DFL Founder -
Shelly Ferger
-
Executive Director
25 years experience:
Dog Behavior/Companion Dog Obedience, Assistance Dog Trainer,
Pet Adoption Counselor
Director "Best Friends" Off -Leash Dog Park
AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator - Member Association of Pet
Dog Trainers
- Assistance Dogs International - International Association of
Assistance Dog Partners - Delta Society - Leader 4-H Club Dog
Master's Club - Association of Professional Fundraisers
Board of
Directors
DFL 09-10 Board of Directors
(standing) Tom Lowther, Sharon Marshall, Eleanor Bengyak, Al
Turner, (seated) Kelli Beal, Karen Mann, Kelly Colmey and
assistance dog Max.
Al Turner,
President and Chairman of the Dog Park Foundation
Committee, is a retired Civil Engineer and business executive.
He was the Chief Operating Officer of Triton Energy Corporation
and is presently serves on the Vero Beach Board of Adjustment.
Sharon Marshall,
is currently serving DFL as vice
president and chairperson of the Pet Assisted Therapy Program after having
served last year as the president of the board.
Mrs. Marshall has been an insurance agent since
1985 and is currently with the Chuck Bateman Insurance Agency, formerly the
Bob Grice Insurance Agency
Karen Mann,
is serving as the DFL Treasurer.
Mrs. Mann has a business degree and was
Chairman of the first board of directors of the Sebastian River
Library Association.
She is an
insurance agent with Vero Insurance.
Eleanor Bengyak,
Chairperson of the Dog Park Committee.
Mrs. Bengyak has a
degree in accounting and banking.
She managed the
Vero Beach
Duplicate
Bridge
club for 22 years.
Kelly Colmey,
Chairperson of the DFL Assistance Dog Committee.
Mrs. Colmey was an administrator and staff
assistant at
Harvard
Medical
School
as well as a Clinical Social Worker with the
Veterans
Administration
Medical
Center.
Kelli Beal,
Chairperson of the Fund Development
Committee. Mrs. Beal is a native of Vero
Beach and an attorney specializing in
corporate law & governance with a background in non profit human
resources and risk management.
Tom Lowther,
Chairman of the Community Outreach Program.
Mr. Lowther is the owner of Lowther
Funeral Home & Crematory and serves on many area and regional
non profit planning organizations.
Barbara Bogosian Power, Esq.
Attorney
Richard Leffew, CPA
Accountant
Honorary Board
Mary-Anne and Daniel Bell,
Robert Bowman,
Annie Ford, Marie Gookin,
Marjorie Owens,Janet Riley, Beth Sexton-Stryker