As a director, Patricia acts as a liaison between Center volunteers and the board, among other responsibilities. For the past several years, she has worked closely with others to recruit and train all new volunteers for Center and home care work. For over 20 years, Patricia has been a sales representative for 60+ manufacturers of lighting fixtures working with the factories, engineers, lighting designers, architects, contractors, distributors, and end users to insure the right lighting fixtures for each project. A devoted WCSV volunteer since 2000, Patricia maintains her enthusiasm and her hands-on experience with the animals by volunteering at the Center on Saturdays.
John joined WCSV as a director in 2006. He concentrates on corporate and foundation donations & grants. Also, he also works on inter-organizational agreements with other wildlife-oriented governmental and non-profit agencies. John is former member of the Lower Peninsula Flood Control & Watershed Advisory Committee, and he has previous experience working as a museum docent and habitat restoration specialist in a wildlife refuge. He earns his livelihood as the CIO for a Silicon Valley intellectual property firm.
Before becoming a director, Larry initially began serving the Board as a financial advisor in 2006. He has more than 30 years of experience as a public accountant and financial executive and, most recently, as a financial consultant to entrepreneurial, privately-held and start-up companies in a wide range of industries. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, a BA from Knox College, Galesburg, IL and is a CPA.
An is currently the executive director of Tapestry Arts, a non-profit arts education provider in San Jose. She is proud to join the board at WCSV and brings her finance, marketing, and non-profit management background to the existing talent in the organization. Her interests for the Wildlife Center are fundraising, governance and strategic planning. She holds a degree in Mass Communications, with an emphasis in Business Administration, from UC Berkeley.
Sophie has been a volunteer at the wildlife Center since 1988. When not raising orphan deer, Sophie and her husband Steve managed several companies in Silicon Valley.
Prior to that, Sophie managed computer centers for Nasa and private corporations.
Her volunteer activities have ranged from soup kitchen cook to fundraiser for a fish hatchery.
Joan currently is an investment consultant with TD Ameritrade. Her background in finance includes 10+ years experience in financial planning, 13 years as a financial analyst for GE including the financial management program. She holds a B.S. degree in Finance from SJSU and previously served on the WCSV board as Treasurer and bookkeeper. Her interests for the Wildlife Center are fundraising and financial planning to ensure long term sustainability. Joan has a love for animals and the environment.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jon has loved animals his entire life. While attending law school at the University of California , Berkeley, Jon served as the President of the Boalt Hall Animal Law Society. Jon works as an attorney for the United States Treasury Department and has been involved with the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley since spring of 2006.
As a director, Larissa focuses on estate planning, stock donations and charitable giving. By day Larissa is a tax attorney for Fenwick & West in Mountain View. In law school Larissa was the co-president of the Boalt Hall Animal Law Society. Larissa has had a love for animals her whole life and has been a member of WCSV since 2006.
STAFF
Carmel began her work in wildlife rehabilitation in April 1993 at the Humane Society of Santa Clara and later that year became one of the founding members of WCSV. In July 2000, Carmel was hired by the Wildlife Center as the Office Manager, and then in February of 2002 she became the Animal Care Coordinator working full time with the animals where her "true passion lies." Carmel oversees the care of thousands of birds and mammals each year. Besides spending much of her time in our examination and treatment rooms, she assists in the planning of our site enclosures, trains volunteers, and ensures overall quality care of our cases. Carmel has composed and teaches a curriculum of state approved and required continuing education in wildlife rehabilitation for all animal care personnel. She has attended several state, national and international conferences on wildlife rehabilitation.
WCSV is pleased to add an Animal Care Assistant to our roster of staff members. This is currently a part-time seasonal position with the hope that it will grow to a year-round one as finances allow. We welcome volunteer Ashley Kinney as our newest staff member. Ashley has been a WCSV volunteer since 2002, providing hands-on animal care and husbandry for patients at the Center. She has also gained animal care experience volunteering at Youth Science Institute at Alum Rock Park caring for non-releasable educational animals for the last several years. Ashley is currently enrolled in Foothill College’s Veterinary Technology program. We are delighted to have Ashley join our animal care staff.
CONSULTANT
Trudi manages the Center’s community outreach programs. Since 1995, she has been deeply involved in virtually all aspects of WCSV from animal care shift work, landscape planning and home-care to the creation of the first educational outreach programs. She served as board member, Vice President and President of the organization for four years. Trudi has fifteen years of management experience in high-tech international marketing and sales support and currently runs a medical supply company with her husband.
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