Crystal comes to us with 10 years of experience in animal welfare. She is willing to step up and help any animal in need. In her free time she enjoys being outside, making soap, taking care of her plants and spending time with family. Her animal pack consists of 3 rescue dogs, leopard gecko and a hedgehog!
Crystal Gilbert
Veterinary Asisstant
Vida is a veterinary assistant that graduated from Animal Behavior College in 2019. She enjoys spending time with her daughter, dog Roxy and two cats Sokka & Katara. Vida has an obsession with Panda bears and hopes to work with them one day.
Vida Jones
Certified Veterinary Assistant
Dr. Julia Roach, a 2012 graduate from University of TN College of Veterinary Medicine, is very passionate about shelter medicine and low-cost spay/neuter non-profits. Dr. Roach’s mission is to help end the overpopulation of dogs and cats in our local animal shelters, and she has kept to that mission working as a spay and neuter veterinarian from day one post-graduation. Her family includes a handy husband, two opinionated toddlers and five grateful shelter dogs.
Dr. Julia Roach
Veterinarian
Dr. Natasha Jones is a 2007 graduate of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary
Medicine. Go DAWGS! Before becoming a veterinarian, Natasha was a high school and middle
school band director. Her husband, Brendan, is a musician as well and plays the dobro in a
bluegrass band called Fairmount Hayride and is a song leader and deacon at their church. She
and her husband moved to North Georgia after graduation where she worked in small animal
practice and were blessed to have a daughter, Aubrey. Their other family members are their 2
dogs, Hazel and Boone. They moved to the Chattanooga area and have lived and worked here
since July 2015. In 2018, Natasha created her own company Paws and Relax Veterinary
Services to provide relief services for other veterinarians and give other vets the opportunity to
have time off from their work and foster a positive work/life balance. Natasha enjoys college
football, living in the mountains, reading, music, spending time with her family and traveling.
Natasha’s special interests include surgery, internal medicine and emergency medicine.
Dr. Natasha Jones
Veterinarian
Trish has always had a passion for helping and saving animals. She has worked and volunteered for McKamey Animal Center and is now proud to join ChattaNeuter! Trish loves to spend time with family, friends and her furkids Rudy, Ozzie, Dakota and Paisley.
Trish Rearden
Administrative Assistant
Ashleigh has a passion for the care and welfare of animals and has been working with them for over a decade now. In her free time she loves to spend time with her wife and their dogs. Other hobbies she enjoys are fishing, hiking, swimming and traveling. Ashleigh is proud to be a part of the Chattaneuter team and enjoys being able to help our community with affordable spay/neuter and vaccinations.
Ashleigh Gil-Turner
Veterinary Assistant
Sarah is Chattaneuter's own Georgia Peach. She joined our team in December 2018. Her country living provides a rural home cooked knowledge for her clients. She has recently moved to the city with her four legged son, Charlie. She loves spending time with her husband and family. In her spare time she enjoys going to car shows with her husband. Sarah also loves Chattaneuter's mission to provide low cost spay and neuter for the community, helping to prevent homeless animals and control the over population.
Sarah Forester
Client Care Coordinator
Haley has been with Chattaneuter since its establishment and loves her dog Cooper! She also spends lots of time with her boys Jimmy and Colton.
Haley Pickett
Certified Veterinary Assistant
Stefanie graduated with a degree from the Veterinary Technician program at Chattanooga State. Her passion for animal welfare was found while managing the clinic at McKamey Animal Center. As the clinic manager she managed incoming animals, treatment of sick patients and daily surgeries. She continued her work through private practice and now spay/neuter. She has been with ChattaNeuter since day one and continues to show her passion for animals as the clinic director. Her family Nathan, son Atticus and her dog Ryder are also part of the ChattaNeuter family. She’s proud that ChattaNeuter offers high-quality spay and neuter for their clients and continues to promote and honor the mission.
Stefanie Douglass, LVMT
Clinic Director
David is a graduate of the University of Georgia and became a certified public accountant in 1985. He began his career with a regional accounting firm and has been the controller for several organizations in industries including retirement centers, nursing homes, real estate development, beverage distribution and construction. David was also the director of finance at the McKamey Animal Center.
David Long
Board of Directors Member
She has been a licensed practicing veterinarian in the state of Tennessee for 9 years. Dr. Smith has been in the field of veterinary medicine for over 18 years, starting her career as a licensed veterinary technician. She has worked at several veterinary practices as well as at McKamey Animal Center as the surgical veterinarian.She is a member of the AVMA, AHVMA, IVAS, HCVMA and TVMA.
Dr. Colleen Smith, DVM, CVA, CVCP
Board of Directors
Tricia graduated with a Bachelor’s in Nonprofit Management giving her a solid foundation for work in the animal welfare field. After graduation Tricia worked at the Humane Educational Society where she developed skills for engaging the community in coalition building and fulfilling the shelter’s mission to save more lives. Tricia later worked at McKamey Animal Center. As part of the senior management team she played an essential role in decision making and program building. Since March of 2015 Tricia has worked as Director of the ASPCA Northern Tier Shelter Initiative. As Director she works remotely and onsite with agencies in the Northern Tier providing mentoring, training, grant distribution and follow up. Most recently Tricia became a Certified Animal Welfare Administrator, one of only three in the state of Tennessee.
Tricia Sebes, CAWA
Board of Directors
She is an accomplished, creative, strategic leader and mentor with expertise in managing and directing all facets of non-profit organizations. Karen is the former executive director of the McKamey Animal Center that was named the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce Non-Profit of the Year during her tenure. She is proud to be a Chattanooga Woman of Distinction and to be appointed to serve on the state Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. She graduated from Blue Ridge in Virginia with a degree in veterinary technology and has continued her education achieving the highly respected designation of Certified Animal Welfare Administrator.
Karen S. Walsh
CAWA, LVMT, CFE is the CEO and founder of ChattaNeuter
Previously she served four years as board chair of the McKamey Animal Center, and produced numerous fundraising events for the Center. Ms. Ball is employed at Chattanooga Presents, a special events firm, and her expertise is in organizational efforts for not-for-profits and production of such large events as Nightfall, 3 Sisters and Pops on the River. With over 40 years of special events experience, she will be instrumental in organizing fundraising events for ChattaNeuter as well as the experience she brings from numerous board positions.
Ann Ball
Board Chair
Founded in 2017, our passionate and experienced team continues to grow. We’re eager to find new talent that believes in our animal welfare mission.