Our Mission
Animal Adoption Center will provide temporary shelter and medical care for rescued cats and dogs for the purpose of finding them suitable and permanent new homes. AAC will educate the community regarding the importance of spay/neuter programs, and promote thoughtful and healthy relationships between pet owners and their animals, in part by providing our adopted cats and dogs with lifetime support.
Adam Lamb
Executive Director
Adam Lamb focuses his career on marrying open-access sheltering with no-kill standards. Lamb first came to Pennsylvania from Tampa, Florida where he worked at the SPCA Florida, Humane Society of Tampa Bay, and Hillsborough Animal Services.
In 2014, Lamb was named executive director of the then-Chester County SPCA. His work led to the rebranding of the struggling County Shelter with a live release rate of 65%, as the Brandywine Valley SPCA and to the BVSPCA becoming the Commonwealth’s first open-admission no-kill shelter. His leadership as CEO of the BVSPCA has brought expansion and growth to the now largest animal welfare organization in Pennsylvania, operating and serving in Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties. He has also led BVSPCA’s expansion into Delaware where, in 2018, the BVSPCA helped lead Delaware to become the first no-kill state in the nation.
Just this year, Lamb has led BVSPCA’s life-saving growth and no-kill expansion into Central PA with an affiliation agreement with the Humane Society of Harrisburg Area (HSHA). In less than a year, with his leadership, HSHA has improved operations, embraced new adoption practices, and increased life saving programs, leading to achieving no-kill save rates above 90%.
Board of Trustees
The board of trustees is a volunteer body responsible for stewardship of the shelter’s mission and finances. Officers are elected and serve one-year terms. The board hires the Executive Director, who is responsible for all shelter operations. Need to contact our board?
Email us at
aac@bvspca.org.
Board Members
President
Kathryn Lambert, PhD - American Military University, Professor
Vice President
Barb Moront, MD - Physician
Treasurer
Michelle Casario, PhD - Villanova University, Professor
Secretary
Bruce Compton - Pew Charitable Trust, Director of Research (retired)
Crystal Crawford
AstraZeneca
Bud Haly
Owner, Great Valley Propane
Michael Noone
Partner, Noone Borger, LLC
Dave Magrogan
CEO, Magrogran Group
George Groves
Retired Banking Executive
Chairman Emeritus
Sid Kreitzberg
Happy Tails
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"Izzy has done amazing getting comfortable and coming out of her shell. She truly is the best. Just want to thank you. I also had a friend just put in an application for Thumper. I keep spreading the word I’m hoping to help find each one a home. Thank you again for helping us fill our hearts with love and Izzy"
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"Just wanted to give an update on Sal FKA Charley. He’s the sweetest boy and is loving his new home. He now goes by “Pootie”."
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"She has SUCH a personality. My son (who picked her out) is her best buddy. They are constantly cuddling. She sleeps with me and has to be against my hip. She is such a sweetheart and we just absolutely love her and are so glad we adopted her!"
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"After the loss of our senior cats, our family was ready to open our home and hearts to another cat. We highly recommend Animal Adoption Center. Everyone there was so kind and communicative about the cats we were interested in and the adoption process. We got to spend as much time as we needed visiting with our kitties before adopting and ended up adopting four times. AAC has helped us to match up with the purrfect cats for our family, even helping us find cats that would work well with each other and has kept in touch with us afterwards to make sure things were going well, which feels so good. I even recommended AAC to my sister and her family found the perfect cat companion for their kitten."
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