Diane Leigh and Marilee Geyer are former shelter workers passionately committed to giving homeless animals a voice. Their experience in animal advocacy spans over twenty years in a wide variety of roles, from hands-on care to community education and activism. Both live in California, sharing their homes with an assortment of beloved animal companions adopted from shelters and rescue organizations.

Diane worked in a small shelter, performing all aspects of animal care, shelter management, customer service, and public relations. She also served as Secretary of the Board of Directors for a shelter that cared for over 10,000 animals per year. Her guest editorials on the homeless animal problem have been published in local newspapers, and she has appeared on local television and radio discussing the issue. Diane founded several community outreach and education programs, including a holiday food drive for the animals of needy families, a campaign to promote the use of identification tags for cats, and the first Candlelight Vigil honoring homeless animals, which took place in Santa Cruz, California in 1992; the Vigil is now a national event held each year on Homeless Animals Day at hundreds of animal shelters across the country.