The Community Cats Podcast

Anne Lindsay, the founder & president of the Massachusetts Animal Coalition (MAC), has been an animal advocate for over 30 years. Founded in 2000, MAC was one of the country’s first state-wide coalitions for animal welfare professionals and volunteers. In her role at MAC, Anne works with other groups, states, and communities on setting up coalitions, and she also works with organizations on board development. In 2010, Anne earned her master’s degree in counseling psychology, and she uses that training to help people and organizations work on compassion fatigue issues. While MAC was initially started in order to approach Maddie’s Fund for grant money (which they never did!), Anne and others involved in the group early on quickly realized how valuable the coalition could be in and of itself. The group realized that many of the animal welfare groups in Massachusetts weren’t getting along well at the time, and that in order to do the best possible work for animals, groups needed to work on getting along bette