Colorado Animal Welfare Conference Session
Leveraging Data to Drive Systemwide Animal Welfare Outcomes
1:15-2:30pm August 19, 2026
City Lights 2 and 3
Shelter Operations
This second session in the systems approach series explores how data can ground decision-making, reduce guesswork, and strengthen community wide outcomes in animal welfare. We will examine which data points matter most, how to interpret them in context, and how to use trends to identify gaps, emerging needs, and leverage points. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for applying data to guide resource allocation, design programs, measure impact, and improve collaboration across partners.
Erina Van Dusen
Erina Van Dusen is the Director of Shelter Operations—Pueblo at the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region. Erina Van Dusen started in Colorado animal welfare as a volunteer in 1997. Since then she has worked in a variety of operational roles, as well as animal welfare software consulting and support for animal welfare organizations across the country. She now resides in Pueblo working at the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region’s Pueblo Campus with her husband, Bull Terrier named Seamus, and 25 pound cat named Hamburger.