DON JENNINGS

Senior Strategist, Learning Advancement​
Best Friends Animal Society

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Principal, Don Jennings Consulting

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Don joined Best Friends in April 2019. Prior to that, he spent 13 years as a Montessori educator, a decade with the YMCA, and the last eight years in animal welfare focusing on leadership education and organization recovery. Don is adept at creating consensus environments that help communities realize their best potential.
 
Don is a cheerful problem-solver with a passion for details, data, and observation, all in service of “making things work.” His versatile skill set provides support for Best Friends’ education and shelter support programs, which involve leadership training for animal welfare professionals, and remote support for Best Friends partner organizations. 

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Don lives in Kanab, UT with his wife Sue and two energetic rescue mutts named Coco and Pepper.