Directory of Certified Applied Animal Behaviorists

Animal Behavior Society

Directory of Certified Applied Animal Behaviorists

Updated 10/06/2009 JCWright, Chair, ABS-BPC

John C. Wright, Ph.D., CAAB, Chair, Board of Professional Certification
Psychology Department, Mercer University, 1400 Coleman Ave., Macon, GA 31207
Phone: 478-301-2973; Fax: 478-301-2956 Email: Wright_JC@Mercer.Edu Web site: http://www.mercer.edu/psychology/Faculty_Staff/Wright_JC/Wright_JC.htm
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The following individuals have been professionally certified by the Animal Behavior Society as Applied Animal Behaviorists (CAABs) or Associate Applied Animal Behaviorist (ACAABs). Certification constitutes recognition by the Animal Behavior Society that, to its best knowledge, the individual meets the educational, experiential and ethical standards required by the Society for professional Applied Animal Behaviorists.

Letters appearing after names include:

ACAAB: Animal Behavior Society Associate Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist
CAAB: Animal Behavior Society Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist
CPDT: Certified Pet Dog Trainer
DACVB: Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
DVM: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
MA: Master of Arts
MS: Master of Science
Ph.D: Doctor of Philosophy
VMD: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
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Graham Adams, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/13)
HABITS
22, Henry Bull Drive
Bull Creek (Perth)
WA 6149
Australia
Tel/Fax (08) 9310 5517
Consultations in WA free call 1800 990 231
E-mail - drgrahamadams@bigpond.com
Website - www.habits.com.au

Kathryn Bayne, MS, PhD, DVM, DACLAM, CAAB
(certification expires: 12/31/12)
Global Director
AAALAC International
5283 Corporate Drive, Suite 203
Frederick, MD 21703
Ph: 301.696.9626  Fax: 301.696.9627
Website - www.aaalac.org

Bonnie V. Beaver, DVM, MS, DACVB, CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
Dept. Small Animal Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4474
Tel - 979-845-2351
Fax - 979-845-6978
E-mail - bbeaver@cvm.tamu.edu

Peter L. Borchelt, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/13)
Animal Behavior Consultant
102 Canton Court
Brooklyn, NY 11229
Tel - 1 (800) 339-9505; 718-891-4200
Fax - 718-891-0741
E-mail - animbehav@aol.com
Website - www.AnimalBehavior.com

 Carmen Buitrago, MS, ACAAB, CPDT

(certification expires: 12/31/13)
Director of Behavior & Training
Behavior Solutions for Dogs & Cats
Cascade Pet Camp
3085 Lower Mill Dr.
Hood River, OR  97031
Ph:  541-354-2267, ext. 1002; (cell) 541-399-0306
E-mail:Carmen@CascadePetCamp.com
Web site: http://www.cascadepetcamp.com/

Mary Burch, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
Dr. Burch is not accepting cases at this time.
2213 Napoleon Bonaparte Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32308
Tel - 850-877-2901
Fax - 850-877-2901
E-mail - dogs@nettally.com
Website - www.howdogslearn.com

Crista L. Coppola, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/10)
Dog and Company Behavior Consulting
PO Box 44327
Las Vegas, Nevada 89116
and Phoenix, AZ
Tel- 702-609-7991
E-mail - crista@dogandco.com
Website - www.dogandco.com

Nicole Cottom, MS., ACAAB
(certification expires: 12/31/13)
Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine (TCSVM)
200 Westboro Road
North Grafton, MA 01536
Tel – 508-887-4802
Fax – 508-839-8724
E-mail – Nicole.cottom@tufts.edu

Ian F. Dunbar, Ph.D, B.Vet.Med, MRCVS, CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
James & Kenneth Publishers
2140 Shattuck Avenue #2406
Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel - 800-784-5531
Fax - 510-654-2392
Website- www.dogstardaily.com

Daniel Q. Estep, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
Animal Behavior Associates, Inc.
4994 S. Independence Way
Littleton, CO 80123
Tel - 303-932-9095
Fax - 303-932-2298
E-mail - Dan@AnimalBehaviorAssociates.com
Website - www.AnimalBehaviorAssociates.com

Debra L. Forthman, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/13)
DLF, etc.

Consultant, Animal Harmony, LLC
Tel/ Fax - 678-391-0326
E-mail - dforthman@earthlink.net
Website -www.animalharmony.com

Brenda Forsythe, Ph.D., DVM, CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/11)
Orcutt Veterinary Hospital
4869 S. Bradley RD.
Santa Maria, CA 93455
Tel - 805-938-5362
E-mail - OrcuttVet@aol.com
Website - www.orcuttvet.com

Jill Goldman, Ms.C., Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/14)
Carleton's Place: Animal Behavior Services
P.O. Box 4835
Laguna Beach, CA 92652
Tel - 949-683-4886
E-mail - help@drjillgoldman.com
Website- www.drjillgoldman.com

James C. Ha, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/13)
Companion Animal Solutions, LLC
Tel - 206-953-0703
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Dept. of Psychology
University of Washington
Box 351525
Seattle WA 98195
Tel - 206-543-2420
E-mail - jcha@u.washington.edu
Website - http://www.companionanimalsolutions.com

Benjamin L. Hart, DVM, Ph.D., CAAB, DACVB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Tel - 530-756-5345
E-mail - blhart@ucdavis.edu

Lauren D. Hays, MS, ACAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
Austin Canine Consulting
4303 Dunning Ln.
Austin, TX 78746
Tel - 512-663-6364
Fax - 512-328-6511
E-mail - LDHays02@hotmail.com

Suzanne Hetts, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/09)
Animal Behavior Associates, Inc.
4994 S. Independence Way
Littleton, CO 80123-1906
Tel - 303-932-9095
Fax - 303-932-2298
E-mail - Suzanne@AnimalBehaviorAssociates.com
Website - www.AnimalBehaviorAssociates.com
www.BehaviorEducationNetwork.com
Twitter.com/suzannehetts

Lori Holmberg, MA, CPDT, ACAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/09)
Animal Expressions, LLC
Aurora, CO 80013
Tel - 303 400-0740
E-mail - lori_holmberg@hotmail.com
Website - http://animalexpressions.blogspot.com

Katherine A. Houpt, VMD, Ph.D., DACVB, CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
James Law Professor of Animal Behavior
Department of Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14852-6401
Tel - 607-253-3450
Fax - 607-253-3846
E-mail - kah3@cornell.edu
Website - www.vet.cornell.edu/abc

Mary Huntsberry, MA, ACAAB
(certification expires: 12/31/14)

Gaithersburg, MD 20877
E-mail – mary@helpingpetsbehave.com
Website - www.helpingpetsbehave.com

Katenna Jones, Sc.M., CPDT, ACAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/10)
American Humane Association
120 Haswill St
Warwick RI 02889
Tel - 401-921-6599 Fax - 401-921-6588
E-mail - katennaj@americanhumane.org
Website - www.americanhumane.org

Susan D. Kapla, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/10)
Psychology Department
Northern Michigan University
1400 Presque Isle
Marquette, MI 49855
Department phone - 906-227-2935
Cell Phone- 906-458-5817
E-mail - sukapla@nmu.edu
Website- www.canineconsult.com

Janice A. Koler-Matznick, MS, CPDT, ACAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
5265 Old Stage Road
Central Point, OR 97502
Tel - 541-664-4023
Cell- 541-621-9230
E-mail - jkoler@ccountry.com

Kennon A. Lattal, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/13)
Department of Psychology
PO Box 6040
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506-6040
Tel - 304-293-2001 ext. 31608
Fax - 304-293-6606
E-mail - klattal@wvu.edu

Randall Lockwood, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/10)
Senior Vice President, Anti-cruelty Initiatives and Legislative Services
ASPCA
2214 Tulip Dr.
Falls Church, VA 22046
Tel - 571-225-3463
Fax - 208-485-2972
E-mail - RandallL@aspca.org

Karen London, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/09)
3100 W. Shannon Dr.
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Tel - 928-774-7424
E-mail - London@uwalumni.com

Andrew U. Luescher, Dr med vet, Ph.D., DACVB, ECVBM-CA, CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/13)
Purdue University
VCS, LYNN
625 Harrison Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2026
Tel - 765-494-1107
Fax - 765-496-1108
E-mail - luescher@purdue.edu
Website - www.vet.purdue.edu/animalbehavior

Amy Marder, VMD, CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/10)
Animal Rescue League of Boston
Tel - 617-226-5665
E-mail amarder@arlboston.org
Website - http://www.arlboston.org

Megan E. Maxwell, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
Pet Behavior Change, LLC
Department of Psychology
West Virginia University
385 Evans St.
Morgantown, WV 26505
Tel - 304-280-8543
E-mail - MeganMaxwell@petbehaviorchange.com
Website - www.petbehaviorchange.com

Tammy McCormick Donaldson, MS, ACAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/13)
205 Lodewood Drive
Centerville, OH 45458
Tel - 937-436-7885
E-mail- tmccor@vetmed.wsu.edu

Patricia McConnell, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
McConnell Publishing, Ltd.
P. O. Box 447
Black Earth, WI 53515
Tel - 608-767-2435
Fax - 608-767-5802
E-mail - pbmcconn@wisc.edu
Website - www.patriciamcconnell.com

Sue. M. McDonnell, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
New Bolton Center
Kennett Square, PA 19348
Tel - 610-444-5800 X6221
Fax - 610-925-8104
E-mail - suemcd@vet.upenn.edu
Website - www.vet.upenn.edu/labs/equinebehavior

Petra A. Mertens, Dr. med.vet., DECVBM-CA, DACVB, CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
2105 Irving Avenue S
Minneapolis, MN 55405
Tel - 612-810-2112
E-mail - pmertens@umn.edu

Katherine Miller, Ph.D., CPDT, CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/11)
Assistant Science Advisor
ASPCA
520 Eighth Ave., 7^th Floor
New York, NY 10018
212-876-7700 x4418
E-mail- katherinem@aspca.org

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AnimalWise Behavior Consulting
New York City and Northern NJ
Tel - 917-348-3073
Email - AnimalWiseConsulting@yahoo.com

Heather Mohan-Gibbons, MS, RVT, CPDT, ACAAB
(certification expires: 12/31/13)

Collected Wisdom Animal Behavior, 
LLC Milwaukee, WI

Tel – 414-651-3647
Fax – 866-651-3087
E-mail – info@cwanimalbehavior.com
Website - http://cwAnimalBehavior.com

Alice Moon-Fanelli, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/10)
Animal Behavior Consultations, LLC
Brooklyn Veterinary Hospital,
Brooklyn, CT 06234
PO Box 947

Eastford CT 06242,
Tel - 860-428-1458
E-mail - amoonf02@charter.net

Adrienne Navarro, MS, ACAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
Animal Behavior Consulting
P.O. Box 20932
Carson City, NV 89721
Tel - 775-841-7646
E-mail - ABC@AnimalBehaviorConsulting.com
Website - www.AnimalBehaviorConsulting.com

Mary Lee Nitschke, Ph.D, CPDT, CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/10)
Animal School Behavior Services
Owner Trained Individualized Service Dogs
Portland, OR 97210
Tel - 503-248-9689
E-mail - mnitschk@comcast.net
Website - www.AnimalSchoolServices.com

Karen L. Overall, MA, VMD, Ph.D., DACVB, CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/09)
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
Psychiatry Department - Penn Med Translational Research Laboratory
125 S. 31st Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-7051
Tel - 215-573-2893 (office)
Fax - 610-399-4860
E-mail - overallk@mail.med.upenn.edu
Website - Research web site- www.K9BehavioralGenetics.net

Barbara Pezzanite, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/14)
Lindenhurst, NY 11757
Tel - 646 712-2949
E-mail - info@liabc.com
Website - www.liabc.com

Richard Polsky, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/13)

Animal Behavior Counseling Services, Inc.
2288 Manning Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Tel - 310-474-3776
E-mail - rpolsky@verizon.net
Website - www.drpolsky.com
Website - www.lapuppyclasses.com

Pamela J. Reid, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/09)
ASPCA Animal Behavior Center
1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36
Urbana IL 61876
Tel - 217-337-9734
Fax - 217-337-0599
E-mail - pamr@aspca.org

Gina Marie Savastano, MA. , ACAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
Merck Research Laboratories
33 Avenue Louis Pasteur, BMB-7-103
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-992-2326
Email - gina_savastano@merck.com

Kathy Sdao, MA, ACAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/10)
Bright Spot Dog Training
4129 N 36th St.
Tacoma, WA 98407
Tel - 253-752-2094
E-mail - sdao@harbornet.com
Website - www.kathysdao.com

Janice Seigford, MS. PhD, CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/09)
Assistant Professor
Animal Behavior and Welfare Group
2265E Anthony Hall
Department of Animal Science
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
E-mail - siegford@msu.edu
Website - www.msu.edu/~siegford

Barbara L. Sherman, Ph.D., DVM, DACVB, CAAB

(certification expires 12/31/09)
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences
North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine
4700 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone: 919-513-6141
Fax: 919-513-6336
E-Mail: Barbara_Sherman@ncsu.edu

Melissa Shyan-Norwalt, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/13)
Companion Animal Problem Solvers, Inc.
Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, and Indianapolis areas
Tel - 317 496-7502
E-mail - mshyan@earthlink.net
Website - http://home.earthlink.net/~companion-animal-problem-solvers/

Susan C. Simmons, DVM, CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/09)
314 Carlisle Rd.
Carlisle, Ontario, CANADA L0R 1H2
Tel - 905-690-4537
E-mail - simvet@ionsys.com
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Heartland Pet Hospital
5950 Rodeo Dr.
Mississanga, Ontario L5R 306 CANADA

Dennis C. Turner, Sc.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/13)
I.E.A.P./I.E.T.
P.O. Box 32
CH-8816 Hirzel, Switzerland
Tel - (*41 44) 729 92 27
Fax - (*41 44) 729 92 86
E-mail - dennis@turner-iet.ch

Victoria Voith, DVM, Ph.D., DACVB, CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/11)
College of Veterinary Medicine
Western University
309 E Second St.
Pomona, CA 91766-1854
Tel - 909-469-4327
Fax - 909-469-5635
E-mail - vvoith@westernu.edu

Emily Weiss, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/13)
Sr. Director of Shelter Behavior Programs
ASPCA
2672 SW Indianola
Benton, KS 67017
Tel - 316-778-1273
E-mail - emilyw@aspca.org

Nancy Williams, MA, ACAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
P.O. Box 182
Manchester, MD 21102
Tel - 410-374-1556
E-mail - nancy@dogswithissues.com
Website - www.dogswithissues.com

Sharon Wirant, MA, CPDT, ACAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/13)
Monadnock Humane Society
P.O. Box 678
101 W. Swanzey Road
W. Swanzey, NH 03469
Tel- 603-352-9011 x120
Email: sharon@humanecommunity.org.
Website - www.monadpets.org

John C. Wright, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
Professor of Psychology
Mercer University
1400 Coleman Avenue
Macon, GA 31207
Tel - 478-301-2973
Atlanta Tel: 404-524-5500
Fax - 478-301-2956
E-mail - wright_jc@Mercer.edu
Website - www.mercer.edu/psychology/Faculty_Staff/Wright_JC/Wright_JC.htm

Stephen Zawistowski, Ph.D., CAAB

(certification expires: 12/31/12)
Executive Vice President, National Programs and Science Advisor
ASPCA
520 8th Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Tel - 212-876-7700 x4401
Fax - 212-860-3435
E-mail - stevez@aspca.org