Allie Phillips, Esq., is the Director of Public Policy at the American Humane Association. She specializes in advocacy and lobbying on child and animal welfare legislation, particularly pound seizure advocacy on federal and state legislation and conducts trainings on advocacy techniques, animal cruelty prosecutions, and The Link. She has conducted over 100 trainings primarily educating prosecutors, judges, law enforcement, child protection, animal welfare, domestic violence, and medical/psychological professionals on best practices in child and animal protection. She is the Vice President of No Paws Left Behind, a nonprofit organization formed in May 2008 to help pets caught in the foreclosure crisis and to award grants to pet owners to help them keep their pet while finding new housing and employment.