The people behind the mission
Get to know us.
Emma Clifford
Founder and Director
Megan Gram
M.A.S.H. Operations Director
Dr. Dina Allison
Medical Director
Jessica Gonzalez
Program Director | Latin America, Galápagos Islands
Dr. Edisson Llambo
Medical Director | Galápagos
Steph Dawes
Executive Assistant
Jorge Vázquez F.
Communications Manager for the USA & Technical Manager in the Galapagos
Carol Mefferd
M.A.S.H. Manager Northern California
Jes Soto
M.A.S.H. Manager Southern California
Tiffany VanHook
M.A.S.H. Responder
Steffani Jarrett
M.A.S.H. Responder
Arleen Rosa
Assistant M.A.S.H. Responder
Renee Guitierrez
Assistant M.A.S.H. Responder
Em Auringer
Assistant M.A.S.H. Responder
Rachael Daniel
Assistant M.A.S.H. Responder
Board of directors
Joanna Schmidt
President
Emma Clifford
Director
Alexandra Sangmeister
Director
Dr. Raymond Deonanan DVM
Director
Annie Kluetmeier
Board Secretary
Carla Naden
Director
Advisory board
Dr. Sandra Marilyn Cruz
Biologist, Veterinarian & Director of ABG Galápagos
Roger Tabor
Biologist, Television Presenter, Naturalist, Behaviorist & Award-Winning Author
Dr. Julie Levy
DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DABVP — Fran Marino Professor of Shelter Medicine, University of Florida
Jessi Princiotto
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Animal Protection New Mexico
Valarie Benka
MS, MA, MPP — Project Manager for AAC
Dr. Susan Monger, DVM
Founder and Director, International Veterinary Consultants
Maia Kincaid, PhD
Director, Sedona International School for Animal Communication
Dr. Cathy King
DVM, MS, PhD — CEO and Founder of World Vets
Elizabeth Berkeley
Consultant for Wildlife/Human Issues
Dairne Ryan
South West Latin American Advisor & Liaison for AB
Victor Carrion
Prior Director of Eradication and Control of Invasive Species, Galápagos National Park Service
Jennifer Betz
DVM, Director of Visiting Veterinarians, an international MASH unit
Isabel Naudin
Veterinarian, Colombia