Our Staff
Executive Director: Anne Schmidt
Development Manager: Mady O'Reilly
Program Manager: Ali Hillard
Community Engagement Coordinator: Kyrie Watson
Veterinarian: Kathryn Kettenbach
Veterinary Technician: Heather Skidis & Lysa Graham
Veterinary Assistant: Ashley Russell
Animal Care Shift Leads:
Kathy Bouse
Abbie Carpenter
Belle Hargraves
Caretakers:
Terri Aldrich
Maddie Bizenberger
Diana Cardenas
Mackenzie Carter
Kyleigh Haller
Mya Ibarra
Rachel McTague
Danny Pankratz
Breleigh Scheland
Madison Taylor
Kennel Supervisor: Kandice Warren
Our Board of Directors
Officers:
President: Dylan Brinkmann, Red Bud High School
Vice President: Jaci Rothe, Corktree Creative
Secretary: Elise Italiano, MilliporeSigma
Treasurer: Alan Pennington, Matrix Consulting Group
Board Members:
Debora Aboudib, Attorney
Leann Aloisi, Smith NMTC Associates LLC
Bruce Brock, Veolia North America
Haley Dochwat, ABNA Engineering, Inc.
Cliff Froehlich, development director, River City Journalism Fund
Ken Giacobbe, Thompson Coburn LLP
Mark Tschudy, Edwardsville Community School District #7
Join the MEHS Board
Want to get involved but don't have the time to be a board member? Join one of our volunteer committees!
Development Committees
Our Development Committees are composed of the Executive Director, Development Manager, and any member of the community willing to serve. The Development Committee is responsible for developing funding ideas, recruiting individual and corporate donations, and enhancing public awareness about the organization and its mission.
MEHS Development Committee currently meets the last two of every month at 6:00 pm.
Please reach out to developmentmgr@mehs.org to get involved!
MarComm Committee
Is composed of the Executive Director, Development Manager, and any member of the community willing to serve. The MEHS Marketing and Communications Committee's mission is to establish and coordinate all marketing and public relations; setup and maintain a framework for marketing and public relations procedures; setup and maintain media contacts for marketing and public relations; devise information in various formats for the organization and its events; educate the public on the organization; and coordinate special interest articles and information.
MEHS MarComm committee meets with the Development committee the last Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm.
Please reach out to developmentmgr@mehs.org to get involved!
Shelter Committee
Is composed of the Executive Director, Edwardsville Shelter Manager, Highland Shelter Manager, and any member of the community willing to serve. The Shelter Committee is responsible for overseeing all major shelter projects, ensuring that ongoing shelter maintenance is completed, conducting volunteer training, addressing any shelter related issue brought to its attention, and keeping informed of current trends in sheltering animals.
Shelter Committee meetings for 2023 are TBD.
Please reach out to manager@mehs.org to get involved!