Lewis Sutton

Lewis M. Sutton, longtime board member of the Pet Care Trust, is retiring after 16 years of service. He was honored during the Pet Care Trust Board meeting in Chicago that was held in conjunction with the World Pet Association’s Aquatic Experience trade and consumer show November 6-8, 2015. The Pet Care Trust is a non-profit, charitable, public foundation that is instrumental in the sponsorship of programs supporting companion animal welfare and the benefits of owning companion pets as well as the development of educational programs demonstrating the importance of responsible companion animal ownership. Sutton is the Executive Vice President of the International Markets Division at PetAg, Inc., has an extensive background in animal science and nutrition, and is a well-published animal nutrition specialist. His expertise, experience, and commitment to the pet industry has made him an asset to the Pet Care Trust. Under his leadership, the Pet Care Trust began the Pets in the Classroom grant program in 2010, a program that provides teachers with funding to purchase and maintain classroom pets with the knowledge that, while they are a valuable teaching tool, many teachers have very limited resources for the support of classroom animals. Through this educational grants program, teachers can obtain a grant for the purchase of new pets, pet environments, or pet food, and supplies for existing classroom pets. Steven T. King, Executive Director of the Pet Care Trust commented: “Lew Sutton had done more in his sixteen years on the Pet Care Trust Board to advance the work of the Trust than any other individual. He was instrumental in the development and roll-out of the Pets in the Classroom program, which has provided more than 70,000 grants to teachers and brought a pet into the lives of more than 3 million children.”