Sarah Javier has been leading the Animal Protective Association of Missouri since 2016, which means she’s spent the better part of a decade solving complicated problems, raising millions of dollars, and resisting the urge to ask everyone she meets, “So…have you considered adopting?” She serves on national and regional animal welfare boards and has been recognized as a St. Louis Business Journal Most Influential Business Woman, a St. Louis Titan 100 honoree, and a recipient of the University of Missouri-St. Louis Distinguished Alumni Award, but her favorite professional title continues to be a “matchmaker for pets and people.” If you ask her about nonprofit leadership, community impact, or pets, be prepared to stay a while.
