Board of Directors and Key Staff

Board of Directors — Officers & Directors

James D. Taylor, President (Voting member, elected to the BOD in 1989)

Cynthia L. Taylor, Vice President (Voting member, elected to the BOD in 2001)

Christina B. Fernandez, Secretary (Independent, voting member, elected to the BOD in 1995)

Margaret Janes, D.V.M., Director (Independent, voting member, elected to the BOD in 2009)

Anne Small, Director (Independent, voting member, elected to the BOD in 2009)

Ernest Lico, Treasurer (Independent, voting member, elected to the BOD in 2017)

Key Staff

Nadia Novik, Executive Director

James D. Taylor, Director of Direct Mail Fundraising

Diana Critchfield, Controller

Cynthia L. Taylor, Rescue Coordinator and Senior Photo Editor

Julia Hylton, Human Resources Manager

Shelly Carver, Membership Services Manager

Megan Hessenberger, Humane Education, Advocacy and Marketing Coordinator

Ryan Braithwaite, Marketing Assistant 

Rebecca Balcom, Humane Educator

Angie Pierson, Spay Today Coordinator

Executive Director Compensation Policy
Annually, the Board of Directors reviews and approves the salary of the Chief Executive (Executive Director).  This process includes an independent auditor’s review and approval of the Executive Director’s salary for reasonableness for which comparability data, budget constraints and economic factors are also considered when arriving at a decision.