Our Staff
Executive Director: Anne Schmidt
Medical Director: Keri Morgan, DVM
Development Manager: Mady O'Reilly
Program Manager: Breleigh Scheland
Animal Behavior Manager:
Program Coordinator: Avery Wasser
Veterinarian: Michael Harres
Clinic Manager: Belle Hargraves
Lead Veterinary Technician: Rachel Toczylowski
Veterinary Technician: Lysa Graham
Veterinary Assistant: Diana Cardenas
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Animal Care Shift Leads:
Diana Cardenas
Madison Shambo
Avery Wasser
Caretakers:
Terri Aldrich
Landon Eckmann
Kaden Johnson
Hunter Jones
Caroline Lackman
Jeremy Laurent
Sarah Skalski
Ciera Strebler
Katy Tucker
Kennel Supervisor: Kandice Warren
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Our Board of Directors
Officers:
President: Jaci Rothe, Corktree Creative
Vice President: Alan Pennington, Matrix Consulting Group
Secretary: Jenny Lamping, American Red Cross
Treasurer: Elise Italiano, MilliporeSigma
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Board Members:
Leann Aloisi, Smith NMTC Associates LLC
Dylan Brinkmann, Red Bud High School
Betsy Butler, Remax Alliance
Claire Fox
Cliff Froehlich, development director, River City Journalism Fund
Michael Hanson, Daniel and Henry
Cathy Santanello, SIUE
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.
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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.
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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.
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Please reach out to manager@mehs.org to get involved!