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VICKY SPADONI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Vicky has devoted her career to advocating and helping charitable organizations thrive! She has held both long term fundraising and executive leadership positions with charities such as; The Ontario Lung Association, MitoCanada Foundation, The Children's Safety Village of Brant, Operation Lift and now Autism Dog Services. Vicky resides with her husband Rick and son Adam in Brantford, ON and her step daughter Meagan lives in Hamilton, ON. Vicky and her husband rescue dogs and give them a life of love and respect. Contact Vicky with your fundraising ideas, she would love to hear from you! (519) 722-2685 |
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ALLISON SAVARD, DIRECTOR, CLIENT SERVICES Allison has volunteered and worked in the autism service dog industry for the past 20 years. Allison began her career running a foster puppy program and went on to complete an apprenticeship tranining program through the first organization in the world to train and pair service dogs with children living with autism. Allison joined the ADS team in 2009 to continue her work with children, families and service dogs. Allison currently works part-time for ADS and is responsible for supporting client families; including those interested in obtaining more information about acquiring a service dog, supporting and instructing families on the wait list and families who currently have service dogs. Other responsibilities include grant writing and assisting Janine with the Puppy Program. (519) 504-7658 |
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CRYSTAL MCINDOO, ADVANCED TRAINER Life really has gone to the dogs, Crystal has been training them for over 20yrs! She's worked with rescue dogs to rehabilitate, retrain and re-home, taught basic puppy classes, rally obedience, sport scent detection as well as in home training for basics and behavioral training. Crystal has had the pleasure of being able to work with many different breeds and temperaments of canines over the years. She has a rambunctious, trouble making Siamese kitty and three dogs of her own - a Hairless Chinese Crested, a Toy Xoloitzcuintlie (Mexican Hairless) and an American BulldogX. Her Crested and Xolo both have their Canine Good Neighbor certificates and Novice Rally-O titles with High in Trial scores! In my down time she enjoys cottaging, camping, horseback riding and pizza. Crystal has previously trained and handled high energy professional detection dogs and she joins the ADS team with service dog experience and was an Advanced Trainer at National Service Dogs. She looks forward to joining the ADS team and sharing her skills to help better the lives of children and their families through providing a quality, well-trained Service Dog! Crystal loves training because there is always something new to learn and teach. Each type of training teaches her new skills, patience and a new and better way to communicate with our canine friends.
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JANINE BRUBACHER, PUPPY PROGRAM MANAGER Janine has been involved in the Service Dog industry since 2006 and joined the ADS team in 2013. She has experience in many areas of ADS including the puppy program, client services, advanced training and client follow-up support. Janine works part-time for ADS and manages the Puppy Program, the puppy sitters, and adoptions. (519) 722-6563
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CATHY KLEIN, ADVANCED TRAINER
As a retired member of the Canadian National Women's Soccer Team, Cathy enjoys spending her free time with her dog Quincey and developing innovative soccer programs for children and youth. She loves traveling and exploring new areas with Quincey and caring for her many other animals at her farm in Dundas, Ontario.
Cathy has been involved in the service dog industry for the last 9 years. Most recently Cathy worked for National Service Dogs where she worked as Puppy Program Trainer and Puppy Program Manager. In both roles she loved teaching puppy classes, recruiting new puppy raising volunteers while working closely with the Advanced Team in preparing dogs to be future life changers. Prior to National Service Dogs, Cathy lived in the United States and worked as a professional soccer coach at such places as University of Arizona and Iowa State University. Her wealth of experiences will impact ADS positively in a variety of areas but her passion for teaching dogs and serving others all have influenced her decision to join the ADS Team as an Advanced Trainer.
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CAROL MATTHEWS, DIRECTOR OF ADVANCED CANINE DEVELOPMENT Carol has been training dogs professionally for over 25 years. Carol experience includes;
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Autism Dog Services is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of voluntary community members. Board Members - 2019 Mike Craig, Chair Nikki Craig, Vice-Chair Eric Stephenson - Treasurer Jordan Pelkmans - Secretary Eileen Cowan - Director |
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