Meet Team OMI

Our team is committed to providing lifelong “Sanctuary Care” for our animal residents, which includes:

  • Excellent quality feed supervised by an animal nutritionist
  • Sturdy, comfortable housing
  • Professional veterinary care with consistent healthcare follow-up
  • Routine vaccinations and parasite management
  • Spaying and neutering all animal residents
  • Consistent and proficient daily animal caregivers
  • Calm, peaceful surroundings with minimal disruptions
  • Natural settings that provide enrichment fueled by choice
  • Family-centered animal housing accommodations
  • Elder care focused on quality of life and providing maximal comfort
  • Facility services delivered straight to their doorsteps

Wendy

Co-Founder and Executive Director

  • USAF Military Veteran
  • Registered Nurse 25+ years
  • Sanctuary Director, Director of Communications
  • Volunteer Board Member
  • Home base: Jamestown, TN

Daniel

Animal Care Manager

  • Seasoned animal sanctuary professional
  • Dedicated to science-based care
  • Lover of all things neat and organized
  • Home base: Jamestown, TN

Jacklyn

President (Volunteer)

  • Sanctuary Health Information Management Specialist
  • Volunteer Board Member
  • Certified Nurse Midwife
  • Vegan business owner and manufacturer
  • Home base: Brooklyn, NY

Sunshine

Animal Caregiver

  • Pacific Northwest native
  • Passionate plant enthusiast
  • Master of the OMI Secret Snack Garden
  • Former farm kid
  • Home base: Jamestown, TN
Susann Sullivan-Aden is on the Volunteer Board of Directors of Odd Man Inn Animal Refuge.

Susann

Director (Volunteer)

  • Marketing and Communications professional
  • Volunteer Board Member
  • Community Volunteer
  • Former farm kid
  • Pig and Cat enthusiast
  • Home base: St. Louis, MO

Anita

Executive Assistant

  • Highly experienced customer service professional
  • Keeper of ALL spreadsheets
  • Cat mom, passionate about rescue and TNR
  • Former farm kid
  • Home base: Thurmont, MD

Angela

Humane Educator (Volunteer)

  • Tennessee native
  • Volunteer Animal Caregiver
  • Cumberland Co. High School teacher
  • Forager, baker, singer, brewmaster
  • Home base: Crossville, TN

Pam and Kent

Facilities Crew (Volunteers)

  • Master pig-house remodelers 
  • OMI birdhouse keepers
  • Native plant and home-cooking enthusiasts 
  • Home base: Spencer, TN

Christa

Animal Caregiver

  • Northeast native
  • Experienced animal care professional
  • Works magic applying sunscreen to shy pigs
  • Home base: Jamestown, TN

Veena

OMI Store Manager (Volunteer)

  • Retired Business Professional
  • Passionate about veganism, animal rights, and plant-based home cooking.
  • Home base: Pacific Northwest

Michael

Treasurer (Volunteer)

  • Pacific Northwest native
  • Physics PhD
  • Data Scientist and AI Safety Researcher
  • Home base: Pacific Northwest

Brad

Facilities crew (Volunteer)

  • Lover of all things vehicular
  • Banzini loyalist
  • Sanctuary and vegan restaurant enthusiast
  • Proud cat dad
  • Home base: St. Louis, MO

Sharon

Education Director (Volunteer)

  • Distinguished Professor in the Departments of English, as well as Philosophy and Ethics
  • Facilitator of the Bite-Size Book Club
  • Home base: St Paul, MN

Varun

Secretary (Volunteer)

  • Keeper of the website
  • Communications and Development Manager
  • Ecology and evolutionary biology major, into rewilding
  • Volunteer Board Member
  • Home base: Pacific Northwest

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