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 The
New England Wildlife Center is staffed by caring professionals
who are supported by concerned and devoted individuals and
organizations.
Please take a moment to tour our website, patronize our sponsors
and visit the interesting websites on our "wild links"
page. Feel free to download and save our animal photographs
for your personal enjoyment as a reminder to you of the efforts
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| Mission Summary |
 For
over twenty years The New England Wildlife Center, a nonprofit
organization, has been working to protect, preserve and treat
injured and sick wildlife. The Center runs one of only two
professional wildlife hospitals in New England. Each year,
the Center treats approximately 4,000 wild animals including
about 225 different species. For example the center treats
geese poisoned by lawn chemicals, coyotes and foxes hit by
cars and hundreds of orphaned and injured baby birds.
The Center will accept any wild animal, from a common crow
to the endangered Leach's Storm Petrel. Wildlife that are
successfully treated are returned to the wild, helping to
preserve both the species and its natural habitat. The purpose
of the corporation is to promote positive values, behaviors
and policies toward wildlife and the environment through operation
of our wildlife hospital, education, humane research and public
health and habitat intervention.
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| Our Organization |
New England Wildlife Center, Inc., is
a Massachusetts Corporation in good standing with the Secretary
of State and registered as a Charitable Organization with
the Office of the Attorney General, One Ashburton Place, Boston,
MA 02108. We are certified tax exempt by the Massachusetts
Department of Revenue and the Internal Revenue Service.
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| Board of Directors, 2006 |
Chairman of the Board - Gregory A. Mertz, D.V.M.
President - Deborah Whittaker, C.P.A.
Treasurer - Timothy Davies, C.P.A.
Clerk - Teresa Hill, Ph.D.
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| Members |
Virginia Fuller, Ex-Officio
Gus Thornton, D.V.M.
Lori Hartzband, D.V.M.
Lanny Kutakoff
Beverly Smith
Julia Silzer
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| Staff Biographies |
Gregory A. Mertz, D.V.M., Chairman of the Board, 16 years at the center, author of twenty some popular and technical articles on natural history and medicine; designer of the center's educational and medical programs, fundraiser and executive director, veterinarian, and naturalist who can spout the identifications, lore and uses of over 400 woodland plants, visionary of the new "Thomas E. Curtis Wildlife Hospital and Education Center", staff photographer, created the internship program, SEVENS and As Clear As Mud educational curricula, author of the center's newsletter.
Elaine Mahoney, Executive Assistant, 15 years at the center, runs the day to day functions of the center throughout its evolution, knows everything about computers, photocopying, laminators, scanner, fax machines, direct mail sorting and bulking, author of the New England Wildlife Center cookbook, official communicator of the executive staff, co-author of newildlife.com web site, glue to the staff, and liaison between motherhood and undergraduates who live at the center while conducting their internships here. Coordinator of multiple walkathons, children's fairs and creator of our first ever virtual walkathon. Principal camp coordinator
Katrina Banagis, Associate Director, 13 years as principal strategist of the center's mission implementation, has raised over $10 million for the center, writer of direct mail, and special appeal letters, designs, writes and implements all of our proposals, coach to board members and staff in business and gift decisions, designer and implementer of the capital campaign to build the Thomas E. Curtis Wildlife Hospital and Education Center, Associate Director of the Center. Designer of house parties, corporate events, principal contact with stars, politicians and who-dee-whoes in Massachusetts, New England and Washington, D.C. And most importantly she has the skill and the guts to make the ask of real people to give their money to our cause. It is her reputation, her ego and her face that people respond to.
Joanne Sanders, Director of Finance and Systems, 3 years at the center, in charge of accountancy at the center in both money and program quality, principal personnel manager, leader of green technologies at the center, she became certified in Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) by the Green Building Council in order to oversee construction, architect and technology companies in the implementations of our new landmark facility. She manages all of our budgets, and expense policies, is principal manager of constructing our new 22,500 sq. ft. veterinary hospital and education center. She is the manager of the business part of the veterinary clinic, chief check writer, and risk management overseer.
Kelly Mahoney, Development Assistant, 4 years at the center, in charge of the internship admissions program at the center, manager and caretaker of medical, technology, and wildlife rehab records & licenses, fundraiser of money's for the center's operations and capital campaign. The fastest and funniest quipper in New England, the most organized person at the Center.
Joe Martinez, Educator, 5 years at the center as principal educator and evaluator of education programs at the center. Has conducted thousands of ed programs and projects for students of all levels. Dr. Martinez is also a herpetologist, treks around the world at least once every 25 years, is recognized in many "acknowledgements" of natural history books, and believes strongly in empowering classroom teachers to be first-hand authorities of natural history information. Joe is well-spoken and knowledgeable about animals and the natural world. Curates reptiles for the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Author of several technical articles on herpetology.
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