A rabbit is seen at the San Francisco Animal Care & Control shelter in this undated photo. The city announced Friday that deputy director Amy Corso will become the shelter’s new executive director in June. (Jean Kind/SF Animal Care & Control via Bay City News)

Leadership at San Francisco Animal Care and Control is switching after a new executive director was announced.

Amy Corso, who has served as deputy director since 2023, will head the city’s animal shelter. She succeeds Virginia Donohue, who held the position for more than 10 years. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.