Anne Coller, President

Anne, her husband and canines moved to Santa Fe from Texas in 2005. While living in Texas, Anne was a volunteer for the Midland SPCA. She helped run the thrift store that supported the shelter. Anne also volunteered at the shelter, filling in where needed. She served on the board of the Texas Humane Legislation Network, a group similar to Animal Protection Voters. She lobbied in Austin for four legislative sessions. Anne is totally committed to getting more humane laws enacted in New Mexico, and making sure they are enforced.


Robanne Harrison, Secretary

Robanne Harrison has been an active member of Animal Protection of New
Mexico since 1987 and has served as its president since 1997. Her primary focus is education and international animal rights efforts. She first became convinced of the tremendous need for animal rights on a personal level in 1975 while working on a college art project at a dairy farm in Athens, Georgia. When she moved to New Mexico, she became an activist. Currently, she teaches Social Studies and Language Arts at Manzano High School in Albuquerque. She holds an MA in Anthropology with an emphasis on
political and legal anthropology.


Tom Alexander, Director

Tom retired to Santa Fe in 2000. Since then, he has done volunteer work for many nonprofit organizations, including Kitchen Angels, Mentoring New Mexico, Heart & Soul Animal Sanctuary, Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe, Española Animal Shelter, Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary and the Wildlife Center in Española. For the last eight years, he has worked on New Mexico’s Week For The Animals task force, an official event by proclamation of the Governor of New Mexico. Tom currently volunteers as the Humane Education Coordinator for the Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society. He also serves as the advisor to the Shelter Youth Board, a partnership between the Shelter and Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots & Shoots youth program. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for PAWS (People for Animal Welfare Society) and the Lakota Animal Care Project, an effort to address animal neglect and abuse on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.


Robert Shelton, Director

Robert and his furry friends moved to Santa Fe in March 2009 from Houston, Texas. He is an investment advisor by profession, but his passion outside of work is loving and caring for animals. Robert used to own a mobile pet grooming business in Houston, where he donated grooming services to the Houston SPCA, rescue groups and animal shelters so animals would have a better chance of finding a new home. Robert’s motto is that pets are not spoiled, just deserving, and he wants to see that all animals in New Mexico get the legal protection, care and support they so very much deserve.


Barbara Selnick, Director

Barbara was born and raised in the New York City area and spent the greater part of her adult life working as an Administrative Assistant in medical offices. In 2002 she and her husband, Jay, moved to Santa Fe to start the next chapter of their lives. Barbara volunteered at the Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society, leading her to realize the unfortunate side of shelter work, but it also allowed her to take part in the joy of newly formed families.

That work and other endeavors reinforced the feeling that she wanted to do more to help animals. In 2008 Barbara started her own Pet Sitting business and she considers it the best decision she ever made. In 2011 Barbara joined the APNM board and looks forward to helping inform the public about how animals’ lives can be improved.