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 Bobbe Bartlett
Ms. Bartlett oversees ARF's wide range of fundraising programs, with overall responsibility for development, marketing and ARF signature events. Focusing on expanding financial and community support for ARF and enhancing public awareness of its programs, she promotes ARF through traditional and non-traditional means, pursuing new and innovative opportunities.
With a life-long passion for animals, Ms. Bartlett followed her heart to ARF after more than 22 years of experience as a vice president in commercial and private banking in San Francisco and San Ramon. Originally joining ARF in 1999, she served as its donor relations manager for two years. Ms. Bartlett continued to volunteer for ARF and returned as Development Director in 2007. Ms. Bartlett is currently leading the expansion of ARF's online marketing and fundraising strategies, via social media and online donor cultivation.
Ms. Bartlett graduated with honors with a BA from University of the Pacific in Stockton, California with post-graduate work in business, financial analysis and accounting. She is a graduate of Leadership San Ramon Valley in 1999 and a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). A native of Contra Costa County, she grew up with dogs, cats, birds and hamsters. Ms. Bartlett resides in San Ramon with her adopted dog Hannah.
 Mikel Delgado
Before starting Feline Minds, Mikel worked as a full time Cat Behavior Specialist at the San Francisco SPCA from 2002 - 2008. Prior to that, she volunteered with the SF SPCA Cat Behavior Program for two years. Mikel has been interviewed for Cat Fancy magazine, The Stockton Record, and thiswildlife.com. She has given presentations on cat behavior at the Bay Area Pet Fair and the Exploratorium Museum of Science. Mikel serves on the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC) Board of Directors as secretary, and is a Certified Cat Behavior Consultant. Mikel lives in Berkeley, California with her partner and their two cats, and is currently a psychology major at Cal State University.
Feline Minds specializes in consultations for pet guardians experiencing behavior problems with their cats and offers staff and volunteer training about cat behavior for shelters and rescue groups.
 Jean Donaldson
Jean Donaldson is the award-winning author of The Culture Clash, Mine! A Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs, Fight! A Guide to Dog-Dog Aggression, Dogs Are From Neptune, and Oh Behave! Dogs From Pavlov to Premack to Pinker. Her next book will be her first written for the lay audience, about basic training for family dogs. Jean holds degrees in Comparative Psychology and Music, and competed in canine sports for many years before transitioning to pet dog training.
In 1999 she founded The Academy for Dog Trainers at The San Francisco SPCA, where she directed and taught until 2009, when she and Janis Bradley departed to work on a re-invention. The Academy has over five hundred graduates practicing dog training and behavior counseling in most U.S. states and twenty-five countries world-wide.
Jean lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her dog, Buffy, adopted from The San Francisco SPCA in 2002. When she is not working, she is an ardent baseball fan and a student of evolutionary biology.
 Dr. Stacy H. Fuchino
Stacy H. Fuchino, V.M.D., graduated with honors from University of Pennsylvania’s acclaimed Veterinary School and has been practicing small animal medicine for over ten years. He is currently the medical director of a pet hospital which treats approximately 20,000 animals per year. Dr. Stacy is dedicated to the rescue of injured dogs and cats that can be rehabilitated and found loving homes, and he is highly respected and acclaimed by countless pet owners for his knowledge, devotion, and love for their animals. Well known for blending Eastern and Western
modality for the wellness of pets, Dr. Stacy is a Certified Veterinary Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner. He is a consultant to America's Top Dog (A & E), Producer/Consultant on Housecat Housecall (Animal Planet), and author of Head to Tail Wellness.
 Dr. Tess Kommedal
Dr. Tess Kommedal, D.V.M., is the Clinical Assistant Professor for Shelter Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Chief Veterinarian for the Capital Area Humane Society. After graduating from Szent Istvan University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, in Budapest, Hungary, in 2003, Dr. Tess worked as an associate veterinarian in private practice for one year before completing a one-year rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the University of Florida. In 2006 she began a 3-year Shelter Medicine Residency at the University of California, Davis, completed her program this past summer. As part of her degree, Dr. Tess earned a Masters in Preventive Veterinary Medicine. She has fostered kittens and puppies of all ages and sizes.
 Kim Moeller
Kim Moeller is a professional dog trainer and a certified specialist in dog-dog aggression. She graduated from the San Francisco SPCA Dog Training Academy in 1999, and was awarded certification for dog-dog aggression in 2002 by Jean Donaldson. Kim worked at the SF SPCA shelter for over ten years, where she evaluated and rehabilitated shelter dogs with dog-dog issues. She has written articles for various publications, and lectures on dog-dog issues both locally and internationally. She recently published a book on leash reactivity, Reactive Rover. Kim also developed, and currently teaches, the “growly dog” class at the SF SPCA.
 Dilara Goksel Parry
Dilara grew up in Istanbul, Turkey, and holds degrees in Psychology and Comparative Literature from Oberlin College. She has worked with animals since 1991, and was Cat Behavior Program Coordinator at the San Francisco SPCA for over twelve years. Dilara has been interviewed by msnbc.com, Animal Sheltering magazine, catchannel.com, and KittensUSA, served on the Best Friends/No More Homeless Pets Forums, and written for Maddie's Fund. She has also been called on as an expert witness in a Massachussetts lawsuit relating to cat behavior. Dilara shares her life in Richmond, CA, with her family of humans, dogs, and cats - and is contemplating adding a few chickens to the brood.
Feline Minds specializes in consultations for pet guardians experiencing behavior problems with their cats and offers staff and volunteer training about cat behavior for shelters and rescue groups.
 Sheryl Pipe, Ph.D.
Sheryl Pipe, Ph.D. is the Senior Director of Community Programs at the ASPCA® and treasurer for the Association of Professional Humane Educators. She holds a doctorate in Clinical and School Psychology. Her dissertation research, supported by a grant from the Iams Company, examined how the presence of a dog impacts rapport development. Before joining the ASPCA®, Dr. Pipe was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology and a Crisis Intervention Counselor at Hofstra University.
 John Power
As Executive Director of The Volunteer Center Serving San Francisco and San Mateo Counties, John leads an organization that for sixty-four years has nurtured respected and long-standing relationships among the Bay Area’s business, government, nonprofit, and volunteer communities. Prior to joining The Volunteer Center in 1999, John served for nearly a decade on the staff of San Jose Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren as her Deputy District Director, and a chief policy advisor in health and human services, housing & homelessness, immigration, the environment, and civil justice. An avid volunteer, John is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from Santa Clara University.
 Sue Tasa
Sue is a veteran of the pet world, having worked in the industry for nearly thirty years. She started as a volunteer with the Peninsula Humane Society working in the veterinary recovery unit. She earned her degree from UC Davis, where she also worked at the veterinary school. Sue has experience working with small animal veterinarians, with large animals at horse ranches, and with exotic animal species during special research projects. Sue spent thirteen years with Hill’s Pet Nutrition in sales, sales management, and training, and has been with Pet Food Express for the last eleven years, where she is responsible for training the company’s retail employees. Her areas of expertise continue to be canine and feline nutrition, as well as customer service and sales.
 Anita Templer
Located in Sonoma County, California, Quality of Action provides management consulting and capacity building services that enable organizations to operate more effectively and enhance their ability to meet the needs of their constituencies.
Principal Anita Templer has more than twenty-five years experience in a leadership role, with a broad array of expertise in turnarounds, organizational capacity building, mergers, fiscal management, team building, external affairs, and marketing communications. As an executive, a coach, and a consultant, she has worked with local grass-roots nonprofits and national organizations, bringing an energetic and entrepreneurial perspective to a guided process designed to create immediate and sustainable impact.
Rooted in the core values of integrity, dignity, and compassion, Quality of Action recognizes and honors the unique needs and culture of each organization with whom we work and specializes in helping clients maximize their potential by aligning short-term decisions with long-term goals.
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