Board of Directors
GREY2K USA is led by a group of experienced, humane-minded Directors who are committed to protecting greyhounds and working together to end the cruelty of dog racing. Collectively, our Directors have decades of experience working with lawmakers to pass stronger animal protection laws and volunteering for greyhound adoption organizations.
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GREY2K USA board members: Treasurer Paul LaFlamme, Secretary Twig Mowatt, Vice President Mike Trombley, Executive Director Carey Theil, President Christine Dorchak, Florida Legislative Agent Marc Reichelderfer and board member Kevin Neuman. |
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Christine A. Dorchak, President and General
Counsel Christine Dorchak has extensive professional experience in the animal protection movement. Before obtaining her law degree, she worked as Research Director for the New England Anti-Vivisection Society and was the manager of the Ellen Gifford Sheltering Home for Cats in Boston. A long-distance runner all of her life, she has competed in six Boston Marathons to date. Christine enjoys spending free time with her four cats and greyhound Zoe.[Email Christine] |
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Michael S. Trombley, CPA, Vice President |
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| Paul LaFlamme, Treasurer Paul LaFlamme is a former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives where he served on the Executive Departments and Administration Committee. Today Paul operates his own real estate company, At Home Realty, LLC, with a partner. Paul lives with his wife, Kathy, and daughter, Julia, in Nashua, NH. [Email Paul] |
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| Twig Mowatt, Secretary Twig Mowatt has 20 years of experience in public relations for both the commercial and nonprofit sectors. She holds an M.B.A. from Boston College and an M.S. in journalism from the Columbia University School of Journalism. She was a journalist for ten years and covered the drug war in Colombia for The New York Times and the Associated Press. She later served as a Senior Manager for Arthur D. Little, Inc., a management consulting firm. Twig is active in various animal welfare issues. She is on the board of the Bali Animal Welfare Association and works closely with All Sato Rescue, which seeks to improve the lives of Puerto Rico's stray dogs. [Email Twig or visit her pet portrait web site.] |
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| Sara Amundson, Board Member Sara Amundson is currently the Executive Director for the Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF), the lobbying affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States. The HSLF works to pass animal protection laws at the state and federal level and to support humane candidates for office. Previously Sara served as Deputy and Legislative Director of the Doris Day Animal League. [Email Sara] |
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| Rev. Tom Grey, Board Member Reverend Tom Grey is the Field Director and spokesperson for Stop Predatory Gambling. Before becoming a minister, he served as the commander of a U.S. Army rifle company in Germany and as a military advisor to a Vietnamese infantry battalion in Vietnam. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Garrett Theological Seminary. Tom has been profiled in Time magazine, People magazine, U.S. News and World Report, The Los Angeles Times, The National Enquirer, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer, PBS's Frontline, and 60 Minutes. [Email Rev. Grey] |
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| Jennifer Krebs, Board Member Raised on a small farm and living with animals all of her life, Jennifer has long had a passion for animal rescue. Jennifer adopted her first greyhound in 2003, and has volunteered in many different capacities for several greyhound adoption groups, including racetrack-to-rescue transport and fostering. She and her husband have adopted five rescued greyhounds in six years, and currently share their home with three of those greyhounds, along with their rescued cat. Jennifer lives in Georgia and operates a small business dedicated to the loving in-home care of companion animals. [Email Jennifer or visit her blog] |
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| Kevin Neuman, Board Member Kevin Neuman (pictured with his wife Sherry who serves on our Advisory Board) has been associated with greyhound adoption and advocacy for over ten years. Kevin, Sherry and their daughter, Holly, are members of the board of directors of Kansas City REtired Greyhounds as Pets where they’ve helped find loving homes for more than 3,000 greyhounds. Kevin also volunteers for Stand Up for Kansas, a grassroots organization that fights the legalization of slot machines at Kansas racetracks. Kevin and Sherry live with their greyhounds in Overland Park, Kansas. [Email Kevin] |
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Charmaine Settle, Board Member Charmaine Settle is a member of Colorado Greyhound Adoption, Greyhound Rescue International Network, and a supporter of the American European Greyhound Alliance. She helped GREY2K USA defeat Colorado's “Amendment 33” ballot initiative that would have propped up dog racing with slot machines, helped collect signatures for a ballot question to end dog racing in Massachusetts and led an effort to defeat House Bill 1095 which would have re-introduced dog racing in Colorado. She has also volunteered at the Scooby refuge in Spain working to bring adoptable greyhounds into the United States and helps coordinate dog hauls from racetracks to adoption groups across the country. [Email Charmaine] |
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Gina Trippi, Board Member Gina Trippi is a member of both the Florida and District of Columbia Bars with extensive organizing, outreach and networking experience for candidates and political issues. Gina served as the Regional Director for a U.S. Senate campaign, as Executive Director of the DC Democracy Fund, and as political adviser to candidates and elected officials. Gina lives in Washington DC with her husband John, and two rescued greyhounds, FourWheels and Berry Hill. |
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Carey M. Theil, Executive Director of GREY2K USA |
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