Meet Team OMI

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

  • Excellent quality food 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

United for the Sanctuary Babes, Coast to Coast

Our team (of mostly volunteers!) is spread across all four time zones in the United States—connected not by geography, but by a shared love for animals and a commitment to compassion for ALL species.

If you’re looking for a meaningful way to contribute, on-site or from your laptop, we’d love to have you on the team.

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

Sunshine

Animal Caregiver

  • Pacific Northwest native
  • Passionate plant enthusiast
  • Master of the OMI Secret Snack Garden
  • Former farm kid
  • 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
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

Christa

Animal Caregiver

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

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

Jennifer

Director (Volunteer)

  • Experienced development professional
  • Steward of a microsanctuary homestead, with rescued dogs, cats, and pigs
  • Passionate about weaving, crocheting
  • Home base: Upstate NY

Veena

Treasurer (Volunteer)

  • OMI Store Manager
  • Retired Business Professional
  • Passionate about veganism, animal rights, and plant-based home cooking
  • 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

Director of Education (Volunteer)

  • Facilitator of Odd Man Inn’s Bite-Size Book Club
  • Published author and distinguished professor in the Departments of English, as well as Philosophy and Ethics
  • Home base: St Paul, MN

Eli

Animal Caregiver

  • Experienced animal sanctuary professional
  • Dedicated to science-based care
  • Baker and artist
  • Home base: Louisville, KY

Varun

Secretary (Volunteer)

  • Keeper of the website
  • Ecology and evolutionary biology major, passionate about rewilding and habitat restoration
  • Volunteer Board Member
  • Home base: San Francisco, CA/PNW

Eli

Animal Caregiver

  • Experienced animal sanctuary professional
  • Dedicated to science-based care
  • Baker and artist
  • Home base: Louisville, KY

Varun

Secretary (Volunteer)

  • Keeper of the website
  • Ecology and evolutionary biology major, passionate about rewilding and habitat restoration
  • Volunteer Board Member
  • Home base: California/PNW

Michael

Store Assistant (Volunteer)

  • Pacific Northwest native
  • Physics PhD
  • Data Scientist and AI Safety Researcher
  • Home base: San Francisco, CA

Let's make Sanctuary Babe Life a reality for them all!

Please consider joining our team for just $1/month.