Meet the Team

Eric Knight, CFRE

Executive Director

Eric Knight joined the HSVC as its Executive Director in May of 2022. We are very excited to have...

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Karen Terpstra

Director of Shelter Operations

Karen Terpstra joined the HSVC team in March 2023. Her career in animal welfare began at Pasadena...

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Arlene MacSween

Programs Director

Arlene MacSween started at the Humane Society of Ventura County in 2002 as Office Manager. In 201...

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Amber Landis

Director of Development

Amber Landis joined the HSVC team in November of 2022 as the Director of Development and is excit...

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Dr. Christina Sisk

Director of Veterinary Services

On March 1st, 2019, the Humane Society of Ventura County welcomed Dr. Christina Sisk to the team ...

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K. King

Humane Investigations Director

K. King joined the Humane Society staff in January of 2014 as an adoption counselor. As a lifelon...

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John Redmond

Finance Director

John joined the HSVC team in March of 2023 as the Finance Director. He has been in the non-profit...

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Amy King

Media & Marketing Manager

Amy King joined the staff at the Humane Society of Ventura County in January of 2020. A Camarillo...

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Steve McCurry

Community Development Manager

Steve McCurry, joined the HSVC team in November of 2021 as our Community Development Manager. As ...

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Kacey Conaway

Office Manager

Kacey joined the HSVC team in March of 2023 as the Office Manager. After growing up in Goleta, Ka...

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Judy Robertson

Assistant Office Manager

Judy joined HSVC staff in September 2020 as an Adoption Counselor after a brief interruption in h...

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Christina Malleck

Equine Manager

Christina joined the staff at the Humane Society of Ventura County in 2014 as a kennel attendant ...

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Erica Jackson

Behavior and Enrichment Manager

Erica joined the HSVC team in June of 2023. Erica graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in Dec...

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J. Utter

Senior Humane Officer

Throughout her life, J. Utter has maintained a strong love for animals. At UC Santa Barbara, she ...

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Jennifer Grimm

Volunteer Coordinator

Jennifer Grimm joined the HSVC team as the Volunteer Coordinator in December 2022. She recently r...

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Cheney C.

Foster Coordinator

Cheney joined the Humane Society of Ventura County family in 2022. She’s loved animals since earl...

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Gaby Goldberg

Veterinary Assistant

Gaby has lived in Ojai since she was ten and loves everything about it! She studied history in Ne...

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Callie Coggins

Veterinary Assistant

Callie joined the HSVC team in April of 2023. She has been an Animal Behavior College Certified V...

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R. Gonzalez

Humane Officer Trainee

R. Gonzalez joined the Humane Society of Ventura County (HSVC) as a Humane Officer Trainee in Dec...

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Kayla Brockmeyer

Adoption Counselor

Kayla joined the HSVC team on June 8th, 2022. A resident of Oak view for over 19 years, Kayla has...

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Natalie Pagnusat

Senior Kennel Attendant

Natalie began working at the Humane Society of Ventura County at the beginning of Summer 2017. Be...

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Jessica Tucker

Senior Kennel Attendant

Jessica is originally from Memphis, Michigan. Her sense of adventure brought her to the sunny wes...

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A. Derringer

Kennel Attendant

For most of her life, A. Derringer has had a strong desire to help animals. Watching her hero Ste...

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Frances Litrento

Groundskeeper

Francis Litrento joined the HSVC team in March of 2023. Born and raised in Florida, he moved to C...

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