Dr. Lisa Karr is an Associate Professor of Animal Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. An award-winning teacher and adviser, she has authored 30 peer- reviewed research publications, two book chapters, and 75 extension publications. Lisa is active in the companion animal extension community at the national level, primarily through her involvement as Chair of eXtension.org’s Companion Animal Community of Practice Leadership Committee. She has given 25 presentations or proceedings at local and national conferences and meetings over the span of her career. Dr. Karr’s work is sure to have a lasting impact on the companion animal landscape through her education of the eld’s future scientists and national dissemination of extension best practices.