Board of Directors
Suzanne West
President
Co-Chair, Membership Services Committee
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membership@wwrawildlife.org
suzanne@wwrawildlife.org
In 2012, Suzanne became the Executive Director at Sarvey Wildlife Care Center. She joined the board of WWRA in 2019, and currently serves as the President and co-chairs the Member Services Committee. She is also a member of the WDFW Wildlife Rehabilitation Advisory Group. Suzanne welcomes the opportunity to work with WWRA to further strengthen and connect the network of rehabilitators in our state.
Alysha Evans
Co-Vice President
Secretary
Co-Chair, Wildlife Education Committee
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education@wwrawildlife.org
alysha@wwrawildlife.org
Alysha Evans graduated in 2010 with honors from Thompson Rivers University in the Animal Health Technology Program as a Registered Animal Health Technologist. Since 2006, she has worked with wildlife gaining hands on experience with all species including large carnivores and marine mammals and is permitted in Washington State. Alysha manages the Whatcom Humane Society Wildlife Rehabilitation Services Department and oversees ~2,500 patients per year.
Raina Domek
Co-Vice President
Co-Chair, Wildlife Education Committee
Webmaster
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website@wwrawildlife.org
Raina is a permitted and certified lead wildlife rehabilitator at PAWS Wildlife Center where she has been working since 2009. Prior to PAWS, she worked as a water chemist, field biologist, and domestic animal veterinary/shelter assistant. She holds bachelor’s degrees in Conservation Biology, Zoology, and Environmental Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is active in the rehab community by presenting at state and national conferences and publishing in national bulletins.
Emily Meredith
Co-Treasurer
Chair, Finance and Development Committee
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emily@wwrawildlife.org
Emily holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and an Environmental Studies Certificate from Indiana University. Emily has been a wildlife rehabilitator for over 27 years and is the Wildlife Rehabilitation Manager at PAWS Wildlife Center. She has worked for several wildlife rehabilitation organizations across the United States and Canada. Her experience encompasses a wide range of species including large mammals and pelagic birds.
Sara Penhallegon
Co-Treasurer
Chair, Board Development Committee
sara@wwrawildlife.org
Sara is the founder and director of Center Valley Animal Rescue, which started up in 2002. Sara is a Licensed Veterinary Technician and licensed wildlife rehabilitator. She works with a wide variety of animals: birds and mammals, large and small, wild and domestic. Sara was a Partners for Wildlife fellow in 2018-2019 and a mentor in 2019-2020. She has been in the veterinary field since 1995 and has worked with wildlife since 2000. Before starting Center Valley Animal Rescue, she ran a small business in Port Townsend.
Mathew ‘Tigger’ Birch
Co-Chair, Membership Services Committee
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Mathew or “Tigger”, as most people know him, is a Seattle native. His passion for animals began early on his grandparent’s farm. In 1999, he began volunteering at PAWS Wildlife Center and then spent the next five years there as seasonal staff. In 2005, he transitioned to veterinary medicine, continuing wildlife rehabilitation on the side. In 2010, he received his Veterinary Technician’s license and Washington Wildlife Rehabilitation permit. He is currently a full time LVT and Featherhaven Native Songbird Rehabilitation board member.
Kate Bouchard
Board Member at Large
kate@wwrawildlife.org
In 2016, Kate graduated from the University of Washington with a BS in wildlife conservation. She has over a decade of experience running a nonprofit battery hen rescue that serves the local community of South Park as an educational resource for urban farming. Since 2018, Kate has been studying the cognitive abilities of corvids with the Animal Behavior Department at UW. She is a practicing licensed wildlife rehabilitator with Sarvey Wildlife Care Center. Kate is now a veterinary student (class of 2026) at WSU.
Casey Mclean
Board Member at Large
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Casey is a licensed veterinary technician and executive director of SR3. She has a degree in marine biology and a long-standing passion and experience in marine animal medical care, rehabilitation, and conservation. She has worked in areas of sea turtle rehabilitation, wildlife rehabilitation, and marine mammal rehabilitation for over 12 years. She is an active member of the Marine Mammal Stranding Network in the Puget Sound and works on a variety of marine animals including stranded seal pups, sea otters, and sea lions. Casey is also a trained oil-spill responder.
Marcie Logsdon
Board Member at Large
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Marcie is an Assistant Professor in the Exotics and Wildlife Department of the Teaching Hospital at Washington State University (WSU). She has been teaching at WSU since 2014; not only does she work with wildlife and exotic pets at WSU, she also recently received a grant from Partners for Wildlife to build a rehabilitation facility for deer in Palouse, WA. Hers is the only facility approved to rehabilitate deer in eastern Washington.