Audrey Shoemaker
Shelter Director, Fulton County Animal Services
Audrey is a twenty year veteran of the Atlanta Rescue community. She joined LifeLine’s Fulton County Animal Services (FCAS) team in 2013 as the Volunteer and Foster Coordinator. From there she progressed into a number of shelter roles including rescue coordinator, placement manager, client services director,. Now, she serves as the Shelter Director. Her focus, throughout all of these roles, has always been on developing and improving strategic lifesaving programs.
Audrey has dedicated her career to developing relationships with teams, the community, and partners to meet the individual needs of the animals in the shelter and the community. As a result, she has built teams, programs and infrastructure to create pathways to positive outcomes for healthy and treatable animals.
Audrey pioneered a new Customer Service department that embraced a community centric model and case management approach to better serve the people and pets in Atlanta. A dedicated animal lover, Audrey says that the best part of her job is working with inquisitive, courageous and compassionate co-workers, rescue partners, volunteers, donors and pet owners. She believes that some of the best work our industry can do is to focus on both ends of the leash.
Audrey shares her southwest Atlanta home with her two dogs, who are FCAS alums, Trent and Linus.
- Rebecca Guinn, Founder & CEO
- Jennifer Eddy, Chief Development Officer
- Heather Friedman, Chief Marketing Officer
- Andrea Peterson, Chief Operating Officer
- Teri Hovsepian, Chief Financial Officer
- Audrey Shoemaker, Shelter Director, Fulton County Animal Services
- Tracy Thompson, Shelter Director, LifeLine Community Animal Center
- Annie Alder, Shelter Director, DeKalb County Animal Services
- Dr. Susan Brosman, Director of Medical Services, LifeLine
- Rob Kimrey, Clinic Director, LifeLine
- Auriana Brown, Director of Operations, DeKalb County Animal Services
- Belinda Bell, Director of Operations, Fulton County Animal Services
- Jabari Gadsden, Director of Animal Care, DeKalb County Animal Services
- Gin Taylor, Community Cats Program Director
- Meera Solomon, Director of Volunteer Services, LifeLine
- Evelyn Albertson, Director of Technical Services, LifeLine