10 INSIDE AAHA
inside AAHA
New Board Officers and Directors AAHA’s Board of Directors has three new officers and three new directors. They are:
Kate Knutson, DVM, is the associa- tion’s 2013–2014 president. She is hos- pital co-director of the three-doctor Pet Crossing Animal Hospital & Dental Clinic in Bloomington, Minn. Dr. Knut- son has been involved with her local student chapter of AAHA, participated in Hunter Tylo’s “Life and Leisure” video, assisted with AAHA’s Dental Care Guidelines and is the chair of the
Pet Nutrition Alliance. She lectures nationally on dentistry within the general practice and team building. She was named one of the 25 veterinarians to watch in 2013. Dr. Knutson works with the Cornerstone Advocate Program, which establishes safe housing for animals with families dispossessed due to domestic violence. Dr. Knutson received her DVM in 1996 from the Uni- versity of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine.
Kate Crumley, MS, DVM, has been an AAHA member since 1988 and has served on the AAHA Board of Direc- tors since 2007, becoming AAHA’s president-elect this year. She has served on the Leadership Council, is a precep- tor for AAHA-DEVTP, and is the AAHA liaison to veterinary students and fac- ulty at North Carolina State. She earned her bachelor’s degree in biochemis-
try from the University of Georgia and completed her DVM at North Carolina State. She has practiced both companion-animal and farm-animal medicine at Franklin Animal Clinic, and led AAHA accreditation to this mixed practice as well as attaining a partnership interest in 1997. Dr. Crumley continues to be an active practitioner and is owner of Heartwood Animal Hospital, a primary-care companion-animal practice in the small town of Youngsville, N.C.
Tracey Jensen, DVM, DABVP (C/F), CVA, is AAHA’s vice president for 2013–2014. She earned her DVM from Colorado State University in 1996. Since 1999, Dr. Jensen has owned Wel- lington Veterinary Clinic in Wellington, Colo. AAHA accredited since 2008, Wellington Veterinary Clinic is a two- doctor, small-animal practice located in
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Northern Colorado. The practice received the AAHA-Accredited Practice of the Year Award and a Veterinary Economics Hos- pital Design Merit Award in 2012. Dr. Jensen was elected to the Council of Regents for the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners in 2011. Active in her community, Dr. Jensen cur- rently volunteers as a surgeon for her local feral cat trap-neuter- release program. She has also co-written multiple publications.
Wendy Hauser, DVM, is welcomed by AAHA’s board as a new director. Dr. Hauser was the owner of Coal Creek Veterinary Hospital in Centennial, Colo., for more than 10 years until it was purchased by a national corporation in 2008, when she became the managing veterinarian. Currently a two-doctor practice, Coal Creek has been AAHA accredited since 1999 and was a Prac-
tice of the Year finalist in 2011. Dr. Hauser received her DVM in 1988 from Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine and served as an associate veterinarian for nearly 10 years before opening Coal Creek. She has been an active AAHA member, participating in multiple programs, including PEAK Executive Transformation, NABA Business Group Task Force, multiple yearly conferences and more.
Hilary Mellor, DVM, is also joining the AAHA Board of Directors as a new director. She received her DVM from the Ontario Veterinary College in 1988. Dr. Mellor worked at Bayview Animal Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, for more than 21 years, the last 10 of which she served as Bayview’s hospital director and as a partner at both Bayview and Alta Vista Animal Hospital. Bayview
became AAHA accredited in 2009 and received second place for the AAHA-Accredited Practice of the Year Award in 2010. Dr. Mellor’s involvement with her community includes volunteer- ing for a dog-bite prevention program for elementary school children, participating in the Annual Wiggle Waggle Walkathon through the Ottawa Humane Society and offering her help to Community Veterinary Outreach, which provides veterinary care to the homeless.
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