Meet Our Team

Nicola Hartmann
Chief Executive Officer

Jean Fedigan
Founder and Chief Mission Officer

Dee Apodaca
Facilities Manager

Emily Bridson
Director of Philanthropy

Penny Buckley
Director of Grants

Jennifer Edwards
Director of Operations

Elizabeth Lyons
Philanthropy Assistant

Tia Nichols
Program Director

Peggy Stefanski Brown
Administrative Assistant

Loki
Secretary of Snuggles
Board of Directors
President:
Shelley Watson
Southern Arizona Leadership Council
Vice President:
Gwen Gallegos
Community Member
Treasurer:
Tracy A. Scholz
Community Member
Secretary:
Aida Samuel
The Offshore Group
Rob Burris, Burris & MacOmber, PLLC
Msgr. Tom Cahalane, Community Member
Melisa Ley, Pima Air & Space Museum
Mark Mistler, Community Member
Anahi Ortiz, Community Member
Treth Sanchez, City of Tucson
Diana Sheldon, Diana Sheldon Non Profit Consulting
Cristie Street, Nextrio
