Gina is the founder of a new rescue group in Brooklyn, New York: Strays of Brooklyn.

After all, NYC homeless cats need all the help they can get!

This is her story.

Strays of Brooklyn can be found on Instagram at:

https://www.instagram.com/strays_of_brooklyn_/

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Ross Hewitt is an actor, playwright, director, producer, and retired physician who received many awards for his work with the HIV and AIDS communities. He is an associate member of the American Dramatists Guild and a past member of the Village Playwrights. His produced full-length plays are When October Goes (Ujima, 1996), Rainbows & Ribbons (Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, 2017), and Echoes in the Garden (American Bard, 2021). Ross directed the world premiere of Shawn Nacol's The Trophy Wife (Buffalo Ensemble Theatre), An Evening of Sonnets (American Bard), Booties (Fresh Fruit Festival), and A Supportive Wife (Manhattan Repertory Theatre). His first foray into film is as the screenwriter and producer of the award-winning children’s animated short film, Kris the Cat.

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Stacey LeBaron is the host of The Community Cats Podcast. Their mission is to provide education, information, and dialogue that will create a supportive environment empowering people to help cats in their community.

Stacy LeBaron has been involved in animal welfare for almost 30 years. She currently hosts a weekly podcast called the Community Cats Podcast where she interviews nationally and internationally renowned experts helping with the problem of cat overpopulation and cat welfare. She has recorded over 500 episodes. In addition to the podcast, Stacy is committed to the model of virtual education by holding three weekend conferences, the Online Cat Conference, The United Spay Alliance Conference, and the Online Kitten Conference. She hosts day-long sessions covering specific topics around Feline Leukemia and Behavior, and she partnered with Neighborhood Cats to hold monthly virtual trapper training and certification workshops to better introduce individuals to best practices for trapping community cats. In 2023 she also introduced a surrender prevention certification workshop series with Dr. Rachel Geller. The Community Cats Podcast also has a Community Cats Grants Program helping small grassroots learn fundraising skills to raise desperately needed funds for spay/neuter surgeries and match the money raised from the Community Cats Grants program. This program has assisted over 200 groups.

Her mission is to encourage folks to “Turn their passion for cats into action”.

Previous to starting the podcast, Stacy served for 16 years as president of the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society (MRFRS). An expert in her field, she is President of the Board for PAWSitive Pantry in Vermont and Massachusetts, Treasurer at the Vermont Humane Federation, Treasurer for the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society, and Treasurer and strategic director at the United Spay Alliance. She is a past board member of the Massachusetts Animal Coalition and the New England Federation of Humane Societies. She serves as the current administrative trustee for the LeBaron Foundation.

In addition to the above Stacy is also available for individual and group consulting to encourage others to think strategically about how they are reducing cat overpopulation in their communities by utilizing the Community Cat Pyramid and Community Cat Calculator needs assessment.

Stacy graduated from Vassar College with a degree in Urban Studies. She now lives in Vermont with her husband.