Administration

C. Annie Peters with Gidget
President & CEO

Linda Dicus with Kalei
Executive Assistant

Marketing & Technology

Jenn Gilbertson with Tucker
Chief Marketing & Technology Officer

Information Technology

Felice Nightengale with Spook
Director of Technology

Katherine Ketter with Smedley
Manager, Technical Applications & Analytics

Julia Boyd with Juju
Technology Coordinator

Communications & Marketing

Allison Younger with Panda
Senior National Director, Communications & Digital Platforms

Elisabeth Van Every with Kaga
Senior Communications Specialist & Managing Editor

Meghan Rothschild with Remi 
Digital Communications Specialist & Project Manager

Brie Gorter with Theodore
Digital Marketing Specialist

Taylor Chastain Griffin, PhD with Bronx, Ivy, Rex, & Harlem
National Director, AAI Advancement

Therapy Animal Program

Mary Margaret Callahan with Abraham
Chief Mission Officer

Jesse Haas with Roadie
Senior National Director, Programs

Katie Lowdon with Rolo
Manager, Volunteer Experience

Moira Smith with Wayne
Evaluator/Instructor Support Specialist

Colleen Stoner with Willow
Manager, Volunteer Leaders

Angela Ying with Perrie & Indy
Member/Volunteer Support Coordinator

Claire Berman with Poppy
Member/Volunteer Support Coordinator

Kait Toney with Suki
Member/Volunteer Support Coordinator

Development & Strategic Partnerships

Traci Pryor with Frisco
Chief Development Officer

Mary Bohmke with Sharon
Senior Philanthropic Advisor

Ash Drew with Cupcake
National Director, Special Events & Field Development

Chelsea Glick with Linus
Development Manager

Lisa Heald with Frodo
Strategic Partnerships Manager

Susan Rhodes with Nola

Gift Entry Specialist

Accounting

Teresa Starr with Simba & Charlie
Senior Director of Finance

Marc Courtmanch with Dolly & Nemo
Senior Accounting Manager

Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Board Chair
Dana Brooks
President & CEO
Pet Food Institute

Board Vice Chair
Milton Pappas
Global Head of Media Solutions
Klarna Media

Treasurer
Mary Craig, DVM
National Director of Field Operations
BluePearl Pet Hospice

Secretary
Lauren Apolito
SVP of Strategy & Business Development
HFA-Rumblefish

Immediate Past Board Chair
Julie Lawless
Lawless Strategic Communications

Board Members

Brandon Antin
President
Tasty Nutrition Inc.

Kristin Bloink, DVM, MPH, PA-C, DACVPM
Vice President-Global Regulatory Affairs and Pharmacovigilance
Elanco Animal Health

Sarah Fergusson Chambless
Partner
Fenwick & West LLP

Aubrey Fine, EdD
Professor of Education
Cal State Polytechnic

Wilson P. Garone
CFO
Seattle University

Sophie L. Gibson
Founder & CEO
VIVO360, Inc.

Raquel Guevara
GM Tax & Customs
Microsoft

Steve King

Angel May
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Nashville Entrepreneur Center

Kay D. Mooney, FSA, MAAA

Stan Owens
VP Sales and Trade Marketing
Spectrum Brands

Carryl Pierre-Drews
EVP, Chief Marketing Officer
Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)

Marc Scarduffa
Founder & Principal
A-VAN-TI

Brian Schwartz
Co-Founder
SIZE & SIZE Capital

April Shepard
Talent Acquisition, Head of Sales & Marketing- Americas
Cisco

Laura C.S. Walker, CAE
Chief Media & Sales Officer
North American Veterinary Community (NAVC)

Human-Animal Bond Advisory Board (HABAB)

HABAB Chair

Nancy R. Gee, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University

HABAB Members

Steven L. Feldman
Human-Animal Bond Research Initiative (HABRI) Foundation

Aubrey Fine, EdD
Cal State Polytechnic 

Gina Fisher Caldwell, PhD  

Lori Kogan, PhD
Colorado State University

Caren Llyod, CPDT

Sharmaine Miller, PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Megan Mueller, PhD
Tufts University 

Zenithson Ng, DVM, MS, DABVP
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine

Kerry E. Rodriguez, PhD
Colorado State University

Sabrina E. B. Shuck, PhD
University of California, Irvine

Leslie Stewart, PhD, LPC
Idaho State University