Kristen White, RVT
President
Kristen has been working in the veterinary field for the past 18 years, the last 14 of which have been at the Animal and Bird Hospital of Clearwater in Florida. In 2000, she went back to school to obtain her AS in veterinary technology at St. Petersburg College. She works part-time as the practice manager there, runs general obedience and puppy classes, and assists with all behavior cases. She also works part-time from her home as a behavior technician for Animal Behavior Network. Kristen is on the advisory board for the veterinary assistant program at Tarpon Springs High School. She has given several lectures there and at other secondary schools about canine behavior and clicker training. She has spoken for the Suncoast Avian Society about captive bird behavior and clicker training and recently she attended the SVBT conference and not only lectured about puppy classes, but also had a wetlab! Kristen also had her first article published in the August issue of Veterinary Technician magazine.
In 2004, Kristen attended the 3 day Small Animal Behavior course at University of Georgia. Then in 2005, she attended both the 5 day spring DOGS! Course and the 3 day fall Dogs and Cats course at Purdue University. She is currently working towards her bachelor’s degree in veterinary technology at St. Petersburg College. She continues to expand her behavior knowledge through CE courses and reading on her own.
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Amanda Eick-Miller, RVT obtained her AAS from Cedar
Valley College/AAHA Distance Education for Veterinary
Technicians Program and also attended Ashland
University in a past career path of history and geology.
She has been working in veterinary medicine for the last
12 years in private practice and recently pursued her
passion for veterinary technology education. In private
practice Amanda provided behavior training appointments,
clicker classes, puppy parenting appointments and
assisted with behavior consultations. She has been a
speaker at the AAHA annual meeting, local veterinary
technology programs, FFA chapters, the SVBT behavior
meeting in 2006 as well as many other small events.
Amanda is a full-time veterinary technology
instructor with Stautzenberger College at the
Strongsville campus where she has been involved in
teaching pharmacology, clinical pathology and anything
else they toss her way. Since joining the program at
Stautzenberger she has assisted in creating behavior
safety training seminars to students prior to animal
handling in lab courses and providing seminars for
students on animal behavior. She currently provides
private training and behavior assistance to clients in
her home town of Wooster, Ohio where she lives with her
husband Matt, Sally the Clumber and PunkE the cat.
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Tara graduated from
Murray State University in 1995 with a Bachelors of Science in Agriculture,
an Equine Minor,
and an area in Animal Health Technology. While at Murray State,
she was an active member, and officer, in both the Pre-vet/AHT club
and Alpha Zeta. Since graduation, she has lectured at AVMA, the Association
of Avian Veterinarians national conference, and been a guest speaker
for the Dunwoody (Georgia) Nature Center, Atlanta Bird Club, and
the Animal Health Technology program at Murray State University.
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I am a 1995 graduate of the Medical Institute
of Minnesota, MIM (now Argosy University) program of Veterinary
Technology. My clinical internship was served at the Minnesota
Zoological Gardens, certainly a major highlight of my
educational experience. I was fortunate to spend close to 5
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Shannon Trouba, RVT |
Shannon Trouba, LVT is a 2003 graduate of the Bel-rea Institute of Animal Technology in Denver, Colorado. After attending a continuing education seminar on animal behavior she was hooked on it. Since then she has strived to increase her knowledge of training and behavior through conferences, continuing education and involvement in organizations like the SVBT. She currently works as a licensed veterinary technician at a small animal practice in Gretna, Nebraska and teaches a weekly puppy class with the help of her husband. They also do in-home consultations and occasional pet-sitting.She and her
husband have a 2-year old daughter and are expecting their
second child in late November of 2007. They also share their
home with a shiba inu named Misha, a husky mix named Jericho and
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Charlotte "Renee"
Harris, RVT |
As Senior Vice President of Animal Services at the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA (SDHS), Renee sets policy and oversees seven departments at two facilities, which includes Receiving, Animal Care, Adoptions, Veterinary Medicine, Investigations, and Behavior and Training. She joined SDHS in 2002 with nearly 30 years of animal care and welfare experience. She is a Registered Veterinary Technician with an emphasis in companion animal behavior. An SVBT member now for nearly two years, Renee most recently joined the board as the Corresponding Secretary. She continues to expand her canine and feline behavior knowledge through continuing education workshops and conferences as well as personal research, reading, and interaction with others in the behavior field.
Renee has developed and implemented a
comprehensive, 250-hour training curriculum on extensive canine
and feline behavior; canine behavior assessment; shelter
sanitation, shelter veterinary practices; fostering of neonates;
small pets; adoption, behavior & euthanasia counseling; and
specie-specific identification. The program is offered several
times a year and is open to and attended by staff members from
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Lori Tyler-Ochsner, LVT |
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Since 1997, Monique Feyrecilde has been a team member at Mercer Island Veterinary Clinic in Mercer Island, Washington. In 1999, she began serving as clinic manager, and was credentialed as a technician in 2002. Monique currently manages the clinic and serves as head technician. Realizing more pets become homeless and are euthanized for unwanted behaviors than any disease, Monique spearheaded implementing behavior protocols within her clinic.Teaching private lessons for dogs and owners since 1996, Monique added group classes at Seattle Agility Center to her schedule in 1999. In 2005, Monique began offering services for cats and their owners as well. With a strong background in humane and practical solutions based in good communication and a mutual understanding between pet and owner, Monique imparts more than just "training" information to her students. Her specific areas of interest include operant conditioning for the every-day world, training the performance dog, relationship- building, and comparative behavior. She feels strongly that no single behavior problem is an "isolated" event, and every pet deserves to be addressed as a whole individual rather than an unwanted behavior.Aside from her duties as a technician, instructor and consultant, Monique volunteers with Aussie Rescue Placement Helpline, Inc, serving as the chairperson of their Education Committee and authoring the ARPH column in the national magazine, The Aussie Times. She is also currently working on her first book. In the future she hopes to have the opportunity to participate in behavior CE for veterinary professionals.Sharing her home with 4 dogs, 3 cats, a bullsnake and her wonderful husband, Monique enjoys competing with her own dogs in agility, obedience, RallyO and stockdog events as well. On serving on the SVBT Board, Monique says, "I will do my best both for SVBT and our profession. It is my pleasure to be a new Board member this year, and I am excited to help in any way I can.Monique and 3 of her dogs, from left, Paddy, Zora and Magick. |
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