Washington, DC

Carrying the message of kindness to animals, Kirkpatrick Foundation’s chairman Christian Keesee, executive director Louisa McCune, and intern Tyler Kirkpatrick visited several leaders in Washington, DC in May 2021. The Oklahoma City-based foundation, started in 1955 by John and Eleanor Kirkpatrick, has several programs, including an education initiative called Safe & Humane, which aims to make Oklahoma a safe and humane place to be an animal.

Clockwise from left: Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Ngodup Tsering, Louisa McCune, and Christian Keesee; Keesee, Tyler Kirkpatrick, McCune, and Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies director Jennifer Duncan; Kirkpatrick, Senator John Boozman of Arkansas, McCune, Keesee, and Marty Irby; Irby, Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma, McCune, Kirkpatrick, and Keesee.