MOAS is Excited to Announce New Director - Erica Rollins-Hendrix

Madison-Oglethorpe Animal Shelter Welcomes New Director Erica Rollins-Hendrix

After a lengthy search, the Madison-Oglethorpe Animal Shelter’s Board of Directors and staff are thrilled to welcome Erica Rollins-Hendrix as our new shelter Director. Visitors to the shelter will already know Erica well as she’s served as our shelter Manager since last summer. Erica has impressed everyone she’s worked with, routinely demonstrating her ability to tackle challenges facing the shelter with professionalism, positivity, and compassion.

Erica grew up on the outskirts of Walton County surrounded by a family of animal lovers and family pets that included dogs, cats, goats, horses, in addition to injured wildlife they helped rehabilitate. She has worked with animals in some capacity or another for the past 23 years and studied animal science prior to getting her degree in physical therapy. She joined MOAS’ team at the beginning of January 2022 as the Foster & Volunteer Coordinator and quickly advanced due to her experience and willingness to step up to help the shelter in multiple other capacities. Erica is excited to be stepping into this new role, and she’s already looking forward to future plans for the shelter.

Board President Sherrie Hines explained that “The Board has consistently observed that Erica goes above and beyond to ensure that the shelter is operating smoothly and that the animals receive both the best care possible as well as the consistent advocacy necessary to ensure that they find homes or can be placed with rescue groups. Erica has also demonstrated her ability to manage and support the shelter team even during significant adversity. The Board is confident that Erica will provide the leadership that the shelter needs as it moves forward into its 21st year of service to the Madison and Oglethorpe community.”

As many will be aware, past-Director Shaina Knight has been serving as an Interim-Director while the Board looked for a permanent Director. As Ms. Hines explained, “The Board would like to express our sincerest gratitude to Shaina who stepped in to help when the shelter needed her most. Her leadership has been invaluable, and we are grateful that she has also agreed to stay on a little bit longer to help make sure that we have a smooth transition.”

Please join everyone at MOAS in congratulating Erica on her new position, and please stop by the shelter to get to know Erica, to meet our adoptable animals, and to find out how you can get involved. The Board is certain that the shelter will continue to move forward under Erica’s leadership, and that, as always, MOAS’s focus will remain firmly fixed on the animals that depend upon our shelter.