Jessica Ford
Risk Management Program Specialist
AnimalKeepers/McNeil
Experienced Risk Management Program Specialist with McNeil & Co. Working with the insurance company for 9 years to reduce loss exposure.
Responsible for the Risk Management of the AnimalKeepers Program and working directly with the insureds. Also a dedicated member of the animal welfare industry and actively involved in educational opportunities within the industry to help meet the needs of clients.
During my down time I enjoy the outdoors and spending time with my family and my fur babies (all 7 of them). Also an active community member with being a volunteer firefighter and EMT.
Sessions in which Jessica Ford attends
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST/EXHIBITOR - Grand Ball Room
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | 1 hour
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- WELCOME Crowne Plaza Warwick - Grand Ball Room
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Back to Basics: Intake Procedures Crowne Plaza Warwick - Grand Ball Room
- 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- BREAK - Grand Ball Room
- 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 30 minutes
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Back to Basics: Dog Behavior, Body Language & Fear-Free Handling Crowne Plaza Warwick - Grand Ball Room
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- This session will cover basic dog body language and fear-free handling and is intended fo...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- VENDOR & EXHIBITOR LUNCH - Grand Ball Room
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Back to Basics: Connecting with Cats–Why Paying Attention to Cats Matters Crowne Plaza Warwick - Grand Ball Room
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Why do so many animal health care professionals dread working with cats? Is the way...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- VENDOR & EXHIBITOR BREAK - Grand Ball Room
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 30 minutes
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Back to Basics - People, Paws and Purpose: Transformative strategies for elevating community engagement through client services and hospitality Crowne Plaza Warwick - Grand Ball Room
- 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour
- Providing excellent client services is essential to building trust and positive partnersh...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- NETWORKING EVENT - The NE Fed Fest Crowne Plaza Warwick - Grand Ball Room
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Wind down from the day and enjoy some tasty snacks and beverages while getting to know fellow attendees and partaking in some or all of the many ac...
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TrueSense MarketingSponsor
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST/EXHIBITOR - Grand Ball Room
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | 1 hour
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- WELCOME Crowne Plaza Warwick - Grand Ball Room
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- General Session - Unleashing Belonging & Dignity to Increase Animal Lifesaving Crowne Plaza Warwick - Grand Ball Room
- 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour
- Workplace culture and environment are...
- Keynote
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- VENDOR & EXHIBITOR BREAK - Grand Ball Room
- 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 30 minutes
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- ModSquad Assemble: Building a Volunteer Program for Difficult Dogs Crowne Plaza Warwick - Track B - Patriots
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Do you struggle with volunteers who interact inappropriately with dogs? Are staff and vol...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- VENDOR & EXHIBITOR LUNCH - Grand Ball Room
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Shelter dog behavior: what are they doing when nobody’s looking? Crowne Plaza Warwick - Track B - Patriots
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Have you ever been curious about what dogs do in the shelter when we’re not watching? How...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- VENDOR & EXHIBITOR BREAK Crowne Plaza Warwick - Grand Ball Room
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 30 minutes
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Adoption Programming - How Drawing Back on Past Programming Can Help Solve Our Current Dog Crisis Crowne Plaza Warwick - Track C - Bristol
- 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour
- The national dog crisis is impacting every community in our nation, and although it is ov...
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- NETWORKING EVENT - Happy Hour & Shelter Tour Rhode Island SPCA
- 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Enjoy delicious appetizers and drinks while chatting with other...
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Best Friends Animal SocietySponsor
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST/EXHIBITOR - Grand Ball Room
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | 1 hour
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- WELCOME Crowne Plaza Warwick - Grand Ball Room
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- General Session - Meaningful Relationships: Forming or Rebuilding Alliances Crowne Plaza Warwick - Grand Ball Room
- 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour
- Could we be causing roadblocks for one another? During this session, attendees will uncov...
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- VENDOR & EXHIBITOR BREAK - Grand Ball Room
- 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 30 minutes
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- To Evaluate or Not to Evaluate? Reimagining Behavior Evaluations for a Four-Shelter System Crowne Plaza Warwick - Track B - Patriots
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- The merge between MSPCA and NEAS requires a new level of consistency among our four-shelt...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- VENDOR & EXHIBITOR LUNCH - Grand Ball Room
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Engaging shelter staff in volunteer support and retention Crowne Plaza Warwick - Track A - Ocean
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- To run a successful volunteer program, we need to create an environment where volunteers ...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- BREAK - Grand Ball Room
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 30 minutes
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- ROUNDTABLES Crowne Plaza Warwick - Grand Ball Room
- 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour
- Cap off the conference with an opportunity to sit with a small group of peers and a host, to share conference takeaways, take a deeper dive, and as...