Angela Hopson
Summary
Visionary Executive Director experienced in developing strategic programs, staff, supports, and partnering relationships to promote increased access to health services for humans and animals. Offering a decade of experience in human and animal welfare, developing staff, securing funding, and managing budgets over a variety of complex issues communities face. Successfully brings awareness to the complex intersectionality of human crisis, human-animal health, and responsiveness. Engaging public speaker and author.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Executive Director
SOAR Initiative
Indianapolis, Indiana
09.2014 - Current
- Lead strategic initiatives that promote access to health and supportive services for people, pets, and organizations that serve them.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to streamline pathways of intake and outcomes of humans/animals for partnering service orgs, individuals, volunteers and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with many first response, emergency, and treating entities to align programs with community needs and priorities.
- Formed nation’s first and only human-animal social services agency, including triaging, sheltering, and community services onsite.
- Fundraising, and grant-writing that has supported over $1,000,000 worth of veterinary services for those who cannot afford it.
- Launched programs that now serve roughly 3000 pets/people annually with supportive services revolving around access to human/animal care, hospitalization, threats to housing, sheltering, behavior, experienced violence, military service, and other crisis.
- Generate and distribute data/knowledge/education useful to strengthening best practices and learning more about barriers to access and health.
- Develop teams that are responsive to outreach, adminstrative, and human/animal medical care, and animal behavior modification and sheltering.
- Marketing and Social Media; current social media pages have an average reach of 1 million viewers a month.
- Development of partnerships across hospitals, law enforcement, human-animal shelters, support services, and the community at large to serve residents and organizations.
Certified Legal Intern/Paralegal
Various
Indianapolis, Indiana
03.2011 - 03.2017
- Conducted legal research to support case preparations and documentation.
- Drafted legal documents including motions, briefs, and contracts for review.
- Assisted attorneys in trial preparation by organizing exhibits and evidence.
- Assisted attorneys in criminal defense trials, and hearings
- Reviewed PCR motions, and prepared response for Attorney General’s Civil Litigation Division.
Administrative Assistant
Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana
- Worked for the Nina Mason Pulliam Scholars Program
- Coordinated meetings and events for students and stakeholders
- Managed incoming communications, directing inquiries to appropriate staff members.
- Maintained organized filing systems for documents and records management.
- Screened students for potential mentorship positions for students in the program.
- Prepped applications for the scholarship annually to present to the Board.
- Worked with non-traditional students from foster care, or, with disabilities, or, with dependents and below poverty threshold to achieve their undergraduate degrees.
Education
J.D. - Law
Indiana University, Bloomington
Bloomington, IN 08.2009 - 03.2012
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management
Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, INSkills
- Policy writing
- Grant management
- Data analysis
- Program development
- Fundraising/marketing
- Human-Animal Health & Handling
- Strategic planning/implementation
- Consulting and education
Timeline
Executive Director
SOAR Initiative
09.2014 - Current
Certified Legal Intern/Paralegal
Various
03.2011 - 03.2017
J.D. - Law
Indiana University, Bloomington
08.2009 - 03.2012
Administrative Assistant
Indiana University
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management
Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis