Dr. Robin Ganzert serves as president and CEO of American Humane, the country's first national humane organization and the First to Serve the cause of animals, whenever and wherever they are in need of rescue, shelter or protection. Since her appointment in 2010, Dr. Ganzert has spearheaded unprecedented growth and transformational change at the historic nonprofit. American Humane is now the largest certifier of animal welfare in the world, overseeing the care of some one billion animals every year. Dr. Ganzert is the presenting host and executive producer of the long-running American Humane Hero Dog Awards(TM) national television special. She is also executive producer of the award-winning documentary feature film Escape from Extinction, narrated by Dame Helen Mirren, and author of Mission Metamorphosis (2020) and Animal Stars (2012). Regularly featured in the nation's leading news and media outlets as an authoritative voice on animal welfare, Dr. Ganzert has appeared on the TODAY Show, World News Tonight, CNN, Fox Business News, and Fox & Friends, among many other media appearances. Her perspective has been featured in leading newspapers, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe.
