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Board of Directors

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Officers

  • Patricia Pendry
    Patricia Pendry

    PRESIDENT
    Washington State University
    Department of Human Development
    USA

    Contact President

  • Nancy Gee
    Nancy Gee

    PRESIDENT ELECT
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    Bill Balaban Chair in Human-Animal Interaction
    Director, Center for Human-Animal Interaction
    USA

  • Megan Kiely Mueller
    Megan Kiely Mueller

    TREASURER
    Tufts University
    Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
    USA
    https://hai.tufts.edu/

    Contact Treasurer

  • Alexa Carr
    Alexa Carr

    TREASURER ELECT
    Washington State University
    Department of Human Development
    USA

  • John-Tyler Binfet
    John-Tyler Binfet

    SECRETARY FOR DEVELOPMENT
    The University of British Columbia
    Okanagan School of Education
    Canada

    Contact Secretary for Development

  • Kerri Rodriguez
    Kerri Rodriguez

    SECRETARY FOR COMMUNICATIONS
    Colorado State University
    School of Social Work
    USA

    Contact Secretary for Communications

  • Jo Williams
    Jo Williams

    PROGRAMS OFFICER
    University of Edinburgh
    UK

Board Members

  • Catherine Amiot
    Catherine Amiot

    Université du Québec à Montréal
    Department of Psychology
    Canada

  • Erika Friedmann
    Erika Friedmann

    University of Maryland
    School of Nursing
    USA

  • Emma Grigg
    Emma Grigg

    University of California, Davis
    School of Veterinary Medicine
    Department of Population Health & Reproduction
    USA

  • Brinda Jegatheesan
    Brinda Jegatheesan

    University of Washington
    College of Education
    Educational Psychology
    USA

  • Miki Kakinuma
    Miki Kakinuma

    Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University
    Japan

  • Cheryl A. Krause-Parello
    Cheryl A. Krause-Parello

    Florida Atlantic University
    Director, C-P.A.W.W. Canines Providing Assistance to Wounded Warriors
    Health Research Initiative for Veterans
    USA

  • Pamela Schreiner
    Pamela Schreiner

    University of Minnesota
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
    USA

  • Clare Thomas-Pino
    Clare Thomas-Pino

    Hartpury University
    UK

Student Board Member

Ex Officio Board Members

  • Kristen Jacobson
    Kristen Jacobson

    RECENT PAST PRESIDENT
    University of Chicago
    Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience
    USA

  • Anthony Podberscek
    Anthony Podberscek

    EDITOR, ANTHROZOÖS
    Australia

  • Marie-Jose Enders-Slegers
    Marie-Jose Enders-Slegers

    IAHAIO REPRESENTATIVE
    Open Universiteit Nederland
    Netherlands

Staff

  • Abbey Thigpen
    Abbey Thigpen

    ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER
    University of California, Davis
    School of Veterinary Medicine
    Department of Population Health & Reproduction
    USA

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