Rachel Smith
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Rachel holds a MSc in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law from the University of Winchester, during which she undertook her dissertation project on Freedom of Information Legislation and Animal Research.
Rachel has been committed to various animal welfare causes since a young age. During her career has worked for NGOs in the animal welfare and conservation fields, in Europe, Asia and Australia, as well as employment in the community sector for local, state and federal Government.
Carol Cook
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORTER ENGAGEMENT OFFICER
Carol is a qualified lawyer (UK) and certified veterinary nurse (Australia). As a veterinary nurse she worked in general practice, emergency and specialty surgery. She holds a MSc in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law from the University of Winchester, where she also received the Vice Chancellor’s Community Engagement Award, for leading the university to achieve gold accreditation in the national Hedgehog Friendly Campus campaign.
Carol has over two decades of volunteer experience for various animal welfare charities, combining her legal and veterinary nursing skills to fulfill a variety of roles, including fostering and rehabilitating sick, injured and orphaned animals, fundraising, community outreach work and administration. She currently volunteers for Mange Management Inc helping to treat mange in wombats. Carol is also an enthusiastic, if somewhat amateur ‘rewilder’, striving to do her bit to help protect and restore indigenous flora in her local area, by removing invasive weeds and gardening for wildlife.
