Staff

Samantha Burnett
Director of Operations

“I am only one, but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but I can still do something. And just because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” – Helen Keller

Lee Butler
Pet Adoption Specialist

“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Christy Counts
President/Executive Director

“Shoot for the moon, and if you miss at least you will land amongst the stars.”

Chelsi Fitzgerald
Clinic Office Assistant

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau

Jessica Herron
Veterinary Technician Assistant

“Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don’t vote.” -Paul Harvey

Christine Holland
Veterinary Technician

“Live everyday to the fullest and party like a rock star!!!!!”

Christine Hyde
Veterinary Technician

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” – Robert A. Heinlein

Reeny McKenzie
Administrative Specialist

“I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”  -Ettiene De Grellet

Katrina McLaughin, DVM
Veterinarian

” The best doctor in the world is the veterinarian. He can’t ask his patients what is the matter-he’s got to just know.” – Will Rogers

Traci Neasbitt
OK Humane Place Clinic Manager

“How fortunate I am that I am in a position to help. Imagine how awful it must be to have to look on suffering and be powerless to do anything about it.” Unknown

Lexie Parker
Pet Adoption Specialist

“Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.”  -Albert Schweitzer

Caitlin Phillips
Foster Care Coordinator

“Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love  like you’ve never been hurt and live like it’s heaven on Earth.”  – Mark Twain

Leah Rose
Transfer Coordinator

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead (1901-1978)

Cara Russell
Adoption Center Manager

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” – Mahatma Gandhi

Stephanie Scheiern
Transfer Coordinator

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will  reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9

Kelly Sherman
Veterinary Technician Assistant

“A home without a dog is just a house.”

Amy Shrodes
Development Associate

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children…to leave the world a better place…to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson