Office

Patrick Baga, Director of Advocacy and Research

Patrick holds a BA and an MA in Politics from the University of New Hampshire. His thesis focused on the factors, most notably class interest and historical memory, that influence public perception of institutions in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Patrick sees the liberation of people and animals as interlinked. In his downtime, Patrick enjoys following sports and visiting new places. He adopted his first greyhound, Derrek, in November 2020. Email patrick@grey2kusa.org.

Lauren Boyle, Director of Operations

Lauren grew up as a ballet dancer, training and performing throughout most of her young life before going on to teach dance and pursue a career in arts administration. Lauren holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Lowell A lifelong animal lover, she is passionate about using her office experience to help end the cruelty of dog racing. Lauren resides with her beloved cat, Arie. Email lauren@grey2kusa.org.

Francesca Pucci, Creative Director

Francesca graduated from Elon University with a B.A. in Communication Design and a minor in Digital Art. As a Florida native, she witnessed GREY2K's successful 2018 campaign to shut down the twelve dog tracks in her state and is eager to see this happen worldwide! In her free time she plays sports, sings in a band with her friends, and hangs out with her adorable rescue cats, Pluto and Pixie. Email francesca@grey2kusa.org.

Danielle Festa, Creative Consultant

Danielle has been the web developer for GREY2K USA Worldwide since 2010 and continues to bring her technical, design and marketing related expertise to the table. Danielle works with her own rescue dog assistants, Brody and Eva. Being a visual artist as well, she has created a line of watercolor greyhound cards and prints for our online shop. Email danielle@grey2kusa.org.

Derrek, Office Pup

Derrek was born in 2017 and raced nearly sixty times in Alabama and Florida. He greets everyone with a gigantic smile, and is very adept at lobbying for snacks, walks and cuddles throughout the day.

Paula Blanchard, Office Volunteer

Paula is a retired writer, the author of critically acclaimed biographies of Margaret Fuller, Emily Carr and Sarah Orne Jewett. Having lived among animals all her life, she became an activist after she and her husband adopted their first greyhound in 2000. She has performed writing and research projects for both GREY2KUSA Worldwide and the GREY2K USA Education Fund.

Julie Neubauer, Office Volunteer

Julie has volunteered at our office for nearly twenty years! Notably, she helped pass the Greyhound Protection Act of 2008, the Massachusetts ballot question that closed the Wonderland and Raynham dog tracks. She shares our commitment to ending dog racing worldwide and is still on call whenever needed.

Gina, Top Dog (2010-2023)

Gina was born in Texas in 2010 and raced nearly 200 times in Florida. She greeted everyone who came to the office with kisses and tail wags. She is dearly missed.

Brooklyn, International Ambassadog (2008-2022)

Brooklyn raced in two countries, Australia and Macau (China) before sparking our international campaign to #CloseTheCanidrome. He was rescued with over 500 of his fellow hounds in 2018. He was truly a gentle soul and is missed dearly by us all. Visit Brooklyn's Memorial.

Hope, Ambassadog (2002-2015)

Hope was a greyhound rescued from the now-shuttered Wonderland dog track. As one of our "ambassadogs," she educated people about greyhound racing on her walks every day. Hope is also the namesake of our bequest program, the Hope Fund.

Zoe, Resident Greyhound (2002-2014)

Zoe was a sweet reminder of all the greyhounds we are working to save. Peanut butter was her favorite thing in the world! "ZoZo" came to work each day and proudly wore her campaign jacket throughout our original Massachusetts campaign.

Rita Escor and Marion Penney, Office Volunteers (1999-2013)

Rita and Marion are best friends who volunteered in our original office in Davis Square, Somerville. Our work for the greyhounds would have been impossible without them. Marion has rescued eight greyhounds, including Sandy who appears in this photo.