Experience
Contract Zoo/Wildlife Veterinarian
Wild Ride Animal Transport LLC
Present
Pilot secure, safe, professional land and air transport of non-domestic animals between AZA, wildlife and government facilities nationally and internationally.
Program Director
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOO VETERINARIANS
Responsible for the planning, finances, development and execution of international conferences, research grant management and membership programs for an organization dedicated to the support of North American Zoo Veterinarians and the animals and research they champion.
Parks and Recreation Commissioner
Town of Leesburg, Virginia · Leesburg, Virginia, United States
Director of Animal Health
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
● Member of the executive leadership team supervising a team of 8 Animal Health employees that were responsible for the preventative, quarantine, medical and surgical care of a large zoo, aquarium and remote elephant facility. ● Designed and implemented nutrition plan for approximately 10,000 collection animals. ● Project Manager and Co-designer for 22,000 sq. foot Animal Care Center build which was awarded the 2012 City of Pittsburgh Master’s Builder Association Excellence Award, 2nd Place. ● Created and curated a $500,000 annual department budget. ● Collaborated with the Director of Development to procure general and restricted funding for the $18 million dollar zoo’s annual operating budget. Cultivated a single donor to procure $1.2 million for hospital equipment. ● Developed and supervised 3 educational training programs including a 2 year Post-DVM Zoological Internship ● Designed and led several zoo veterinary centered educational programs resulting in the empowerment of thousands…
Associate Veterinarian
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Responsible for the day to day clinical operation of the zoo.
Veterinarian-Resident
Kansas City Zoo · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Inaugural post-doctoral resident veterinarian that was responsible for daily clinical care of the institution's large and diverse zoological collection.
Veterinarian-Intern
Purdue University
Education
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia
Veterinary Resident, Zoological Medicine and Surgery
Purdue University
Small Animal Veterinary Intern, Small/Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine
Bowling Green State University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology and Chemistry
Iowa State University
Non-Degree, Biochemistry
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Non-Degree, Microbiology, General
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