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, Director (Independent, voting member, elected to the BOD in 2017)

Key Staff

James D. Taylor, Executive Director

Diana Critchfield, Controller

Cynthia L. Taylor, Animal Care Administrator

Kristina Falkenberg, Membership Services Manager

Megan Hessenberger, Humane Education & Advocacy Coordinator

Tiffany Bartholme, 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.