Kelly Peterson
Board Chair & Co-Founder
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As a native Oregonian, Kelly is the Oregon State Director for Humane World for Animals, where she has spent more than 30 years working in animal welfare and advocating for legislation to protect animals across Oregon. She previously served as Senior Vice President of State Affairs, working with state directors across the country to advance animal welfare policy and engage communities in creating change.
Kelly is also the Co-Founder and Board Chair of Fences For Fido, which she helped create in 2009 after seeing firsthand the heartbreaking reality of dogs living chained outside. What began as a simple idea to build fences and provide safe shelter has grown into a Circle of Care that helps dogs and the families who love them access veterinary care, food, shelter, and the support they need to stay safe and together. And while Kelly helps guide Fences For Fido’s vision and growth, she’s happiest at a fence build or vaccine or wellness clinic, alongside the volunteers, families, and dogs who make the work so meaningful.
Patti Loverink
Board Vice Chair, Fundraising Director
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Patti joined the Fences For Fido board in 2011, focusing on marketing and fundraising for the organization and serving today as board fundraising director and gala chair. As the owner of a marketing communications agency, Patti applies her professional experience and expertise to help support and grow non-profit organizations. Patti is co-founder of Fences For Fido’s Unchained Planet project, dedicated to accelerating the unchaining movement by providing grants and mentorship to start-up unchaining organizations around the country.
Barbara Baugnon
Board Treasurer
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Barbara Baugnon brings extensive experience in nonprofit leadership, marketing, communications, and fundraising to Fences For Fido. She previously served as Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Oregon Humane Society, where she helped tell the organization’s story and connect its work with the community. Barb has a deep love for animals and a genuine belief in the work of Fences For Fido. She brings her experience, generosity, and wonderful ability to connect people to our mission to her role as Treasurer and Board member. We’re grateful to have her helping us build the next chapter of Fences For Fido.
Jennifer Rackstraw
Board Secretary
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For more than 20 years, Jeni has been involved in animal advocacy at the local, state, and federal levels. Since 2003, she has worked as an administrative law judge for the State of Oregon, conducting administrative hearings for agencies, boards, and commissions. Since 2007, she has also served on an Appellate Panel for City of Portland police and firefighter disability benefit cases. She has extensive experience training and mentoring administrative law judges and has presented at multiple conferences regarding administrative law practice. She has a J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Animal Law Review, the nation’s oldest law journal devoted exclusively to animal legal issues.
Jenn Voge
Board Member, Field Liaison
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Jenn joined Fences For Fido after years of working in mental health, social services, and special education, where much of her work centered on building relationships with people and families navigating complicated circumstances and helping them find the support they need. She brings that same compassion and commitment to her work with Fences For Fido, where she serves as a Client Outreach Coordinator, developing Crew Leader, and rehoming coordinator.
Jenn has become an important part of our field work, building relationships with Fido families, volunteers, veterinary partners, and other organizations. Whether she’s building a fence, helping a family access veterinary care, transporting a dog, supporting a clinic, or simply showing up when a family needs someone, Jenn brings a deep understanding of the people and communities at the heart of Fences For Fido.
Ken Brown
Board Member, Crew Leader
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Ken was born and raised in the SW Washington area. After serving in the military, he returned to his hometown and started a career in the Information Technology field. After 35 years of IT work, he’s semi-retired. He joined volunteered for his first FFF fence build in late 2022 and accepted the volunteer role of Crew Leader for Lewis County, WA, in March 2023. A lifelong animal advocate, Ken has volunteered on animal rescue missions, assisted local rescues on fostering and rehoming dogs, and attended multiple animal cruelty court cases in Lewis and Thurston County. In his free time, he enjoys working outside on his property, boating , fly fishing, concerts, road trips and helping animals in need. He shares his home with 3 rescue dogs and 5 rescue cats.
Becky Robbins
Board Member
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First joined Fences for Fido in 2009 as a fence-building volunteer. In addition, for the past 16 years she serves as a foster team lead for the Family Dogs New Life Shelter Foster Dog Program in Portland, OR. With Family Dogs she focuses on adoptions, securing foster families, fundraising and media outreach. Professionally, Becky has a 25-year career in partnership marketing and PR with a focus on leveraging corporate and small business relationships to support the needs of the community. Becky loves to travel the world and run her refurbished furniture store space that supports animals. She shares her home with Henry and Blossom, her rescue pit bulls.
Theo Perez
Board Member
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A Warm Springs tribal member and director of Warm Springs Commodities, embodies the definition of a heart of service and compassion, contributing to his community on behalf of Warm Springs Community Action Team, Reservation Impact, Neighbor Impact, and a commitment to overall community health. He is also a small business owner, artist and much more. Theo is also a proud and devoted father of an incredible son. Theo raises the bar when it comes to positive impact and is deeply grounded to his community and offering solutions and resources in everything he does. Fences For Fido is so honored to have Theo as part of our Board. He is truly the very spirit of love in action.
Telma Pombrol
Board Member,
Chief Materials Procurement Officer
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Telma was born in Connecticut to Cuban parents and lived in Venezuela for about 20 years. She has always had a passion for animal welfare and while in Venezuela helped rehab injured wildlife, from an Ocelot kitten that was caught in a barbed wire fencing to squirrels, parrots, fawns and even a trio of baby caimans. Telma earned her degree in Tourism Business Administration and moved back to the U.S. where she started a professional career. She has since left the private sector and now works for the State of Oregon Department of Justice Child Support Division in Salem. She devotes her free time caring for her furry family and volunteering for Fences For Fido where she serves as a client outreach coordinator and the chief materials officer.