' experience guiding and overseeing operations at Rochester Animal Services, I am intimately familiar with the challenges faced by shelters and their rescue partners and I have a deep appreciation for the value of data. Whether evaluating program effectiveness, measuring impact, setting priorities, determining resource allocation, advocating for funding, or telling stories, having accurate and reliable data is critical. I am committed to helping my friends and colleagues increase their impacts in serving their important missions of supporting people and pets.Specialties: Leadership, improving efficiency, critical thinking, program development, communications