(Portland, OR) -- After 36 years of leading the Oregon Humane Society, Sharon Harmon has announced she will retire. Harmon helped open a new four-acre complex in Portland with a 38-million-dollar capital campaign. She merged the Willamette Humane Society in Salem with the Oregon Humane Society, broadening the reach of the organization. She opened the Animal Crimes Forensic Center which is the only one of its kind on the West Coast. It helps police build cases against people charged with animal abuse. Harmon is nationally recognized for the work she's done in Oregon.