Jerleen Bryant CEO of the Maui Humane Society

Jerleen Bryant joined the Maui Humane Society as CEO in June of 2014. She immediately reached out to the community, built bridges, increased revenue and consequently MHS regained support from the community as their confidence in MHS was restored. Jerleen successfully assembled a dedicated, capable and energetic management team who are  focused on MHS’s mission which includes saving the life of every animal possible. Under Jerleen’s leadership Maui Humane Society’s Live release rate (LRR) for dogs increased from 67% in FY14 to 95% in FY18 and the LRR for cats increased from 21% in FY14 to over 90% currently.

In November of 2017 Jerleen along with her team launched a community cat program that ended trap and euthanize for feral cats and MHS became the first Humane Society in the state of Hawaii to achieve a 90% LRR for both dogs and cats. 

Jerleen has extensive public speaking experience and embraces every opportunity to share the Maui Humane Society story in an effort to educate the community and gain support for the many lifesaving and life changing programs available at MHS.  Jerleen also enjoys talking with individuals working in animal welfare as well as those not in the animal welfare industry  to find innovative ways to save more animal lives and overcome barriers to high save outcomes.

In addition to Jerleen’s husband, three grown sons and her beloved dogs, she shares that her greatest love is animal welfare and believes that this field is truly where she is meant to be.

In 2016 Jerleen received the Maui County Outstanding Non-Profit Director of the year award. Jerleen was very proud to receive this honor and hopes to continue making a difference in the lives of homeless animals for many years to come.