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Daniela Wells
Daniela graduated from Central Carolina College with a Veterinary Technology degree in 1990. She joined the Humane Alliance staff as their first veterinary technician when we opened our doors in 1994, later becoming our beloved Director of Clinic Operations in 2003. Daniela has three grown sons, two grandsons, and a veritable Noah's Ark of dogs and cats, including the feline daredevil, Homer. She enjoys cruises to the Bahamas, cruising the aisles at thrift stores, and Tom Cruise.
Amanda Sexton
Amanda, Biscuit's mom, began working horses right out of high school, squeezing in some college courses. She jumped from working with one hairy animal to another, when she started working for a trucking company dispatching hairy drivers along the east coast. From there she spent a few years in customer service before begging for a job at Humane Alliance in 2002. She lives with her husband, Jeff, two dogs, one cat, and two horses. Her spare time is spent riding horses or motorcycles, reading, camping, and just looking for the next adventure.
Diana Pavlick
A student of health and physical fitness throughout her life, Diane exists to keep us all fit and healthy. She studied Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at Slippery Rock State College in her native Pennsylvania, but chose to leave before graduating to engage in entrepreneurial pursuits. Since then, she has had several businesses in Naples, Florida, as well as taking multiple ethnic, vegan, and vegetarian cooking classes. Diane is a proud mom of one son, who presently attends NC State. She’s an avid tennis player, gardener, and quilter, and one mean cook.
Rob Seal
Rob graduated from the University of Hull with a B.A. in French in 2001, and hasn’t really used the degree since. He moved to Asheville from Chicago in 2011 with his lovely girlfriend Morgan, where they live with their cat, Aku, in relative bliss. Joining Humane Alliance in summer 2011, Rob feels that he has found his place in life. He is a published children’s author and is working on a novel about dog handlers and the Moon. He also takes pictures of unsuspecting people and even less suspecting objects, and bangs on his midlife crisis drum kit.
Carolyn McGregor
Carolyn’s dream of becoming a mad scientist out of a 1950’s movie almost came true when she started to run her own research program at the University of Virginia and Georgetown Medical Schools, where she taught medical, dental, and graduate students. She retired to Asheville at the turn of the millennium and thankfully found her way to Humane Alliance, where she ended up serving as president of the board of directors for a term or two. She lives with her husband, Ross, four cats, and their dog, Toby Tickles, in the middle of the woods by the Blue Ridge Parkway. Her favorite activities are yoga, gardening, hiking, and sailing, if and when she can get near the water.