Judy Calhoun is CEO of Larimer Humane Society, a 50-year-old, private nonprofit animal welfare organization serving the people and animals of Larimer County. With over 35 years’ experience in nonprofit administration, Judy’s background includes serving as the Vice President for Development and Community Relations at Dumb Friends League in Denver, the Director of Development for the Peninsula Humane Society in California, Associate Executive Director for the Colorado Veterinary Medical Foundation, and experience with several colleges and universities. Her educational background includes both a BA and MA in Sociology and she is a Certified Animal Welfare Administrator (CAWA) and Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE).

Judy is currently President of the Colorado Federation of Animal Welfare Agencies Board of Directors, a member of the Coloradoans Protecting Animal Welfare board. She is a past Chair and past board member of The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement. She was active in forming the Northern Colorado Regional Animal Welfare Coalition to bring together animal related groups in the Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming area. She was part of a small group of animal welfare CEO’s in Colorado who developed the Socially Conscious Animal Sheltering concept.

She was named a Women of Vision in 2015 by the Colorado Women of Influence, Women of Distinction in 2019 by BizWest and Larimer Humane Society won the BBB Torch Award for Ethics in 2018. 

She and her spouse, Cheryl, are avid triathletes and share their home with two cats, Smokey and Tiger. Judy shares her office with a guinea pig, Kona.