Emily Purvis
Emily is a Pacific Northwest native but has traveled and worked across the US. She is currently the Director of Veterinary Services for Auburn Valley Humane Society, a private non-profit shelter with animal control contracts and low-cost public spay & neuter clinic. Emily obtained her veterinary degree from Washington State University and followed with a small animal rotating internship at the University of Tennessee. From there, Emily navigated small animal private practice for about five years as both a small animal practitioner and relief veterinarian. Feeling absolutely disenchanted with her work, Emily volunteered for the newly formed Auburn Valley Humane Society board of directors. Shortly after they opened in 2013, she realized a true passion for animal welfare and shelter medicine, stepped down from the board and took a full-time staff position. In 2020, Emily earned her MBA from the University of Washington in an effort to narrow the communication divide between medical and executive functions at the shelter level. She’s passionate about doing more with less through strategic operational strategies and team building for a productive and vested organizational culture.
