A new leadership team was recently announced at Furry Friends, a cap adoption agency in Vancouver.
Jennifer Hart has taken over the office of president for Furry Friends. Hart replaces outgoing President David Cox. Hart has been a volunteer with Furry Friends since 2004. Furry Friends is a 501c3 nonprofit, no-kill, all volunteer organization that shelters and adopts out homeless and neglected cats and kittens in Clark County.
Diane Stevens has been appointed to the executive committee of Furry Friends as director of public relations and marketing. She has been an active volunteer for the organization since November 2014 and has extensive experience in the printing and publishing industry. Some of her duties include photography, video, artwork, graphic design, event planning, press releases and marketing endeavors. Her goal is to get more exposure for Furry Friends so there can be more cat adoptions, recruit more volunteers and increase the amount of donations to the group. The group is all volunteer, there are no paid salaries; all money goes to the care of the cats.
Dr. Marci Koski has been appointed to the executive committee of Furry Friends as director of social media. Marci is passionate about animal welfare and has been a volunteer with Furry Friends since April 2014. As a Furry Friends volunteer, she socializes the cats, cleans the halfway house, wrangles cats for zombie movies, and leads the social media team.
Koskii has previously volunteered with the Humane Society for Southwest Washington, and is a certified Feline Behavior and Training Specialist with her own cat behavior consulting business, Feline Behavior Solutions. Her mission is to keep cats in homes and prevent pets from being surrendered to animal shelters or abandoned due to treatable behavior issues. She is also currently a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and works on threatened and endangered species conservation issues. Koski is married and lives with five cute cats and two small fish.
Furry Friends is a nonprofit organization in Clark County that rescues and finds homes for cats and kittens. For more information, visit www.furryfriendswa.org.
