IAAHPC Board of Directors
We promote physical, emotional, and spiritual support for caregivers, while also educating professionals and advancing research in the field of animal hospice and palliative care.
The IAAHPC Board of Directors is diligent in their business planning process for the organization. A detailed three-year strategy drives the enterprise in their board work and in the tasks needed to keep the association relevant for the members and future-ready for the changing needs of the pet parent family. For each of the strategic initiatives, committees support the work needed to advance and elevate that particular part of the association.
Interested in being a leader within the IAAHPC? From being on the board to participating on a committee, the work is incredibly rewarding, knowing the effects of the work will be far-reaching for the members and those needing the services for their beloved pet’s final journey. If you are interested in sharing your time and talents, email Coleen@IAAHPC.org for a brief discussion on where within the organization’s strategic initiatives you would be best aligned.
Tyler, DVM, CVA, CVFT, CHPV
Past-President
Maja, DrMedVet, CHPV, MRCVS
President
Diane, VMD, MBA, CVPM, CHPV
Treasurer
Kellie, Bachelors, Associates, DVM, CHPV, CAETA, Death/Grief, Human Bond
Secretary
Laurie, DVM, MA, CHPV
Board Member
Kelly, DVM, CHPV, Owner
Board Member
Heidi Cooley, DVM, CHPV
Board Member
Julia Spade, DVM, CHPV, CVA
Board Member
Aja Senestraro, DVM, CHPV, CVA
Board Member
Kellie Littrell, DVM, MPH, MA
Board Member
Kristi Lehman, MSW, LISW, CCFP
Board Member
Karin, DVM, CHPV
Board Member
Coleen, CT, CPLP
Executive Director
Danielle, RVT, CHPT
Program and Administrative Specialist
Sara, DVM, CVA, CHPV
Board Member
“She believed she could, so she did.”
Julia Spade, DVM, CHPV, CVA
Board Member
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Aja Senestraro, DVM, CHPV, CVA
Board Member
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou
Kellie Littrell, DVM, MPH, MA
Board Member
“There isn’t time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies… There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that.” – Mark Twain
Kristi Lehman, MSW, LISW, CCFP
Board Member
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall
Heidi Cooley, DVM, CHPV
Board Member
“My hope is to never stop learning and participating in the lives of vets, pets, and their families.”
Diane, VMD, MBA, CVPM, CHPV
Treasurer
“Find your divine spark.”
Coleen, CT, CPLP
Executive Director
“Courage. Leadership. Success. They’re all buzzwords if they lack purpose. Find your purpose, your why. Live your why. Every day.”
Sandra, DVM, CHPV
Board Member
“Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.”
Karin, DVM, CHPV
Past President
“For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length–and there I travel looking, looking breathlessly.”
Tyler, DVM, CVA, CVFT, CHPV
Past President
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
Maja, DrMedVet, CHPV, MRCVS
President
“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.”
Laurie, DVM, MA, CHPV
Board Member
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
Danielle, RVT, CHPT
Program and Administrative Specialist
“Saving the life of one dog will not change the world, but it will change the world for that one dog.”
Stephanie
Director of Outreach
“Doing the right thing is never the wrong thing.”
Stephanie’s passion for advancing missions that elevate end-of-life pet care began in 2012. Stephanie worked in animal welfare in Florida, then transitioned to pet aftercare service in 2015 when she joined The Pet Loss Center. She partnered with veterinary teams across the states of Florida and Colorado to elevate their practice’s end-of-life care by providing world-class cremation and pet loss services with the utmost dignity, honor, and respect. During that time she presented to veterinary hospitals, veterinary medical associations, and in 2018 at the Peter Piper Memorial Conference for Caloosa Veterinary Medical Society.
In 2018, Stephanie received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Central Florida.
With her unique combination of perspectives, Stephanie is a dedicated advocate for best practices in end-of-life pet support. She believes in commitment to continued end-of-life education and supporting veterinary teams, with a focus on enhancing client and patient experience with bereavement support, and exceptional aftercare programs. Above all, she believes in the power of connection, and that the main ingredient in her “secret success sauce” is the relationships built within the community — and a dash of disappearing into the mountains on a hike with her dogs and her wife as needed.
Anupam, BVSc, MANZCVS, DipMgt, CHPV, CMFT, DVM
Board Member
“I am humbled by my patients on a daily basis as I learn how to be the best version of myself through the eyes of little creatures.”
Kellie, Bachelors, Associates, DVM, CHPV, CAETA, Death/Grief, Human Bond
Board Member
“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet, how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”