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Lillie
Goodrich -
Founder, Executive Director, President
Affiliation:
President/CEO, Goodrich & Partners, Morris NY |

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Reviewing a career of work usually leads you to
write a pretty standard biography of experiences but now that we're
here, committed to the Farm, the past is barely relevant to who we really are,
day to day. Gone are the schedules and
timelines, meeting other people's needs; gone are the political agendas
manufactured to suit someone's ego; gone are the pressure cooker environments
where everything is critical yet totally out of proportion.... instead,
what I experience with Farm work is far more gentle, yet more demanding in a
very different way. We are literally now working 24/7, not because of the
internet, but because animals need you up by
6am, filling their tummies and back out at 8pm, for a final piece of business.
In between, these living, loving creatures
lure you into being with them as much as possible. Their bark for
attention is so honest, so direct (unlike the
business world) and so easily handled...they just want to be with you.
Some people tell me they are jealous of our life's
work, they've always wanted to do it themselves. I find that so
interesting because I always carried this dream within me but I vowed to
actually DO IT, not dream it which means both John and I had
to walk away from all security, from everything we ever knew, in order to DO IT.
We sold our Ct home, took the proceeds and
poured into the farm. There has been no large fund of money to pull from,
just our the money from that house. Most people would never take this kind
of risk. So, while some may feel envious, we have
to chuckle because what we've done is put ourselves in complete jeopardy in
order to act on this desire. Not for the faint-hearted or security conscious,
this is a decision to align our careers with our life's purpose, rather than
wait for when we had the money or the time... those never come, as dreamers
sadly know.
Our days are now filled with barking, crying dogs;
continual calls and emails about dogs, adopting and giving them up; promotional
efforts and mailings; fund-raising efforts and of course, operational farm work,
which is a continual process of creation and repair each and every day.
So, here we sit, on the edge of a cliff, trusting something
far greater than ourselves to guide us. Why? Because it has. Call it
divine intervention, call it a deep
knowing, call it trust and faith...no matter what it's called, both John and I
answered the call and here we are. So,
what gave us the courage to get to this point? Some simple facts from the past
might help fill out the picture.
My background has been full of creation -
everything from scratch, original ideas becoming a reality - twenty years
experience in highly competitive industries - television, advertising, and
marketing, acting as a catalyst for innovative
projects, leading multi-million dollar projects for Fortune 500 companies
(Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lexus, Maybelline Cosmetics), television broadcast
networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, Time-Warner) and international businesses - also
working as a Management Consultant, versed in the psychology of motivation, time
management, sales skills and leadership development. I graduated from the
University of Maryland with a Journalism degree but
ended chasing the glamour of television.
Three years ago (prior to rescue), I combined my
creative background with 14 years of my own extensive personal growth work to
offer expertise as an 'intuitive coach' and founded Goodrich & Partners.
I assist individuals and executives in
decision making and transitions to enable them to trust themselves and their
intuition in order to create whatever they desire. Trained in energy work,
intuitive communication and spiritual development,
my approach is deeply transformative, as well as practical. My book, The
Little Book of Everyday Soul, is to be
published this fall.
While glamorous projects have been exciting and
working intimately with individuals has been very fulfilling, ,my real inner
passion had always been to assist animals. Ever since the age of five, I'd
dreamt of helping animals who were hurt,
abandoned or uncared for. In fact, I prayed every night for the safe-keeping of
those in danger. My own 'inner-tuning' led to an intuitive relationship with
border collies who's sharp focus and instinctive brilliance is well-noted in the
dog world. This breed tunes into the people and situations around them in
order to understand what's needed. Finally,
the dogs led me to my life's work.
That 'calling' led me to co-found Glen Highland
Farm with life partner, John Andersen. As Executive Director, I
am channeling my intuition into matching border collies with new guardians, as
well as utilizing my professional experience to oversee the day-to-day rescue
operation and affiliated programs. I am trained as an Animal Communicator,
studying with the renown Penelope Smith and
also versed in Tellington Touch as well as other holistic approaches.
I am sincerely committed to assisting this highly
intuitive breed of dogs and relate to them on a deep spirit level. My
connection to their capacity to heal and transform people is profound. As
a Native American, I am drawn to the land of
Glen Highland Farm to birth a vision where nature, animals and children join and
bond in the energy of unconditional love so that healing may unfold.
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John
Andersen
Founder, Co-Director Camp Border Collie
for Kids, Treasurer
Affiliation:
President/CEO, Genesis Consulting, Morris, NY
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"Those who
bring any of God's creatures into the shelter of compassion and
love,
will always deal likewise with their fellow
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John has been the CEO of six different major US
corporations over a period of 20+ years ranging in size from small ($10 million)
to large ($1 billion +) in a broad range of industries. He is a graduate
of Northwestern University (BS) and has a widely diverse business background
including advertising, marketing, sales, manufacturing, distribution, finance,
strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, new product development, and
capital formation.
John is currently the President and Founder of
GENESIS CONSULTING (management consulting) and a co-founder of Glen Highland
Farm in Morris, New York. With Executive Director, Lillie Goodrich, John
shares in the overall operation of GHF and the functional responsibilities of
the Border Collie rescue operation including evaluation, rehabilitation,
training and adoption. He heads up the Border Collie Camp for kids
program and is an active participant in the regular teaching and leadership
activities of that camp.
John has been a long-term outdoor activist and a
long-term "dog-person". He has had and trained more than 20
personal companion dogs and became a border collie enthusiast more than 15 years
ago during his travels to Scotland, Ireland and the Western US. His
outdoor skills were honed during a ten-year period of annual wilderness pack
trips to Alaska, Canada, Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado. John is a skilled
and active participant in a wide range of outdoor activities including
fly-fishing, scuba diving, hiking, biking, canoeing, camping, cross country
skiing, and golf.
He has traveled extensively throughout world
cultures and is a gifted teacher and coach. In the 90', John spent several
years absorbed in the study of Eastern religion and philosophy and is today a
practicing Buddhist continuing his study with masters Lama Surya Das and Thay
Thich Nhat Hanh. John is a member of IONS (Institute of Noetic Sciences)
and ICT (International Campaign for Tibet).
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CAMERON
ANDERSEN,
a founder |
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Now, 18 years old, Cameron began working in rescue
at age 11, helping us with every dog that came into our home in Connecticut,
whether it be in transport, training or day to day interactions. He helped
birth Sweet Border Collie Rescue.
He continues to do the same here at the Farm,
except his role is even more critical and helpful due to the volume of dogs and
the tremendous needs of managing the Farm. He's become adept at helping
his father, John, in the fields as well as in building, painting and maintenance
of all the equipment on the Farm. He continues to better his dog skills in
working with Lillie, his stepmother, assisting her with each of the rescue dogs.
Cameron's transformed from a loving animal person
to a talented and seasoned dog person, responding to behavioral issues,
emotional dog needs and in evaluating appropriate homes. He
also works diligently with us at promotional events, answering questions, giving
out brochures and sharing the story of Glen Highland Farm. An
important asset to the rescue program, he is so committed that he donated $306
of his own savings to help the dogs.
Both John and I feel his energy, enthusiasm and
caring will help create and sustain the Farm for many years to come.
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Gina
Garrubbo -
Vice President
Affiliation:
CEO, Co-Founder
Natural Beauty Innovations, LLC
Executive Vice President www.blogher.com
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| For the past six years, Gina has helped raise
the funds to send hundreds of inner city children to the Camp Border for
Kids summer program. “I am honored and thrilled to be a part of
such an innovative program. It is a life-changing experience for
both dogs and children.”
Garrubbo is the CEO of Natural Beauty
Innovations, LLC™ which has created Terralina™, terralina.com
a luxurious line of
skin care products, made without harsh or potentially harmful ingredients.
Terralina’s mission is to provide high quality skin care, and to educate
consumers about what they are putting on the skin, as it is what goes into
the body. In addition, the company is committed to environmentally
sensitive business practices such as under-packaging, and the use of
recycled, recyclable and reusable materials.
Prior to Natural Beauty Innovations,
Garrubbo was one of the builders of women.com, one of the first websites
for consumers, and managed advertising sales divisions of media companies
such as Discovery Communications and Oxygen Media.
Gina is most recently the Executive Vice
President of www.blogher.com -
"The Community for Women that Blog"
Garrubbo holds a BA from Wells College and
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Colin Kagel
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Co-Director Camp Border Collie for Kids,
Vice President
Affiliation:
President/CEO, C.T. Kagel & Associates, Middletown CT
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Colin has been a senior corporate executive at
Norwest Corporation, Air Products, and Pfizer Corporation. He is a
graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy (B.S.) George Washington University (M.S.)
and the U.S. Navy Nuclear Power School. He has a distinguished military
career with the U.S. Marine Corps and as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy
Nuclear Submarine program.
Colin is currently President of C.T. Kagel and
Associates, Inc. (management consulting) and the owner/manager of the Bishops
Gate Inn in East Haddam, CT. He states that he is "owned" by his
three German Shorthair Pointers -- Larney, Dutch and Raider, who share him with
the rest of the family at their Inn on the Connecticut River.
Colin has had a lifetime relationship with dogs.
He has bred, raised, rescued, and trained dogs professionally for more than 40
years. In his early work with Labrador Retrievers in field trials, he
would commonly handle as many as 30 dogs at one time. More recently, Colin
has focused his "dog-time" in training and field trials with German
Shorthair Pointers throughout the mid-west.
Children have also been an important focus.
In addition to raising his two grown sons, he has been a working guide and
counselor at summer camps for inner-city children. Colin transferred his
extensive naval experience and love of sailing to the creation of sailing camps
to introduce inner-city children to the nautical out-of-doors. While a
senior executive at Pfizer, he led the establishment of an "alternate
education system" for high school children and rescued scores of potential
dropouts from an overcrowded and strained environment.
Active in local, state, and federal government,
Colin was the Chairman of the Minneapolis Private Industry Council, a Board
Member of local Red Cross and United Way and has served on numerous state and
city task forces on employment and job development.
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Cindy
Rollins -
Website Director; National Intake Director
Affiliation:
President, Business Computer Resources, Northfield NJ |
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Cindy
has been an executive in computer sales, service, and training for over 20
years. She is currently President
of Business Computer Resources, Inc., a computer sales and service company based
in New Jersey. Prior to
establishing this business, her management skills were utilized by ComputerLand
Corporation, Inc. to oversee franchise operations and increase profitability in
various locations throughout New England, including New York, Rhode Island and
New Jersey.
Cindy
has been certified as an instructor in conflict resolution and teamwork training
and has consulted with many New Jersey corporations in an effort to instill
empathy and tolerance in the work place.
An
involved member of the community, Cindy has volunteered at local shelters,
participated in programs through Girl Scouts of America and served as
vice-president of the local school board spending countless hours organizing
fundraising events and raising parent awareness to the technology needs of
children.
Animals
have always been a part of her life. Even
as she relocated throughout her career, her dog (sometimes a parakeet, gerbil,
lizard or fish), always moved with her. After
spending the last eight years putting her husband through medical school and
raising 2 wonderful children, she found a life-altering connection to the border
collie and has completely embraced the vision of Glen Highland Farm.
Her strong commitment to creating a better quality of life for the
unwanted, has enriched her family with the addition of Sami and Dart, two Border
Collie rescue dogs adopted last year.
Realizing
the strong impact of dogs in our environment, Cindy brings Sami and Dart to her
office where they are a strong positive influence for her co-workers and
customers as well. No better way to
start the day than to be greeted by a wagging tail!
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| Dr. Margot Unkel
Affiliation:
Assistant Director and
Treasurer of Spring Farm CARES |
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| Dr. Margot Unkel is currently
an Assistant Director and Treasurer of Spring Farm CARES animal
sanctuary/educational facility. Before that, she taught recreation
and park management at Texas A & M and Ithaca College, and was
Assistant Research Professor at the University of Washington College of
Forest Resources. She also spent 8 years with IBM as a Systems Engineer,
and with Boise Cascade as a Management Consultant. Along the way she
co-founded Service Dogs, Inc., in Oakland California, and Animals in
Distress, a wildlife rehabilitation organization in Boise, Idaho. During
an eight-year period she was a volunteer at the Idaho Humane Society,
acting variously as treasurer, vice-President and President, while also
creating their computerized animal shelter management system, and
writing important surveys.
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| Dawn Hayman
Affiliation:
C ofounder and Vice
President of Spring Farm CARES |
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| Dawn Hayman is cofounder and
Vice President of Spring Farm CARES animal sanctuary/educational
facility. She graduated from SUNY Brockport with a B.S. in Social
Work. She was a T.T.E.A.M. practitioner and professional hypnotists
before founding Spring Farm CARES in 1991. Dawn was in her last semester
of training for a career in Social Work when she became disenchanted
with that system and nearly quit college. She was persuaded to stay, and
did graduate, Summa Cum Laude, but, after graduation, she turned her
back on Social Work and came to work at Spring Farm as a gardener! In
1987 she joined her employer, Bonnie Reynolds, as a TT.E.A.M.
Practitioner and full partner in the running of the farm.
In 1989, she began to share
her abilities in animal communication with the world. In
more than 15,000 phone and face-to-face consultations, she has served
over 6000 clients, talked to over 25,000 animals, given close to 200
workshops at Spring Farm and around the country – and is accounted one
of the foremost Interspecies Communicators in the world. |
| A FRIENDS OF THE FARM SALUTE
The following people work tirelessly 24/7 to help with rescue working on
intake of new dogs or fostering. We are deeply grateful for their help and
loving hearts. Each of them
continues to make a tremendous difference to so many dogs.
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CINDY ROLLINS is our web designer and host and has
generously offered thousands upon thousands of hours to help the Farm
since its inception, with the site itself, transport, fostering and at
promotional events. She is a true Friend of the Farm, a mighty champion
for dogs all over the country, willing to find any solution at any time to
help any dog in need. She covers the state of New Jersey, responding to
every email and phone call and even in person, spreading the offer to
help. She juggles a full time business, two children and husband along
with three wonderful |
dogs, Dart, Brit and Sashi and carries the memory
forever in her heart of Sami, the first dog rescued at GHF.
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ANN GARDNER covers the entire state of PA, volunteering her
time and energy to help dogs in need. She came to the Farm to volunteer
one weekend and then adopted Stella who she met in the barn that day. She
felt drawn to offer her help and signed on for the challenging daily task
of responding to the huge state of Pennsylvania. Ann even readily travels
long distances to transport car loads of dogs stuck in the western part of
the state where we have little help. She also fostered a number of dogs and
found additional foster homes with her neighbors who later adopted their
foster dogs and then she herself adopted Bandit, now |
known as Brendan. Ann
lives in CT with two wonderful Border Collies, while caring for her mother
and helping out hundreds of other dogs.
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DONNA DEAL oversees New York, upstate and city, volunteering
countless hours day and night, juggling her family life, in order to help
dogs in need. She came to the Farm to adopt Billie now Tillie and agreed
to come onboard with her skills to help other dogs find their loving
forever homes, too. She transported numerous dogs to the Farm which she
continues to do and now, adds the car and the computer to her tool kit of
canine care. She is tireless in her desire to be of help, willing to
tackle any challenge, making a huge difference for countless dogs. |
Donna
lives in upstate NY with two wonderful dogs, Billie and Arrow, her son and
husband, committed to aiding the Farm's mission.
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STACY PEIOS keeps a watchful eye on classified listings for
dogs in need, rounding out our ability to respond wherever a dog pops up.
Her persistence in follow up has meant that many Border Collies came to
the safe haven of the Farm rather than being given away carelessly or
unknowingly to the wrong home. Persuasive in educating those she talks
with, Stacy advocates the benefits of rescue which means the dogs have a
lifetime of protection rather than being abandoned again for a mismatch.
She juggles her full-time grooming work with helping |
the dogs as well as
fostering special cases that arise and transporting. She lives with three
Border Collies, Sprite, Skittles and Zainey, the wonderful rescue pup who
captured both she and her husband's heart.
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PAT TOOMEY started fostering for the Farm years ago when she opened her
home and heart. Dozens of dogs later, Pat has been with the Farm the
longest, almost from the inception. She continues to provide a remarkable
place of healing, filled with love and patience, giving certain dogs just
the place to find who they want to be again. Her love has made a
difference to many challenging dogs who now happily live in loving homes.
Pat juggles a full time occupation as a nurse with her own family |
and four
dogs, Buddy, Casey, Annie and a foster dog - she has rarely been without
one! She chuckles at the fact that even
her non-dog husband, Tim, now loves having visiting dogs.
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ELLEN SIMCIK carries the large area of Pittsburgh on her
shoulders as she continually opens her home to foster dogs in need. Dog
after dog after dog pops up in her area and she always says "yes" to helping.
After dozens of dogs, including eight puppies from a foster dog surprise,
she is still smiling and ready to do more. She teaches dog training in her
area so also gives her rescues a chance to build new skills and
confidence, making them happy and ready for new lives. Ellen juggles her
'real' work and life with her husband, Andy, and dogs, Ranger, Mia, and
Sydney - 2
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JUDI BUNGE is forever full of rescue dogs, for the Farm and
her local SPCA in Buffalo, NY. A complete dog lover, she and her husband,
Andy who works at the SPCA, are very committed to helping dogs in need.
They are always willing to foster at a moment's notice and often times,
have two or more dogs for the Farm, juggling without any complaint. An
amazing contribution, Judi kindly agreed to foster and has made a huge
difference to dozens of dogs. They happily include the rescues in agility,
training and lots of fun in their home life, loving them as if they were
there own. Of course, three fosters won their hearts so now Ramsay,
Pickles and Haylee joined their family forever, along with a gang of
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HEATHER HILSON understands the Border Collie since Scotland
is her homeland, so once she realized the Farm was only a few minutes away
from her home, she signed up for helping. She took on some special cases
for rehab and behavior work, as well as the senior dogs that need a
quieter place to be, rather than the chaos of young dogs usually at the
Farm. She lovingly fostered a dozen dogs and fell in love with two she
just couldn't let go, Carson and Sammy, who now share life with she and
her husband, Jim. They are about to move to a larger home with more room
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rescues!! Heather lives in upstate NY, near
the Farm and heartily wants to help.
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| A very special thanks to our other fosterers who kindly
opened their homes over and over and over again to help the dogs, until
they just couldn't let one or two of them go and then had no more
space for fostering (thanks to zoning). They continue to support the Farm
with funds, ideas and time at promotional events and we are forever
thankful for all the dogs they helped.
Ginny & Mike Cappello, Martha Rochelle & Hartley Mead,
Deb &
Michael Norman,
Kim & Todd Siemens, Amanda & Paul Mezick
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THE ON-SITE TEAM
| Susan Monnelly moved from New Hampshire to be our first Canine
Caretaker, a full-time onsite rescue person to assist Lillie in the barn.
She works day in and day out, making
sure all the rescue dogs are in superb health and very well loved. She lives at The Connor House and cares for 4-6 rescue dogs with
special needs as well as her own five canine friends. |
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| Kay DeFlumere joined the team
of canine caretakers after many years of seeing the rescue dogs come in
and out of the vet office where she was then working. Always giving
special attention to GHF dogs, it was no surprise that when a spot opened
at the Farm, she joined us. Kay lives close to the Farm with her husband,
daughter and a number of German Shepherds since she is very involved in
GSD rescue, too! Her skills from vet work as well as rescue work have
proven a perfect fit for the Farm as she joins us part-time, assisting
with all that needs to be done. |
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| Cat Gareth heard about the
Farm through one of our volunteers, Dana Rice, who comes every Saturday
rain or shine. Dana knew that Cat had all the skills needed to be one of
our caretakers and as they say, the rest of history. Cat had previously
worked at a management level at the SPCA in Cooperstown and also ran her
own boarding facility so she transferred all that knowledge to rescue. New
to Border Collies, Cat fell in love with the breed and adopted Paddy, a
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to help with all the dogs on-site. She is presently creating a new program
to help unwanted dogs avoid the shelter stay by being adopted HOME to
HOME. We'll share the website shortly. Cat and her husband live nearby
with their own beloved furry pack. |
| Dana Rice simply raised her
hand to offer time each week to help out and now is one of our main
Friends of the Farm. We see her every Saturday where she lends a hand with
cleaning, dog grooming, walking, adoptions and anything and everything we
need to have done that morning.
She of course fell in love with
Blue, a bc-aussie, who came through the doors and quickly went right out
to her home! Dana and her husband live nearby with a pack of furry
friends. |
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| Anne Tandle joined the Farm as the
Administrative Assistant, working day by day to help handle all the office
duties, including donations, camps, adoptions and accounting.
We are thrilled to have her with
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| Abbie Tamber kindly volunteers her
services training the rescue dogs to help build their confidence and
stimulate their minds, now in a better environment at the Farm.
We really appreciate Abbie's
help.
She also teaches agility at The
Canine Country Camp every summer. She is a wonderful Friend of the
Farm. |
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