Adam Lamb focuses his career on marrying open-access sheltering with no-kill standards. He first came to Pennsylvania from Tampa, Florida, where he worked at the SPCA Florida, Humane Society of Tampa Bay, and Hillsborough Animal Services. In 2014, he was named executive director of the then-Chester County SPCA. His work led to the rebranding of the struggling county shelter with a live release rate of 65% as Brandywine Valley SPCA, which became the Commonwealth’s first open-admission no-kill shelter. His leadership has brought expansion and growth to the now largest animal welfare organization in Pennsylvania, operating and serving in Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties. He has also led BVSPCA’s expansion into Delaware where, in 2018, the BVSPCA helped lead Delaware to become the first no-kill state in the nation, as well as into Central Pennsylvania and South Jersey. Lamb recognizes the role animal welfare organizations play in helping keep owned pets in their homes and cutting down on the number of homeless animals, and launched programs for pet retention, not only to serve BVSPCA adopters but the entire community. Free vaccine clinics, pet food pantries, low-cost spay and neuter surgeries, community cat programs, partnerships with rescue organizations, and humane education programs are just some of the ways Lamb has helped lead the BVSPCA to become a national leader in Animal Welfare and progressive programs. Lamb has served as the president of the Federated Humane Societies of Pennsylvania, and on the Best Friends committee to Save Them All 2025 and the Petco Foundation Leadership Forum. He has also become a nationally recognized leader in Animal Welfare [citation][4][5].