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THE GROW HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER
2007 Board of Directors, Steering Committee, Advisory Board
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Brenda
Hudlow
Board of Directors - President & Founder
Executive Director
Brenda Hudlow works for a
commercial real estate investment and development firm in
Atlanta,
Georgia
as Office Manager and is a licensed real estate agent.
She attends the
University of
West Georgia
where she is pursuing a B.A. degree in Marketing and Real Estate.
She has over 15 years of office management and human
resources experience as President/CEO of HEI Staffing Services which
specialized in placement of Executive Assistants and Administrative
Assistants for the telecommunications industry.
Her wildlife background includes the care and public education of
exotic wildlife (mammals, reptiles, and birds) for over 10 years as
the owner of Pet-A-Fair, Inc. She served as
President and Founder of The American Miniature Pig Association, a
national registry and information source for Vietnamese Potbellied
Pigs. She has served on several nonprofit
organization committees for fundraising including events for The
United Way, The Georgia Council on Child Abuse, The Holyfield
Foundation, The Michael Bolton Foundation, and The Tom Glavine Field
of Dreams Golf and Tennis Tournament. She also
served on the Board of Directors of Executive Women International.
She has worked with Zoo Atlanta as a volunteer docent.
She is a certified wildlife rehabilitator and member of the
National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association (N.W.R.A.) and the
International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (I.W.R.C.).
Larry
Hudlow
Board of Directors – Vice President
Larry Hudlow retired from Delta Airlines as Senior Customer Service
Agent with 28 years of service. He co-owned Pet-A-Fair, Inc.
managing the care of exotic wildlife (mammals, reptiles, and birds)
for over 10 years. He has been involved with nonprofit fundraising
events for The Georgia Council on Child Abuse, The United Way, The
Michael Bolton Foundation, and The Tom Glavine Field of Dreams Golf
and Tennis Tournament. He is a member of the National Wildlife
Rehabilitators Association (N.W.R.A.) and the International Wildlife
Rehabilitation Council (I.W.R.C.) He is currently employed with
Superior Water Service as Field Technician and chemically treats
water for cooling towers and boiler systems.
Linda
Brooks
Board of Directors – Secretary
Linda Brooks has been an Executive Assistant for over 14 years with
HEI Staffing Services working for executives of the BellSouth
companies and Cingular Wireless. She is currently working with
WellStar Health Systems.
Dr.
Stephen J. Hernandez-Divers
Assistant Professor of Exotic Animal, Wildlife & Zoological Medicine
Department of Small Animal Medicine & Surgery
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
Stephen
Hernandez-Divers graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in
London with a distinction in Exotic Animal Medicine in 1994. He is
a Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Diplomate of Zoological
Medicine, and an RCVS recognized Specialist in Zoo & Wildlife
Medicine. He is a consultant to the Spanish Government on the
Gallotia lizard project in the Canary Islands and the Veterinary
Information Network, and Past-President of the Association of
Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians. Dr. Hernandez-Divers has
lectured across the United States and Europe, and has published
numerous book chapters and journal manuscripts. He is an Associate
Editor for the Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery.
Steve emigrated to the United States to marry Sonia
Hernandez-Divers, and he became the Assistant Professor of Exotic
Animal, Wildlife and Zoological Medicine at the University of
Georgia in August 2001. His current exotic animal research projects
include evaluation of renal and hepatic function, meloxicam
pharmacokinetics, chelonian reproductive evaluation, and
minimally-invasive endosurgery.
Craig A.
Flugel
Director
Craig A. Flugel works for American Software in Atlanta as Sr.
Systems Analyst/ Helpdesk Supervisor. He worked as a volunteer
E.M.T. member of several ambulance/ rescue squads for over 10 years,
holding many leadership positions. He served as a member of the
Board of Directors for the Monroe Y.M.C.A. and the Monroe United
Methodist Church preschool. He holds an R.V.E.S.R.A. (Recognized
Volunteer Employee Services and Recreation Associate) title with the
National Employee Services Association. Currently, he serves as
Secretary of the Nottingham Gate Homeowners’ Association. He has
participated in the Michael Bolton Charities Activities Committee
for 15 years. He grew up with a variety of animals and has a great
love for them.
Linda S. Flugel
Director
Linda S. Flugel has worked as a Legal Assistant for over 30 years in
New Jersey, Connecticut, and Georgia and is currently employed as a
Legal Assistant in the Legal Department at Cingular Wireless – The
New AT&T in Atlanta, Georgia. She has volunteered with the Michael
Bolton Charities for 15 years. She participated in the P.T.A. at her
son’s school and is actively involved with the Homeowners’
Association in her community. She has a deep love for animals.
Carl
Hodges
Board of Directors – General Counsel
Carl Hodges is
CEO of the law firm Hodges, McEachern & King, a firm with
concentration in civil trial practice, closely held corporations,
trust and estates, real estate, and elder care law and has been in
practice for twenty-nine years. He graduated from Georgia Tech with
honor in 1973 and from University of Georgia School of Law in 1975.
His hobbies include nature, travel, photography, and painting.
Rob Stadler
Director – Media and Public Relations
When Atlanta listeners need the very latest
information, they turn to veteran Star 94 News Director Rob Stadler
on the Steve & Vikki Morning Show. Born in Shelby, OH, Rob began as
a sportswriter for the town paper and made the switch to radio upon
graduating from high school. After stops at stations in Columbus, OH
and Miami, FL, Rob came to Atlanta in 1987. He's been named
Atlanta's Best Newscaster by the Achievement in Radio Awards nine
times. He has also won numerous Associated Press honors and two
prestigious Edward R. Murrow Awards, including one for his
on-the-scene coverage of Eric Rudolph’s 1997 bombings in Sandy
Springs.
WILDLIFE HOSPITAL STEERING COMMITTEE
Lorrie Hale-Mitchell, DVM
Dr. Lorrie
Hale-Mitchell graduated from University of Illinois, College of
Veterinary Medicine in 1995. She practiced at Denham Springs Animal
Hospital, in Louisiana, from February 1997 to December 2006. Since
1997, she has been involved with the veterinary aspect of wildlife
rehabilitation. Dr Hale lectured at the National Wildlife
Rehabilitators Association (NWRA) Symposium in 2002 and 2004
assisting with several wet labs at the conference every year. She
has lectured throughout the state of Louisiana on the medical
aspects of rehabilitation. She was President of Louisiana Wildlife
Rehabilitation Association (LAWRA) from 2004-2006 and has served as
Consulting Veterinarian for seven years. Through LAWRA, she and the
other board members held seminars every year on wildlife
rehabilitation, including lectures and hands-on labs. She is
married to Dr. Mark Mitchell, the former Director of The Wildlife
Hospital of Louisiana (WHL), and Associate Professor of Zoological,
Exotic, Wildlife Medicine at the University of Illinois, College of
Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Hale and family, moved back to Illinois
where she is a relief veterinarian and stay-at-home mother to their
new daughter.
Maggie
Mercer, DVM
Dr. Maggie Mercer
is owner and Veterinarian at Douglas County Animal Hospital in
Douglasville, GA. Previously, she practiced at Gwinnett-Suwannee
emergency clinic and was Associate DVM at Centerville Hospital in
Snellville, GA. She also has wildlife experience as a Veterinary
Technician for a Wildlife Veterinarian working with deer and
raptors. She graduated from The University of Georgia in 1999. She
is a member of the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA),
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), Georgia Veterinary
Medical Association (GVMA), American Business Women’s Association (ABWA),
and Douglas County Chamber of Commerce.
Elizabeth
Mackey, DVM
Elizabeth Mackey is a 1986 graduate of the University of South
Carolina, where she received a BS in Biology. She taught secondary
sciences for 7 years. In 1993 she became permitted for the
rehabilitation of native wildlife and licensed for using
non-releasable raptors in educational programs. She has traveled
throughout SC and GA speaking to schools and organizations about
wildlife and conservation. She is a former Executive Director of the
Wildlife Coalition of the Midlands, and an active member of NWRA and
IWRC. In 2006 she received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from
the University of Georgia. She is currently doing an internship at
UGA in exotic, wildlife and zoological medicine. She is married to
Kelly, a physician with Regional FirstCare, and they have a farm in
Watkinsville.
Diane Owen
Fundraising - Grants
Diane Owen is the
Accounting Manager for Board of Regents Sponsored Operations,
Georgia Institute of Technology, and was previously the grant writer
and post award administrator for the Chattahoochee Hill Country
Conservancy. Prior to that, she spent nearly a decade as a
Financial Analyst in federal grants management at Emory University.
In bringing her grant writing and grants management experience to
GROW, she feels she has come full circle to her environmental
training in archeological survey and fieldwork. She attended the
University of South Florida and Florida Atlanta University for a
Bachelors in Science in Anthropology. She later pursued anthropology
research at F.A.U. with an emphasis on Archeology. During this
time, she accepted a job with Merrill Lynch as a management
assistant, eventually transferring to the Merrill Lynch Atlanta
Regional Center as a personnel specialist, and was later promoted to
Branch Office Operations Supervisor. After working in the financial
services and financial planning industries for several years, she
took a position at Emory University in a medical research division,
eventually achieving the position of Financial Analyst. Her Georgia
Tech responsibilities include oversight of a $35 million NSF award;
her Emory responsibilities included management of $20 million in
grant funds annually, much of it Federal NIH funds, for a period of
nearly 10 years. She is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in
Professional Accounting at the University of West Georgia. She will
assist GROW with grant writing and advise our Accountant on grants
management issues.
J. C.
Elder, III
Architectural Design
J. C. is a
Graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. After
having received his B. S. in Architecture from Georgia Tech in 2004,
he worked for Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback and Associates before
returning to school to pursue his M. Arch I in the Fall of 2005.
Sally Joosten
Sally Joosten has
been a professional wildlife rehabilitator and educator,
specializing in teaching others who are getting started in the field
of wildlife rehabilitation since 1963. She is Founder & Former
Director of McHenry County Conservation District Wildlife Center
located in Illinois for twenty years beginning in 1975. She is a
founding Board member of the National Wildlife Rehabilitators
Association (NWRA) and Co-author of “NWRA Principles of Wildlife
Rehabilitation, The Essential Guide for Novice and Experienced
Rehabilitators” (1st and 2nd Editions). She is
founding Board member and current Vice President of the Illinois
Wildlife Rehabilitators Association. She has wrote numerous
published papers. She was the recipient of the National Wildlife
Rehabilitators Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998 and
the National Registry of Who’s Who in 1999.
Bea Orendorff
Bea
Orendorff has been a licensed wild bird rehabilitator since 1981 and
is the Founder of Wild Bird Rescue, Inc. a home-based nonprofit
organization that cares for all species of wild birds. She is also
Co-Founder and past President of the Kentucky Wildlife
Rehabilitators Association, and Co-Founder and Vice-President of the
Ohio Wildlife Rehabilitators Association. During the 1980’s she was
Director of the Cincinnati Zoo’s wildlife rehabilitation program
(4,000-5,000 animals admitted per year). She served on the National
Wildlife Rehabilitators Association (NWRA) Board of Directors for
the past 13 years. She is also active on several NWRA committees.
She was the recipient of the 1997 NWRA Significant Achievement Award
and the 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award. She was the editor of the
NWRA newsletter for 13 years and was instrumental in the creation of
its peer-reviewed journal. She was also the editor of NWRA’s 2003
symposium proceedings. She lectures at state and national
conferences, has published several papers and consults with other
rehabilitators from around the country.
ADVISORY BOARD
I. Lehr Brisbin,
Ph.D. (Term March 2006 to Present)
Dr. I. Lehr Brisbin retired from the University of Georgia (UGA) in
October 2005 as Senior Research Ecologist at the Savannah River
Ecology Laboratory and Professor in both the College of Ecology and
in the Dept of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences. He currently
holds the title of Senior Scientist Emeritus with UGA. As a
graduate school faculty member, he has served as the major professor
for 9 Ph.D. and 15 Masters students at UGA, and has authored more
259 articles. Dr. Brisbin obtained his undergraduate degree in
biology from Wesleyan University in Connecticut in 1962, immediately
followed with his M.S.(1965) and Ph.D (1967) degrees from the
University of Georgia. Dr. Brisbin’s area of expertise is in the
assessment of contamination on natural systems and associated
wildlife habitat. He brings extensive experience in habitat
assessment to GROW, and will advise on habitat selection for
wildlife returned to the wild. Dr. Brisbin is also a Certified
Wildlife Biologist (since 1979, Wildlife Society) and a Certified
Senior Ecologist (since 1984, Ecological Society of America).
Tracey Kelly
Tracey Kelly
worked with Federal Express for 17 years as a Dangerous Goods
Specialist, International Shipment Audit Specialist, and Swing
Driver/ Courier. She is co-owner of Kelly & Hardin, Inc., a
marketing, printing, and graphic design company. She also has a
Realtors License. When she has an opportunity, she is a substitute
teacher at Hayes Elementary School. She works with the Air Force
Auxiliary, a nonprofit organization, in the Civil Air Patrol as a 2nd
Lieutenant. Their missions include Cadet Programs, Emergency
Services, and Aerospace Education. Her activities include working
with the cadets and training on an air search and rescue team as a
mission scanner/observer. She loves animals and enjoys working with
them as well as learning about them.
Jackie Smaga
Grants
Jackie Smaga
has over 10 years of foundation management experience including
foundation establishment and annual event coordination that ranges
from the initial concept to the post-event follow up. She has over
17 years of fundraising experience securing donations and grants
from individuals, corporations, and foundations. Since 1993, she
has served as executive director of The Michael Bolton Charities,
Inc. which she and Mr. Bolton started to benefit children and women
at risk.
Joyce E. Logan
Public Relations
Joyce E.
Logan worked as the C.E.O. and owner of Fan Emporium--a public
relations, marketing firm developed in the 80’s with celebrity
clients such as Michael Bolton, Mariah Carey, Kenny Loggins, Carly
Simon, and many others--until 2000, when she sold her business. She
created newsletters, backstage “meet & greets,” and various
contests, and unique merchandise offers for Fan Emporium. The New
York Times has published three articles about her work. Her awards
and accomplishments include the Who’s Who for “Executives and
Professionals Edition” in 1996 and 1997, the Golden Phone Award for
“Excellence in Fundraising” in 1994 and 1995, and the Better
Business Bureau for “Excellence in Business” in 1996. She also
coauthored three books in 1997, 1999, and 2000—self-publishing two
and LifeTime Books publishing the other. She currently works as a
consultant for various companies.
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