Rescue Team Leaders
Regional Coordinators
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Teresa Rider
FL Regional Coordinator; Foster Lead/Trainer; Foster; Transporter
Teresa lives in the north Florida "swamp" with hubby Buck, son Sean, woofer Katie Beth and several perfectly wonderful felines. She discovered the rescue gallery when she retired from the Navy and started surfing the internet, next was SICC, and then officially started volunteering in 2001. She works fulltime as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and in her off-time she enjoys living out in the country in the peace and quiet and spending time with her family including the fur.
FLN@siameserescue.org
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Carole Sime
FL Regional Coordinator; Foster; Intake Evaluator; Transporter
Carole lives in Florida and is "Mom" to five cats (including a lynx
point and snowshoe meezer mix.) She's worked the past 14 years as
Publication Designer/Art Director for special interest magazines, and
as a web site designer.
FL@siameserescue.org
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Joyce Fuhrman
MD Regional Coordinator; Foster Lead; Foster; Intake Evaluator; Transporter.
Joyce began her association with Siamese Rescue after adopting a pair of 12-yr old bonded sisters from SCRC in 2003. She and her hubby Gene are currently owned by 9 cats including 7 meezers (5 adopted) and 2 dsh strays that had the good luck to wind up outside their Western Maryland home. Joyce has had meezers in her life for over 40 years and works as a Financial Systems Analyst to help support their feline habit.
MD@siameserescue.org
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Susan Rego
NC Regional Coordinator; Board Member; Volunteer Liason; Transport Lead
NC@siameserescue.org
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Nancy Blacker
NC Regional Coordinator; Board Member; Foster; Transporter
Currently residing in NC, Nancy started volunteer for SRC in December of 2000, back when Siri was setting up for DOL all by herself!! She has been an adopter, foster, interviewer, transport coordinator, state coordinator and board member. Her house is run by 8 cats and various fosters.
NCcentral@siameserescue.org
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Jackie Pritchard
OH Regional Coordinator; Intake Evaluator; Transporter
Jackie lives in her hometown "The Magic City" Barberton, Ohio with husband John who is a teacher. She is employed as the Customer Data Base Manager for a local charity in Akron, and has been there since 1983. She has two meezers, Melbourne and Adelaide, as well as a rescued stray - a tripod black cat named Henry.
OH@siameserescue.org
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Cher West
OH Regional Coordinator; Interviewer; Intake Evaluator; Transporter; Crafter
Cher lives in Pickerington, Ohio, with her husband Gene. Both are employed by insurance companies in Columbus (rivals!) and both are still with their first employers! They have recently become grandparents to a beautiful girl and are enjoying spoiling her! Cher became involved with rescue when she adopted Ivy, VA12xx. She started doing transports and then added interviewing, closely followed with Intake Evaluation, some crafting and helping at shows.
OHeast@siameserescue.org
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Melanie Daugherty (East)
TN Regional Coordinator; Foster Lead; Foster; Intake Evaluator; Transporter, Crafter
Melanie lives with her husband, Brian (amazing foster dad), and 7 furchildren (all rescues, 1 Meezer) in Knoxville, TN. She was never owned by a Siamese Cat until she began working with Siamese Rescue in 2003 but had been helping stray cats since the age of 8. She works as a project manager for a national healthcare company. In her free time, she enjoys crochet, spending time with her extended family, and long weekends in the mountains.
TNeast@siameserescue.org
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Linda Harrison (West)
TN Regional Coordinator; Foster; Intake Evaluator; Transporter
Linda loves to drive cats to their new homes and sometimes flies with them as well since her paying job often takes her to the eastern half of the US. Linda lives in Memphis, TN and has one Geezer Meezer and two DSH cats.
TNwest@siameserescue.org
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Pat Ramirez
VA Regional Coordinator; Foster; Intake Evaluator; Transporter
Pat is a legal assistant, and has been a volunteer with Siamese Rescue
since December 1999. Interviewer, transporter, foster and
litter box scooper. Owned by 4 cats, all rescues: Cinnamon
(DSH), TaiChi, Perla and Tange (meezers).
VAnorth@siameserescue.org
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Deb Chaison
President; VA Regional Coordinator; Interviewer Lead; Intake Evaluator; Transporter
Deb lives in Central VA where she can easily get up to the Center to help out in a pinch. She has been Interviewing and doing various other tasks (currently President) to help see the cats safely out of shelters and into new homes for about 3 yrs now. When she's not *working* for Siamese Rescue, she is a locomotive engineer for Amtrak or can be found enjoying her own three cats and horses.
VAsouth@siameserescue.org
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