Abigail Appleton

CAWA, PMP, Director, No Kill South Carolina, Charleston Animal Society

Abigail Appleton, PMP, CAWA, joined the Charleston Animal Society in 2016 to lead the No Kill South Carolina initiative, promoting lifesaving strategies and humane shelter care to communities across the state. More than 18,000 fewer lives were lost in the first 3 years of the program. Previously Abigail spent 10 years in senior management at the Humane Society of Pinellas in Clearwater, FL as operations director and as a humane law enforcement officer. She was a founding board member of MEOW Now, a nonprofit aimed at bringing TNVR to Pinellas County. Abigail has taught animal shelter standards and emergency animal sheltering to students across the US. She has studied nonprofit business management at the graduate level and is a certified Project Management Professional and Certified Animal Welfare Administrator.