In 2011, Lindsay completed her MS in Animal Science from the University of British Columbia Animal Welfare Program. For almost 5 years, she worked for the Novus C.O.W.S.® Program conducting on-farm cow comfort assessments, seminars on cow comfort, and providing producers with herd-specific reports relative to regional benchmarks. Lindsay joined Cornell University in 2016, as a Regional Dairy Specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension North Country Regional Ag Team. In 2024, Lindsay started with Cornell PRO-DAIRY as the Dairy Animal Welfare Specialist. She conducts on farm research, provides educational programs for farmers and farm workers, and works with dairy farmers across New York State to help them improve cow comfort and animal welfare on their farms and stay in compliance with animal welfare requirements including the National FARM Animal Care Program.