Vanda Bidwell
Champaign County Humane Society Executive Director Mary Tiefenbrunn sits with her two dogs, Daisy, left, and Li'l Rocky.
Mary Tiefenbrunn's first career: stage manager. Second career: lawyer.
Third career: breaks her heart every day, but so worth it.
Tiefenbrunn, who took over as executive director of the Champaign County Humane Society in early September, oversees an organization that tries to find new homes for a seemingly endless supply of animals somebody didn't want.
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