Congratulations to our new Committee members!
It is thanks to the incredible hard work of our dedicated volunteer Committee members that we are able to provide the Global Guidelines, CE and tools that members of our global veterinary community value so highly.
We are delighted to welcome these new Committee members!
Financial Advisory Committee
Dr Frederick Baum has joined the Financial Advisory Committee. Dr Baum is the owner of the Arlington Animal Hospital in Vermont, USA. He is also a Director of EcoHealth Alliance, a global non-governmental organization which protects people, animals, and the environment from emerging infectious diseases.
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Leadership and Nomination Committee
Dr Michael Topper has joined the Leadership and Nomination Committee. Dr Topper is a board-certified veterinary pathologist. He retired in 2017 after serving 12 years as Director of Clinical Pathology at Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., in West Point. He is currently Immediate Past President of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).
A new Co-Chair for the Global Nutrition Committee
We are also delighted to announce that the Global Nutrition Committee has a new Co-Chair – Dr Cecilia Villaverde. She will work alongside her fellow Co-Chair Dr Marge Chandler. Cecilia has been a key member of the GNC team for several years and practices as a veterinary nutritionist in Ireland.
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Cecilia has replaced long-standing Co-Chair Dr Gregg Takashima. Dr Chandler says: “Working with Gregg has been a joy and we will miss him very much. He made an immeasurable contribution to the GNC and will remain on the Committee until we find a replacement member. I am delighted to welcome my new Co-Chair, Dr Cecilia Villaverde, an ACVN and ECVCN diplomate from Catalan. We are already discussing priorities for the second half of 2021.”
Cecilia says: “I am very excited to be working even more closely with Dr Chandler, who is a role model for me. I hope we can keep developing useful tools for the veterinary team, and make the ones we have even more global and useful going forward.”