Our Staff
Our Robins-Starr Humane Center and Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital are operated by a team of staff members dedicated to providing care and treatment to the homeless pets awaiting adoption and facilitating lifesaving programs and services for our community.
Organization Leadership

Tamsen Kingry
Chief Executive Officer
Learn more about Tamsen
804-521-1322 | email Tamsen

Lisa Clarke Rivadeneira
Chief Operating Officer
Learn more about Lisa
804-521-1312 | email Lisa
Communications

Tabitha Frizzell Treloar
Director of Communications
Learn more about Tabitha
804-521-1303 | email Tabitha

Sarah Mims
Communications and Administration Specialist
804-521-1316 | email Sarah

Anne Goddard Rand
Communications Specialist
804-521-1319 | email Anne
Development

Carol Anne Baker Lajoie
Director of Development
Learn more about Carol Anne
804-521-1321 | email Carol Anne

Laurie Mavica
Manager of Events
804-521-1318 | email Laurie

Erin Tidsworth
Manager of Annual Giving
804-521-1320 | email Erin

Janae Jones
Fundraising Events Specialist
804-521-1309 | email Janae
Shelter Operations

Carly Sgueo
Senior Director of Shelter Operations
Learn more about Carly
804-521-1315 | email Carly

Jackie Laubacher, CPDT-KSA
Manager of Behavior and Training
804-521-1337 | email Jackie
Adoptions

Tommy DeSanto
Senior Manager of the Adoption Center
Learn more about Tommy
804-521-1333 | email Tommy

Teresa McCartney
Assistant Manager of Adoptions
804-521-1333 | email Teresa

Lizzy Birdsell
Assistant Manager of Retail Operations
804-521-1301 | email Lizzy
Volunteers

Amber Morris
Manager of Volunteers
804-521-1329 | email Amber

Ryan Scott
Volunteer Program Assistant
804-521-1329 | email Ryan
Shelter Veterinary Services

Angela Ivey, DVM
Director of Veterinary Medicine
Learn more about Dr. Ivey

Brittany Pierri
Senior Manager of Shelter Medicine

David Molinas, DVM
Associate Veterinarian,
Internal Veterinary Services

Katie Goodell
Assistant Manager of Internal Veterinary Services

Allana Maiden
Coordinator of Foster Care
804-521-1313 | email Allana
Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital

Lindsay Brockman, LVT
Director of the Susan M. Markel
Veterinary Hospital
Learn more about Lindsay
804-521-1302 | email Lindsay

Janice Scheibe
Manager of Patient Services,
Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital
804-521-1304 | email Janice

Laurie Clark
Manager of Client Services,
Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital
804-521-1339 | email Laurie

Courtney Bowers, DVM
Lead Veterinarian,
Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital

Brit’nee Haskins, DVM
Associate Veterinarian,
Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital

Jennifer Morris, DVM
Associate Veterinarian,
Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital

Kristina Raum, DVM
Associate Veterinarian,
Susan M. Markel Veterinary Hospital
Community Education

Sarah Babcock, CTC, CPDT-KSA, CBCC-KA, CDBC
Chief of Education and Training
Learn more about Sarah
804-521-1324 | email Sarah

Timothy Joyner
Director of Admissions and Education
Learn more about Timothy
804-521-1323 | email Timothy

Eileen Holst-Grubbe, CTC
Manager of Training Education
804-521-1382 | email Eileen

Jennifer Walters
Coordinator of Surrenders
804-521-5372 | email Jennifer

Nicole Harrig
Coordinator of Transfers
804-521-5371 | email Nicole

Chanel Moses
Coordinator of Humane Education
804-521-1327 | email Chanel

Gail Bird Necklace
Education and Training Administrator
804-521-1332 | email Gail
Animal Care

Julia Vanaman
Manager of Animal Care
804-521-1305 | email Julia

Brooke Dickerson
Assistant Manager of Animal Care
804-521-1305 | email Brooke
Administration

Tracey Coats, CPA
Controller
Learn more about Tracey
804-521-1325 | email Tracey

Kari Hosack, MPA, SHRM-CP
Director of Human Resources
Learn more about Kari
804-521-1314 | email Kari

Jason Rochon
Manager of Facilities
804-521-1317 | email Jason

Gray Miller
Manager of Employee Engagement
804-521-1311 | email Gray

Jailyn Maddox
Accounting Specialist
804-521-1334 | email Jailyn
Board of Directors
We are grateful for the bold vision and dynamic leadership of the volunteers who make up our Board of Directors that has been essential to our recognition as a national no-kill leader.
Mitch Haddon, Chair
Laura D. Windsor, Esq., Vice Chair
Tom Hamlin, Treasurer and Secretary
- Tanya Battle
- Bartholomew Broadbent
- J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr.
- Mark DeBord
- Todd Dykshorn
- Marla D. Fergerson
- Mark Franko
- Stefanie G. Gordinier
- Andrea Sullivan Gould, Esq.
- Lisa M. Hicks-Thomas
- Deborah D. Hinton
- Michael W. Hughes
- P. Emerson Hughes
- Hugh A. Joyce
- Allen B. King
- Tamsen Kingry
- Barbara Lawson, MD
- Pat Manning
- Anthony Markel
- Cyndi Massad
- Arlene McLaren
- Mel Miller
- John R. (Jack) Nelson
- Cindy Payne Pryor
- Agustin E. Rodriguez
- Robin Robertson Starr
- Julia H. Thomas
Board Chairmen Emeriti
P. Emerson Hughes
E. Claiborne Robins, Jr.