Our Staff
Karen Aseltine
Sanctuary Feline Wellness Specialist
Best Things in Life: Bicycles, scented candles, gummy bears, warm summer nights
Could Easily Live Without: Snow days, paper cuts, family members who complain about my cooking
Alafair Archambault
Sanctuary Canine Caregiver
Best Things in Life: My kindle, iced coffee, cozy video games, my dog Jupiter and my leopard gecko Lex
Could Easily Live Without: Humidity, peanuts and tree nuts (I'm allergic), spiders
Edie Bonneville
Helpline Manager
Best things in life: Family, big smiles, nature and all its miracles, books, a good belly laugh and the unconditional love of animals
Could Easily Live Without: TV, bills, traffic jams and lima beans
Marissa Boyce
Sanctuary Canine Caregiver
Best things in life: Solitude, nature, and family
Could Easily Live Without: Crowds, noise, and light pollution
Lucas Brozyna
Canine Team Manager - Behavior Cottages
Best things in life: Spending time outdoors, bike rides, and disc golf
Could Easily Live Without: Bad drivers, cold weather, and poor grammar
Michelle Christensen
Sanctuary Feline Caregiver
Best things in life: Family, all animals and nature, Fall and Winter, chocolate
Could Easily Live Without: Hot and humid weather, spiders, mosquitos, fireworks
Toni DeLorenzo
Sanctuary Canine Caregiver
Best Things in Life: Family, friends, dogs, old Jeeps, my motorcycle, being outside, being able to help others, ice cream, and baking delicious snacks
Could Easily Live Without: Narcissism, hot and humid weather
Mara DeWitte
Program Administrative Coordinator
Best Things in Life: Good coffee, great book, light breeze, blue sky...
Could Easily Live Without:Hot hot humid weather ticks/mosquitos
Erika Duplessis
Sanctuary Feline Caregiver
Best Things in Life: Family and friends, animals and plants, art and music, ocean and the woods, humor and optimism, and enjoying good food
Could Easily Live Without: War, corruption, toxic people, harmful expectations, and definitely commercials
Kristen Fjellman
Sanctuary Feline Caregiver
Best Things in Life: Traveling to new places, spending time in nature, good food, and good live music
Could Easily Live Without: Traffic, stinky perfume or cologne
Angela Frati
Sanctuary Feline Caregiver
Best Things in Life: Watching my pets sleep, beautiful sunrises and sunsets, long walks in the woods, and waterfalls
Could Easily Live Without: Mean people, ticks, litter, and highways
Laura Gayton
Human Resource Specialist
Best Things in Life: Family, friends, our dogs and beaches
Could Easily Live Without: Negativity
Sara Geriak
Sanctuary Small Animal Caregiver
Best Things in Life: My dog Sam, Autumn, books, music, and strawberries
Could Easily Live Without: Spiders and tuition expenses
Abby Haberern
Sanctuary Canine Caregiver
Best Things in Life: Long drives in the summer time with windows down, snuggling up with your dog, reading a good book, and road trips with friends
Could Easily Live Without: Bugs, especially moths, being cold, and traffic
Mark Heinrich
Chief Financial Officer
Best things in life: Family and friends at Lake Sunapee, NH, anything outside, any sporting event: anywhere – anytime!
Could easily live without: Commercials and taxes
Paul Johnson
Office Manager
Best Things in Life: Classical music, craft beer, and cartoons
Could Easily Live Without: Sports
Marie Joyner
Veterinary Program Manager and Canine Behavior Counselor
Best Things in Life: In the woods with the dogs, The Maine Cabin, and Hound Hugs
Could Easily Live Without: Social Media
Kara Keeton
Sanctuary Feline Caregiver
Best Things in Life: Being around animals, being with my family, partner and friends, watching a great footballl game, and being outside on a sunny day
Miles Lindell
Sanctuary Feline Caregiver
Best Things in Life: Animals, nature, video games, and music
Could Easily Live Without: Hot weather and traffic
Susan B. Linker
Chief Executive Officer
Best Things in Life: Soft cat fur, Summer, and Home
Could Easily Live Without: Country Music
Matt Mador
Sanctuary Canine Caregiver
Best Things in Life: Dogs, Musicals, Dessert, Music and Concerts, Campfires, Brisk fall weather
Could Easily Live Without: Mosquitoes, Ticks, and Humid weather
Krystal Makowski, CPDT-KA
Canine Wellness Specialist & Assistant Team Manager – Volunteer Cottages
Best Things in Life: All things sparkly, Photography, Mac and Cheese, and shopping
Could Easily Live Without: Hitting my funny bone -the irony is too much
Beckham Marder, CPDT-KA
Sanctuary Canine Caregiver
Best Things in Life: Friends, a simple cup of tea late at night or a fall morning, ice cream cake, art, music and of course animals!
Could Easily Live Without: My laundry, winter, and mosquitos
Seth Martin
Sanctuary Small Animal Team Manager
Best Things in Life: Meeting new animals, trying out new foods and places to eat, and dinosaurs
Could Easily Live Without: Wasps
Tammy Mercier
Sanctuary Feline Team Manager
Best Things in Life: Sleeping in, a day at the beach, a good live concert, animals to cuddle with
Could Easily Live Without: Negative people, inflation, bad weather, poor customer service
Stephanie Montemerlo
Executive Director of Programs
Best Things in Life: Family, home, pasta, reading, traveling, and animals of course!
Could Easily Live Without: Cold weather, driving
Caitlin Moses
Adoption and Helpline Program Coordinator
Best Things in Life: The amazing flora and fauna of this earth, being by a body of water, and any form of cooked potato
Could Easily Live Without: A little less anxiety would be nice, confusing highways, meanness
Deanna Nickels, CPDT-KA
Canine College Program Manager
Best Things in Life: hot fudge sundaes, teaching dogs new tricks, sunshine, gardening, family, and friends
Could Easily Live Without: snakes, cold weather, and bad coffee
Jill Nugent, CPDT-KA
Canine Team Manager - Volunteer Cottages
Best Things in Life: Bicycle rides, dogs, fall, winter, and Christmas
Could Easily Live Without: Humidity
Alayna O'Callaghan-Chausse, CPDT-KA
Sanctuary Canine Caregiver
Best Things in Life: A good movie with a dog on your lap, coffee with chocolate
Could Easily Live Without: Sommercials, raisins in food that shouldn't have raisins
Lindsey Pellino
Development & Operations Coordinator
Best Things in Life: Watching movies, mushroom foraging, vegan junk food, and heated blankets
Could Easily Live Without: Highways, single-use plastic, and people asking if I play basketball
Jon Phillips
Sanctuary Director
Best Things in Life: Watching TV on the couch with my wife and assorted furballs and all things musical
Could Easily Live Without: Reality TV
Loren Pontz
Sanctuary Feline Caregiver
Best Things in Life: Cats, chocolate, ice cream, and chocolate in ice cream
Could Easily Live Without: Bugs, cold weather, and stress
Sarah Price
Sanctuary Feline Volunteer Manager & Lead Caregiver
Best things in life: English chocolate, kittens, good friends and family!
Could Easily Live Without: Mosquitoes, worrying, and stress!
Morgan Sanford
Sanctuary Feline Caregiver
Best things in life: I love the little things. Some of the best things in life to me are family, a warm home cooked meal, a cozy bed with a cat on my lap. Hiking! And The sun on my skin and a nice glass of beer/wine with a good book.
Could Easily Live Without: Traffic and bugs!
Michelle Sitler
Sanctuary Canine Caregiver
Best things in life: Family, friends and beach time
Could Easily Live Without: Drama, politics, rudeness and disrespect of the environment
Courtney Schramm
Sanctuary Canine Caregiver
Best things in life: Dogs, chocolate, vegan restaurants, tea, fuzzy socks, a fire in the fireplace, and Christmas music
Could Easily Live Without: Filling up my car with gas
Alie Smith
Sanctuary Canine Caregiver
Best things in life: Sunsets, rainbows, music, Hawaii, animals, comfort food, sleeping in
Could Easily Live Without: Bugs, cold weather and snow, anxiety
Jennifer Strong
Sanctuary Canine Caregiver
Best Things in Life: Disney World, Halloween, The Drive-in Movies (yes they still exist!), Dogs (of course), Spending time with my husband and our fur kids, and Christmas movies!
Could Easily Live Without: Snakes and Spiders.
Carolyn Taylor
Sanctuary Feline Caregiver
Best Things in Life:Cats, Plants, Herbal tea, Reading on a blanket in the sun, and Playing cards with friends
Could Easily Live Without: Traffic, cold weather, and Violence
Kiana Torres
Sanctuary Canine Caregiver
Best Things in Life: Anything Chocolate, Music, Animals, Heated Blankets, Traveling
Could Easily Live Without: Bills, Snow, Traffic, Pineapple Pizza
Kelsie Viel
Sanctuary Feline Caregiver
Best Things in Life: Spending time with my dogs, thunderstorms, sleeping in, traveling, movies, being at home, sunsets
Could Easily Live Without: Large crowds of people, pickles, spiders, heights
Montana Voisine, CPDT-KA
Canine Team Assistant Manager - Behavior Cottages
Best Things in Life: All animals, nature, spending time with my fur babies, and Green Tea!
Could Easily Live Without: The cold, anxiety and college tuition
Allisia Vroom, CBCC
Sanctuary Canine Behavior Assistant
Best Things in Life: Disney, Harry Potter, crafting, and being outdoors
Could Easily Live Without: Tuna fish, running, and cooking
Janice Wehner
Community Outreach Coordinator
Best Things in Life: Love of my family and pets, dark chocolate, purple, horses, dragonflies, movies, musicals, concerts, dancing, and uncontrollable laughter
Could Easily Live Without: Ticks, winter, wet socks, and reckless drivers
Heather Wildman
Adoption Program & Media Manager
Best Things in Life: Mountain adventures, purple hair dye, Indian food, sunbathing with some furry friends, front row at a concert, and laughing until your stomach hurts
Could Easily Live Without: Stubbing your toe and the feeling of having something stuck in your teeth
Peyton Winter, CPDT-KA, CBCC-KA
Director of Canine Behavior Programs
Best Things in Life: Trees, Nice Views, Cool Rocks, Dogs, Stevie Nicks, and Iced Oat Milk Lattes
Could Easily Live Without: Traffic, Styrofoam, and Laundry