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2020. What a year, am I right? So much turmoil, so much In recognition of your indomitable resilience, perseverance, and
uncertainty, so much change….Just.So.MUCH! excellence, in spite of unprecedented obstacles, so that you
could continue to provide veterinary health care to your patients
Yet, here we are. We survived. In fact, we more than survived.
(as well as continue to protect the public health), we present the
We put our heads down and adapted, persevered, went head to
2021 Veterinarian of the Year to NCVMA members*.
head with officials and the public to get the respect we rightly
deserve, and we came back strong. We showed them what Congratulations! The NCVMA is enormously proud to have such
veterinarians and veterinary medicine are made of. Incredibly remarkable individuals in its ranks representing the profession
creative, resilient, conscientious, and dedicated health care and serving the animals and citizens of North Carolina. And as an
providers resolved to serve their patients and protect the public. aside, I am honored to be affiliated with such a great group of
professionals!
What does this have to do with the NCVMA Veterinarian of the Claire H. Holley
Year for 2021, you ask? Well, this year’s recipient breaks with NCVMA Executive Director
tradition, but given the untraditional nature of the
circumstances, we felt it more than fitting to think outside of the *Those NCVMA members who were current as of 7/10/21
box.

brecht, Sandra M. Albright, Sharon M. Albright, Alex Albright, Andrea L. Alcorn, Margaret M. Alexander, Daniel A. Allen, Danny T. Allen, Anna Allen, Bryan T. Allen, Robin Renee Allen, Audra L. Alley, Mark L. Alley, Erin Allgood, Marissa Allinder, Nicole Allison, Glen W. Almond,
nderson, Margaret A. Anderson, Stephen A. Anderson, Jeanette A. Anderson, Katie L. Anderson, Hannah Anderson, Deborah K. Anderson, Ashley M. Anderson Betts, Lara C. Anderson‐Bailey, Michael Andres, Michael H. Andress, Alison B. Andrew, Tammy A. Andrews, Nicole M. Ange,
Araba, Bennett L. Arble, Mikaela P. Archambeault, Nicole R. Archer, Tye Ardrey, Michelle E. Argersinger, Teresa E. Arledge, Katherine T. Armstrong, Louis A. Arnese, Gregory Arnold, Allison Arnoult, Jennifer Artman, Richard A. Aschenbrenner, Elizabeth A. Ash, Catherine C. Ashe,
L. Backus, Alise W. Baer, Patricia Baez‐Ramos, Jennifer B. Bailey, Gene A. Bailey, Matthew E. Bailey, Kate M. Bailey, Laura C. Bailey, Holly Hess Bailey, John W. Bailey, III, Alexie Baja, Shanna Baker, Diane L. Balding, Sarah Baldwin, Ruth M. Bale, Julie A. Balko, Robert B. Ballard, Marie L. Ballengee,
Barbar, Lea L. Barbee, Jane A. Barber, Christine Barber, J. Patrick Barker, Jeffrey M. Barker, Brittany Holler Barkley, Joshua D. Barkman, Bradley L. Barlow, Christina M. Barndt, Naomi B. Barnea, H. John Barnes, Mitchell K. Barnes, Suzanne D. Barnes, Allie Easterling Barnes, Brian T. Barnett,
ron, Tev M. Barros, Jaime G. Barta, Laureen Bartfield, Kimberley S. Barth, Suzanne E. Bartholf‐DeWitt, Carol Ann Barton, Carrie C.O. Barzola, Debra R.J. Basden, Kimberly R. Basil, Anne S. Baskett, Shannon McFall Bass, Janet L. Batker, Lindsay L. Batson, Frank T. Batten, Janet G. Batten,
, Ronald E. Baynes, Theresa M. Beachler, Katherine Beachy, Stacey E. Beam, Audrey Beam, Erin A. Beasley, Jennifer C. Beasley, Ashlyn Terry Beasley, David Beauchamp, Katrina A. Becker, Lisa J. Becton, Kim H. Beegle, Kyla Beguesse, Malissa L. Behm, Melissa A. Behrens, Brittany L. Beil,
ulie Bennington, Josh D. Bentley, Kelsey L. Bentz, Clint Berdeen, L. Duncan Beretich, Alisa Berg, Keith Berley, Adam Seth Berman, Meredith B. Berry, Aleksandar Besermenji, Dragana Besermenji, Swity Bhavsar, Metzere Bierlien De La Rosa, Elizabeth R. Biggs, Deborah H. Bigsby, Lorin R. Bilhorn,
Kerri L. Blackburn, Rachel Blackmer, J. Travis Blackwelder, Margaret A. Blaik, Emily C. Blair, Jenna Blake, Jacqueline Blake, Julie S. Blalock, Lee Blankenship, Jacob S. Blanton, Albert B. Blanton, Jr., Nicole Bledsoe, Matthew Blevins, Anthony T. Blikslager, Rebecca A. Bloch, Audie R. Bloise,
ike Boles, Madison O. Bolin, Katherine Bollag, Leland E. Bolt, Jr., Elizabeth A. Bolton, Joy G. Bolynn, Christian A. Bolz, John Bonagura, Susan P. Bonilla, Glen A. Bonin, Jr., John M. Booker, L. David Booker, Barbara Jean Booth, Jerry A. Boothe, Julia Borden, Matthew H. Borgmann, Sonia Borrell,
R. Bowen, John Y. Bowen, Stephanie E. Bowling, Gale G. Bowman, Karl F. Bowman, Larissa Bowman, Amy D. Bowman, Morgan Box, Tonya S. Boyd, Andrea L. Boyer, Taylor Boyett, Timothy Boyte, Karen Bradler, Jill Carpenter Bradshaw, Glenn C. Bradshaw, Jr., W. Tyler Brady,
edar, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Katrine Bremser, Noelle A. Brendle, David M. Brendle, Mary M. Brents, Babetta A. Breuhaus, Marilyn S. Brewer, Caroline F. Brewer, Aurora W. Brick, Michael Todd Bridges, Mark Brigham, Jessica Briley, Suzanne Brink, Nicole Brinson, Susan Bristol,
nelle P. Brown, Brad R. Brown, Susan Aubrey Brown, Alexandra T. Brown, Virginia A. Brown, Fred G. Brown, II, Talmage T. Brown, Jr., Cecil F. Brownie, Betsy Kim Browning, Carlie J. Brue, Bernie B. Brummitt, III, M. Catherine Bruton, Bart Bryan, Michelle Leigh Bryan,
en M. Bulluck, Judy C. Bumbarger, Laura Burch, Taylor C. Burge, Mary Burkart, Gretchen V. Burke, Katherine T. Burke, Megan Burke, Alicia S. Burkett, Richard Greg Burkett, Heather Burkhardt, Hannah Jones Burns, Marie E. Burris, Danielle Burris,
Byrd, Erin Byrd, Mary C. Byrd, Megan Cabot, Mark W. Cagle, Melody A. Caldwell, Wendy A. Callahan, Shelley Poe Calloway, Kimberly B. Camacho, Blanca Camacho, Robert Z. Cameron, Michelle A. Cameron, Rachael Y. Camiener, Winona Camp,
Elizabeth S. Capitano, Ashleigh Caplin, Holly Capps, Fernando Cardenas, Jr., Rebecca H. Carey, Bruce P. Carlton, Carrie A. Carman, Christine Carmine, John H. Carr, Alyssa M. Carr, Jennifer L. Carrell, Elizabeth A. Carroll, Sarah K. Carroll, Kenneth A. Carroll,
Kayla Castevens, Sara C. Catala‐Landry, Jamie A. Catanzaro, Kelly C.F. Catanzaro, Stephanie Cawthorn, Tina M. Cecil, Andrea Cermele, Brian A. Cerrito, Joshua Chamberlin, Aidan Chambers, Scott R. Chandler, Yolanda J. Chandler, Sara Chapman, Amanda L. Chapman, Kimberly H. Chappell,
Childress, Zach Chillag, Amanda M. Chin, Meluta Chitu, Daniel Chitu, Sam Chiu, Shauna S. Christian, Kristin Christy, Melissa Chrzanowski, Justin W. Church, Maura C. Cicci, Annalis Cigarroa, Audra A. Cinalli, DeAnna Marie Cizmar, Johanna B. Clark, Jenny L. Clark, Julie E. Clark, Brooke N. Clark, Jory Clark,
topher R. Coble, Stephen D. Coble, Ray H. Coble, Jr., Elisa D. Coccaro, Dwight E. Cochran, II, Natalie J. Cochrane, Richard B. Cochrane, Jr., Penny S. Coder, Susan B. Coe, Richard M. Coe, Jr., Raquel M. Coffman, Eli B. Cohen, Marcia L. Coit‐Brock, Onica M. Cole, David M. Cole, Jaime Collier, Carolyn M. Collier,
Conroy, Marilyn Constine, Andreza Conti‐Patara, Meghan McNeely Cook, Joshua Cook, William H. Cooley, Kathryn Cooley‐Lock, Wendy R. Coon, Joseph C. Cooney, William R. Cooper, Sarah R. Cooper, Larry D. Cooper, Leslie R. Cooper, Guillermina Cooper, D. Andrew Cope, R. Douglas Cope, Jr., Stan C. Corbin,
Michelle S. Cox, Hieuhanh Huynh Cox, Lydia Cox, Rebecca Cozart, Torrie Ann Crabbs, Elizabeth Butler Crabtree, Kelley Crabtree, Morgan B. Craddock, Deirdre R. Craven, James R. Crawford, Leigh Crawford, Anthony S. Creech, Rocio Crespo, Elisa Crisci, Margaret Paige Critzer, Andeliene V. Croce,
Michelle Culbert, John M. Cullen, Erin Culpepper, Susan E. Curci, Audrey Curran, Joseph E. Currie, Paul M. Dalbery, Stephanie Dalrymple, Graham Odell Dalton, Jr., Jodi M. D'Ambrosio, Sarah N. D'Amelio, Brooke L. Daniel, Thomas M. Daniel, Melissa A. D'Annibale‐Tolhurst, Lee A. Darch, Jessica Darnell,
K. Davis, E.A. Davis, Martha R. Davis, Jenevia M. Davis, Cynthia Davis, Lonnie Davis, Ann Davis, Christy Davis, Julianne M. Davis‐Christ, Akaterina Davros, Laura H. Dayton, Cayla D. De Filippo‐Lamb, Paul N. de Silvia, Annemarieke de Vlaming, Kentley M. Dean, William Kent Dean, Julia Hix Dean,
Demaster, Katarzyna Dembek, Ashley deMey, Nicole L. Denmark, Jennifer Derby, Diane Deresienski, Kristen Shanklin Dewey, Alexa N. Diaz, Michele L. Dick, Valerie L. DiColandrea, Amy E. DiDomenico, Laura E. Diem, Julia J. Dietz, Maria E. DiGiovanni, Linda Dillenbeck, Danny L. Dillon, Kenneth M. Dills,
onahue, John M. Donecker, Kimberly A. Donovan, Debra L. Donovan, David C. Dorman, Erik Dorsch, Emily M. Dorsett, Kelsie Dougherty, James P. Douglass, Kristina M. Douthett, Stephanie L. Dowell, Amy Downey, Brian C. Doyle, J. Allan Dozier, Rebecca L. Drapp, Sunita Ballal Driehuys, Katherine L. Driscoll,
hn Wesley Dunn, Dianne Dunning, Clarence E. Dunning, German A. Duran, Myra E. Durham, Kathryn Duris, Amy B. Duty, Laura D. Dvorak, Peter J. Early, Ashley E. Easley, Linda F. East, Julianna Eaton, Adam Eby, Christine Eckermann‐Ross, Eryn Edman, Jessica C. Edmondson, Margaret A. Edwards,
, Brittany Enders, Lark Walters Enright, Michael Ensor, Mark E. Epstein, Linda E. Erday, Kathryn Ernst, Elijah S. Ernst, Jerry L. Eskridge, Enid Espinosa‐Walker, Beth Griffiths Essington, Jenny M. Estes, Tanya S. Estes‐Voshell, Eric A. Etheridge, Stephen C. Etter, James W. Eubanks, Elizabeth G. Eubanks,
h, Nicole D. Fansler, Esther Farber, Elizabeth Farley, Lisa B. Farling, Barbara C. Farmer, Catherine C. Farrer, Sigrid R. Farris, Amy Fauber, Ed Faulkner, Amy D. Fear, Jennifer L. Federico, Celia E. Feiler, Janelle M. Fenlason‐Stephenson, Robinson Feola, Lauren Thompson Ferebee, Brooke T. Ferguson,
Fisher, Morgan Scout Fitch, R. Iain Fitch, Keven Flammer, Lucia Fleischmann, Christopher Fletcher, Oscar J. Fletcher, Jr., Ashley L. Flinn, Caitlin Flint, Amy Flis, Dawn M. Flood, Patrick E. Florian, Mary H. Fluke, Raul H. Flynn, Kimberly A. Foca, Andrea L. Fochios, Callie Anne Fogle, Jonathan E. Fogle,
renda R. Fox, Joel Fox, Stephen Fox, Jessica Lauren Fox, Shannon H. Foy, Sara A. Fraleigh, Gina Francis, Matthew D. Frazier, Terence G. Frazier, W. Keven Freels, Robert S. Freeman, John I. Freeman, Clarissa Freemyer, Vivian W. Freer, Nicole Freitas, Samantha E. Freudenthal, Kahlina M. Frey,
da E. Gale, Ilana Galex, Jack G. Gallagher, David Gallagher, Lauren N. Gallagher, Tyler R. Gallaher, Stacie R. Gallenstein, JoEllen Galligan, Sam Galphin, Abelina Gaona, Jacqueline R. Garcin, James A. Gardner, Claudia J. Gardner, Karin M.M. Gardner, Alexandra Gareau, Theresa MacNab Garibay,
r H. Geisler, Kim D. Gemeinhardt, Charles Geneczko, Douglas A. Gensel, Matthew J. Gentile, Jacqueline Gentry, Barry T. George, Jami N. George, Matthew T. George, Elizabeth A. George, Asha A. George, Nneka M. George, Kelly Georgeou, Mathew P. Gerard, Sarah Anne Gerard,
, Barrett Gift, Meagan N. Gilbert, Brian C. Gilger, Elizabeth Gilger, James B. Gill, Ariel M. Gillfillan, Amy Gillian, John Patrick Gillis, Ruth M. Gillis, Katharyn K. Gilmartin, Emily M. Gilmette, Maxine R. Gilvey, Peter Gilyard, Isabel M. Gimeno, Taylor E. Gin, Warren E. Gintis, Mona L. Gitter,
William F. Goff, Bradley A. Goff, Melissa J. Goff, Harvey Goho, Lydia P. Goho, Kienan K. Gold, Stefanie Watts Golden, Ann M. Golden, Thomas S. Golding, Elyse Goldman, Lynn A. Gomes, Liara M. Gonzalez, Antonio R. Gonzalez Oliver, Lauren E. Goode,
Laura P. Grady, Mike Grafinger, Lynelle Faye Graham, Sandra M. Grant, Ginny Grant, Mary F. Grant, Madison G. Grant, Glenn D. Graves, Elizabeth A. Gray, Amanda M. Gray, A. Mark Green, Chessie Green, Ellery Green, P. Michelle Greene,
ber‐Hollingshead, Margaret E. Gruen, James E. Guenther, Karen G. Gundrum, Amber Gunstra, Haley G. Gunter, Ollie J. Gupton, Jr., Marjorie C. Gurganus, Amanda G. Gurganus, Lynda Gustavsen, Rachel Corie Gutierrez, Lori Gutzmann, James S. Guy,
tt, Madeline A. Hammond, Jacob D. Hammond, C. Ryan Hammonds, Leigh Ann Hamon, Carri Williams Hampton, Christina S. Hampton, Amanda Hampton, Ashley Hampton‐Cayanus, Sheila B. Hanby, Robert Hanes, Katherine L. Hanrahan, Bernie Hansen,
D. Harris, Elizabeth A. Harris, Deanna N. Harris, Jessica P. Harris, Keith D. Harrison, Alea S. Harrison, Tara M. Harrison, John C. Harroff, Mary P. Harrop, Kimberly K. Harry, Carol Hart, John B. Harvey, Jim Harvey, Elise A. Hattingh, Marlene L. Hauck,
y Heath, Melody O. Heath, Francis Eddie Heath, Summer S. Hedges, Barry Hedgespeth, Gregory K. Hedrick, Karen Heffernan, Jason R. Hefner, Elizabeth B. Heinze, Cheryl Heitzman, Desiree Helgren, Scott R. Helms, Thomas M. Hemstreet,
argaret S. Hermann, Jennie Y. Hernandez, P. Michael Hernandez, Cristina Hernandez‐Rasor, Elizabeth B. Herring, Ina Herrmann, Samantha K. Hertel, Janine Hertzka, Rachel G. Herwehe, Maria A. Hes, Paul R. Hess, Megan L. Hesson, Nancy L. Hesters,
Hill, Bethany Cain Hill, Michael L. Hill, Austin M. Hill, Anne Hinn, Holly B. Hinson, Cameron Ellington Hinson, Tamara D. Hipp, Marc S. Hirshenson, Michelle Hoblit, Hunter Gray Hodges, William L. Hodges, Tyler L. Hodinka, Katherine Hoff,
lie Hollifield, Beverly Hollis, Benjamin C. Holmes, Katherine Leah Holmes, Jill Holmes, Roger R. Holt, Jessica Holt, Tracie M. Holt, Eric A. Holtz, Christina M. Holzer, Heather M. Holzhauer, Douglas J. Homolka, Kelly M. Hood, Donald Hoover, Jr.,
hton, Daniel J. Houlihan, Ralph W. Houser, Tyne Hovda, Alan T. Howard, Ruston W. Howell, Joshua Hower, Robin Simpson Howie, John S. Howland, Gail C. Hoyme, Jay E. Hreiz, Jennifer H. Huang, Amelia G. Hubbard, Erin Hubbard‐Medhus,
d A. Huml, Jennifer A. Hummel, Margaret Frye Huneycutt, Alice M. Hunsucker‐Will, Christine Erickson Hunt, Joan E. Hunt, Emily Hunt, Jessica Hunter, Gregory A. Hunter, James Lee Hunter, Brian C. Hurley, Jennifer L. Hurley‐Sanders, Sherry Huskey,
ll, Gretchen Hutt, Diane Huxtable, Kari L. Hyatt, Joseph W. Inscoe, Joanne L. Intile, Anthony M. Ioppolo, Kimberly M. Ipock, Karyn Irwin, John H. Isaacs, Victoria Isler, Melissa Israel, Jenifer L. Itenson, Carolyn B. Ives, Stephanie A. Izurieta, Eva A. Jablonski,
hley N. Jackson, Rebecca L. Jackson, Natasha S. Jacobs, Carrie Christine Jacobs, Barbara R. Jacobsen, Stephen C. Jaffe, Rina H. Jaffe, David G. James, Jared James, Allison James, Debra C. James, Leslie T. Jarrell, Leslie Hash Jarrett, Shannon M. Jarvis, Emily Javery,
el K. Jensen, J. Linwood Jernigan, Katrina Nicole Jiamachello, Abhilasha Jindal, Jeff Johansson, Daniel H. Johnson, Gary H. Johnson, Jennifer L. Johnson, Shelley L. Johnson, Rebecca Fogdall Johnson, Brooke O. Johnson, Cynthia Johnson, Jacqueline U. Johnson,
n Johnson‐Hoffman, Peggy A. Johnston, Janet L. Johnston, Lisa A. Jonas, Kevin M. Jones, G. Wayne Jones, Allison E. Jones, Sam L. Jones, Stacy A. Jones, Anne S. Jones, Connie L. Jones, Leah K. Jones, Randy G. Jones, Amey L. Jones, Alexis N. Jones, Daniel M. Jones,
‐Bailey, Elizabeth E. Jordan, Theresa P. Jordan, Amy Jordan, Timothy Jordan, Justin S. Jornigan, Kitrina W. Journell, Ebony Joyce, Jalika J. Joyner, Rebekah Julian, Herbert A. Justus, George N. Kahdy, Sunil K. Kakarla, Bert Kalet, Dorothy Kalet, Julie M. Kang,
Lauren P. Kappers, Karen V. Karaffa, Theresa Karakash, Samantha M. Karl, Michele Lee Karl‐McKinney, Rachel S. Karnes, Christopher L. Karnes, Ashley M. Karoly, Hubert Karreman, Cynthia V. Kathir, Michael T. Kato, Jody M. Katz,
Tarinder T. Kaur, Laura A. Kaylor, Robert J. Kaylor, Jr., Rachael R. Kearns, Sara E. Keb, April C. Keefe, Bruce W. Keene, Laura G. Keener, Erin Keenihan, Blair A. Keffer, Roberta A. Kelleher, Willard Keller, Laura S. Kelley,
Carol M. Kelly, Gretchen A. Kelly, April Kelly, Jazmine Kemp, Allison Kendall, Karen S. Kennedy, Edward J. Kennedy, III, Maria A. Kenny, Linda Kent, Allie T. Keresman, Paul D. Kern, Melissa G. Kerns,
Shannon L. Kerns, B. Brad Kerr, Casey E. Kersten, Zachary D. Kezios, Michael Khan, Claude S. Kidd, Alisha Leonard Kidwell, Lauren P. Killilea, Charissa M. Killion, Richard E. Killough, R. Brian Killough,
Jane Kim, Cindy A. Kimbrell, Jennifer A. Kimmel, Sarah A. Kinal, Sharon B. King, Betsy Ulrich King, Bennie F. King, Emily E. King, Joseph H. Kinnarney, Alida L. Kinney‐McGlone,
Linda Kinney‐Perry, Susan S. Kinsey, Sheila M. Kinty, Tara K. Kipp, Ashley J. Kirby, Barbara K. Kirch, Constance Kirk, Charles F. Kirkland, Amy E. Kirkpatrick,
Violet Kirk‐Rynders, Lisa Kivett, Alison C. Klaitman, Blake O. Klein, David J. Kleisch, Rodger W. Kleisch, Paula Klek, Elaine A. Klesius, Jeffrey M. Kline,
Christine E. Kline, Sarah Kline, Bruce D. Klink, Cara M. Kluttz, David Knazovicky, LaTisha Knight, Amelia Knight‐Pinkston, Frederick J. Knowles,
J. Bradley Knowles, Kyra Knutson, Jennifer A. Knutzen, Erin M. Koballa, Jennifer A. Kobylanski, Kaitlynn Koehler, Gek Suan Koh,
Adrian M. Kreeger, Cathy A. Kreis, James C. Krepp, Sarah Krieg, Kim Krivit, Howard Krovetz, Laura Kucera, Linda J. Kuhn,
Ronald J. Komich, Alex C. Kondylas, Amanda N. Kortum, Bobbi J. Kotrba, James M. Kozelka, David A. Krakowski, Alexander I. Krebs,
Margaret Nelson Kuhn, Thomas B. Kuhn, Raveendra Kulkarni, Tiffany Clayton Kutner, Ashly D. La Roche,
Anna C. Beyer LaCalamito, Kathleen R. Lack, Yen‐hao Lai, Chad M. Lakey, Tristin D. Lamberton,
Tracy Land, Christina L. Landers, Amanda Landis‐Hanna, Chelsea D. Landon, Abigail Lane, John J. Lang,
Jennifer D. Lang, Eileen P. Langdon, Amanda Langdon, Jennifer D. Langford, Kim D. Langholz,
Benjamin Langsten, Cora Beth Lanier, Darlene E. Lannon, Cristina Lanzas, Phillip W. Lanzi,
Brian Lapham, Mark D. LaPierre, Jenny Kate Larson, B. Duncan X. Lascelles, Sara H. Lash,
Angela J. Lassiter, Rebecca Laster, Laura K. Lathan, Adriea K. Laurore, Elise M. Lavie,
Nicolas R. Lavie, Kelsey A. LaVigne, Ronni LaVine, Jerry Law, Kayla E. Lawlor,
Deanna M. Lawrence, Barbara Kay Lawrence, Regina E. Lawson,
Pamela S. Lawther, Kenneth E. Layton, Louis R. Lazenby, Amy N. Leach,
Crystal L. Leath, Susan C. LeCoq‐Dorough, Charles D. Lee,
Shama Dunlow Lee, Bonnie Lee, Mark G. Lee, R. Eric Lee,
Paula Lee, Brian LeFevre, Lindsay B. Lefler,
Suzanne LeGrange, Kathleen Lehman,
Teresa A. Lehnhardt, Simone Lemieux,
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