Leadership

Gary Weitzman

DVM, MPH, CAWA

President and CEO
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Brian Daugherty

CAWA

Executive Vice President
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Jessica Sale

CAWA

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
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Michael Lowry

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Jennifer Grantham

Vice President, Philanthropy and Communications
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Zarah Hedge

DVM, MPH, DACVPM, DABVP

Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
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Jace Huggins

Vice President and Chief of Humane Law Enforcement
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Amanda Kowalski

M.S., CPDT-KA, CAWA, UW-AAB

Vice President, Animal Welfare
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Tina Nguyen

SPHR, SHRM-SCP

Vice President, Employee Engagement
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Stacey Zeitlin

MAT

Vice President, Community Impact
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Campus Leadership

Emmanuelle Chicandard: Campus Director, El Cajon
Carli VanBerkum: Campus Director, Escondido
Tanessa Alvarado: Campus Director, Oceanside
Sarah Campos: Director of Animal Services, San Diego
Lisa Murphy: Director of Guest Experience, San Diego

Board of Trustees

Sharon Blanchet, JD
Chair

Tori Zwisler
Immediate Past Chair

Michael Green, CPA
Secretary

Jeremy Ross
Chair, Board Governance Committee

Tom Fleming
Chair, Finance Committee

Kim Day
Chair, Master Planning Committee

Ralph Hirschmann
Chair, Risk Management Committee

Erin Griffith
Chair, Advocacy Committee

Trustees

Dee Anne Canepa
Neil Davis Wachsberger
Betsy C. Huntingdon
Sheryl Ishizaki
Jim Morse
Lynn Pechet-Bruser
Emily Rex
Randi Rosen
Paul Thiel
Kristine Wexler
Susie Woltman

Trustee Emeritus

Colleen Blackmore Reilly
Eve Benton
Richard Bockoff
Kenneth M. Cohen
Susan Davis
Dana Di Ferdinando
Diane Gilabert, CPA
Diane Glow, EdD
David Lynn
Judith Muñoz
Debra Patterson, CFA