Anna Payton is the Administrator of Will County Animal Control and an adjunct professor at Aurora University in the Human Animal Studies department. Anna Payton was most recently the Director of Aurora Animal Care & Control. Prior to that she was the Executive Director for Naperville Area Humane Society and the Director of Kendall County Animal Control.

Anna earned her Bachelor’s degree in Animal Sciences from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and her Master’s degree in Teaching with emphasis in Humane Education from Webster University. She has been in the animal welfare field for over 20 years.

Anna has served on multiple animal welfare committees, coalitions, and boards including the Board of Directors for the Association of Professional Humane Educators (APHE) and is currently the president of the Illinois Animal Welfare Federation (IAWF) and on the Board of Directors for the Association for Animal Welfare Advancement.

Anna shares her home with her son, daughter, an English Mastiff mix, a Great Pyrenees mix, an Am Staff/Bulldog mix, an English Mastiff, and three Munchkin cats.