Leslie Barcus

Leslie Barcus is the Executive Director of Nuzzles & Co., a pet rescue and adoption center in Utah, USA. She was formerly the Executive Director of VegFund, a non-profit supporting vegan activism worldwide, and Farm Sanctuary. Leslie has played a governance and senior management leadership role for a range of nonprofit and private enterprises around the world, having worked with organizations from start-up through transition and growth stages. Her professional exposure spans more than forty countries and includes work in animal rights and welfare, biodiversity conservation, higher learning and adult education, microfinance, behavior change, organizational capacity building, international economic development and corporate banking. Leslie has a master’s degree in international economic development from American University, Washington, DC.