Nina Stively is the Director of Loudoun County Animal Services in northern Virginia, an independent government agency that includes the County animal shelter and a team of sworn humane law enforcement officers. Nina is a Certified Animal Cruelty Investigator, a Certified Animal Welfare Administrator, and an Animal Control Officer in the Commonwealth of Virginia. She is a self-professed cat person, but is currently training for a canine biathalon with one of her adopted dogs, Whistlepig. Nina shares her home with two very supportive humans, six chickens, two cats, three dogs, and an assortment of foster animals.