As executive director of Panhandle Animal Shelter and the Home To Home™ network, Mandy Evans sees a world where people are inherently good and where animal welfare advocates work upstream to help people care for their animals. She believes in giving humans the benefit of the doubt, removing the “shame barrier”, and shifting organizations away from transactional approaches to ones committed to supporting both sides of the human-animal bond. Thanks to this philosophy, Mandy and her team have increased the number of animals assisted by over 500%, reduced length of stay in the shelter by 77 percent, and reduced owner surrenders by 33 percent. She hosts the podcast People are Animals Too, Darn It; consults with shelters throughout the nation; and is a speaker sharing the importance of a no-shame culture and how it can translate into all areas of our lives.