PAWS for People Advisory Council


Debbie Anderson

Certified Therapeutic Equine Riding Instructor/Adm. Assistant, Lasata Farm

Steve Bruchey – Chair
Delaware Air National Guard (Retired)

Alan Burkhard
Serial Entrepreneur (Retired), Business Advisor

Patrick Carroll
Executive Director, Humane Animal Partners

Melody Cline
Volunteer Coordinator, Delaware Hospice

Desiree Faison
Community School Site Coordinator, Shortlidge Academy

Honorable Bethany Hall-Long
Lieutenant Governor, State of Delaware

Bob Jarvis
Founder, Quality Enablement, LLC & Managing Director, Nimble Leader

Dr. Marshala Lee
Family Medicine Specialist

Diane Mayer
Grief Counselor, White Feather Farm

Bob Older
Executive Director, Delaware Small Business Chamber of Commerce

Susan Pfadt, M.S.Ed., M.A. BCBA
Board Certified Behavioral Analyst Consultant, Private Practice & Behavioral Analyst, State of Delaware Division of Development Disabilities

Ted Rosenthal, Esq.
Rosenthal & Associates, LLC – Legal Advisor

Lexi Schubert
Certified Child Life Specialist, Nemours Children’s Hospital

Sue Sheehy
Professor, School of Nursing, University of Delaware & Veteran, US Army Nurse Corps

Elisabeth Simmons
Youth and Teen Services Librarian, Kirkwood Library, Children’s Literacy

Carol Tavani, MD
Neurology, Psychiatry and Clinical Pharmacology, Christiana Psychiatric Services

Natalie Titus, DVM
Veterinarian, Haven Lake Animal Hospital & Consultant at Delaware Office of Animal Welfare, DHSS

Gina Zanella-Sample
School Counselor, Caesar Rodney School District