Board of Directors
CHAIR
Brenda Bax
Marketing Director,
Purina
VICE CHAIR / TREASURER
Mary Craig, DVM
Gentle Goodbye LLC
SECRETARY
Stephanie LaFarge, PhD
Senior Director of Counseling Services,
ASPCA Counseling Services
BOARD MEMBERS
Christopher Bandoli
Director of Government Affairs
Regence Blue Shield
Jack Barron, Jr.
Pet Partners Evaluator & Instructor
Former Director, UCLA People - Animal Connection
Lynnette Eastlake
Sr. Audience Marketing Manager,
WW Public Sector, Microsoft
Aubrey Fine, Ed.D
Professor, Graduate Pedagogical Studies,
College of Education and Integrative Studies
California State Polytechnic University
Laird Goodman, DVM, CVA
Owner and Hospital Director,
Murrayhill Veterinary Hospital
Jackie Gunby
Member Services Supervisor,
CA Chamber of Commerce
Licensed Team Evaluator
Registered Therapy Animal Team with Maggie, Gunner, Sophie, and Big Sal (2001 - current)
Todd Hendricks
Senior Vice President - Development,
ASPCA
Rebecca Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Millsap Professor of Gerontological Nursing
Missouri University Sinclair School of Nursing
Director, Research Center for Human Animal Interaction,
Missouri University College of Veterinary Medicine
Derrick Kraemer
President
Vetstreet.com
Laird Pisto
Associate General Counsel,
Multicare Health System
Philip Tedeschi, MSSW
Clinical Professor / Clinical Director
Institute for Human-Animal Connection
University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Chuck Granoski
Attorney / Owner,
The Law Offices of Betzendorfer & Granoski
Honorary Board
Sophie Engelhard Craighead, Chair
Marty Becker, DVM
Nan Bush
Kathy Vignos Folson
Carol and Scott Glenn
Chandi Heffner
Karen LeFrak
Carolynn D. Loacker
Betty White Ludden
Elise B. Lufkin
William McCulloch, DVM
Mary Tyler Moore
Linda Hackett Munson
Victoria Newhouse
Jeannie Nordstrom
Jane Dale Owen
Annette de la Renta
Jonah Shacknai
Sarah W. Sweatt
Irving Taylor, MD
Dave Underriner
Bruce Weber
Andrew Weil, MD
Joanne Woodward