Finnegan Dowling is the Maddie's® Program and Social Media Manager for Mutual Rescue, a national initiative of Humane Society Silicon Valley that encourages people to engage with their local shelters.  A longtime leader in social media, HSSV and Mutual Rescue campaigns have caught the attention of the media and won both Shorty and Communicator Awards and are featured in marketing and animal sheltering seminars around the country. Finn has worked in shelters in Washington State, Colorado, California and Nicaragua. A graduate of The Evergreen State College, her writing has also been published in The Bark, Bay Woof, SFGate and Huffington Post. A key part of her current position involves helping shelters across the country start and market day fostering programs. She is the creator of the Doggy Day Out Toolkit, a free resource of manuals and templates to help even the smallest shelters start programs of their own.