Kristall Barber

Highly accomplished Director of a Municiple Animal Shelter facility with more than 22 years of experience focused on building strong relationships with employees, the community and citizens involved. Handles difficult situations calmly, compassionately and with professionalism. Strong organizing, planning and people skills. Grant writing and community event organization and planning skills along with financial planning and budget management. Experience with emergency preparedness, planning and shelter operations of high volume facilities. Experience with over 150 community organizations in order to improve on the overall community relationship. Volunteered at many community events to strengthen partnerships among community service providers. Created and facilitated training classes and assisted with instruction. I am looking to expand my professional career into other areas to gain more experience.

• Rewrote ordinances within Athens-Clarke county.
• Created, taught and revised many classes within the animal welfare profession.
• Started many new animal programs that assisted in the live release rate being increased to over 90%.
• Started an onsite adoption program at local pet stores in 2017. This is an ongoing program in multiple states.
• Increased community awareness and involvement.
• Received a Sheriff's commendation in May 2013 and in August 2014
• Received a Bureau commendation in August 2014 and in May 2015
• Runner up for civilian of the year 2013
• Received a Division commendation in January 2009, November 2013 and in January 2019
• Received a Department of Law Enforcement commendation in July 2013 and January 2016
• Effective Supervisory Practices 2012
• Fema courses ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-300, ICS-400, IS-700. IS-775, IS-800 and G-191

I am a married and a mother of four children. My son is 14 years old, my daughter is 10, my younger son is 6 years old and my younger daughter is 2 years old. We are also home to many four legged family members as well. Our family is very community oriented and participate in several events a year volunteering our time or purchasing items for events. We have participated in several community clean up days after natural disasters to ensure that our community comes back together.