
Managing Director
Cynthia Bathurst
Cynthia Bathurst is CEO and co-founder of Safe Humane, a non-profit whose mission is to create safe, humane communities by inspiring positive relationships between people and animals. She has developed and oversees programs that provide opportunities for people and dogs impacted by trauma to help one another, focusing on learning, advocacy and second chances for both. Her professional career includes college teaching, mathematical analysis, and animal and community welfare. She has served on public safety, community policing and animal welfare boards and task forces. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics & Computer Science from the University of Alabama and a Doctorate in English and Rhetoric from the University of Iowa. Currently, she also serves as managing director of the National Canine Research Council and secretary of Animal Farm Foundation.