GC Impact 2022: Morgan Barber
Some of Morgan Barber's achievements in this role include being a key player in legally reviewing and securing the largest grant transaction in THL's history—a $25 million donation; helping the nonprofit to broaden its international presence by reviewing campaign materials for new programmatic initiatives in Japan, Mexico and the U.K.
June 20, 2022 at 02:04 PM
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Q&ABy The Legal Intelligencer
Morgan Barber of The Humane League. Courtesy photo Morgan Barber, The Humane League
As general counsel of The Humane League (THL), a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, and adjunct professor of animal law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Barber is living a dream that originated for her in high school—utilizing the law to help animals.
She has been able to combine her passion of animal law with her in-house legal background, landing an associate counsel job for a nonprofit focused on animal protection. Some of her achievements in this role include being a key player in legally reviewing and securing the largest grant transaction in THL's history—a $25 million donation; helping the nonprofit to broaden its international presence by reviewing campaign materials for new programmatic initiatives in Japan, Mexico and the U.K. She conducted legal analysis of hiring THL's first remote staff member in Africa and she improved THL's culture by conducting a listening tour of all organizational departments with one question—how can the legal department better serve you?
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