Marie started Ten Lives Club in 2001 on her home property with her husband building a small cat shelter inside their garage. After 3 year they moved to a bigger location and now work out of an office/warehouse shelter facility which is over 3000 square feet. Marie has her masters degree from UB and left the corporate professional world to run Ten Lives Club full time on a limited staff and budget.

Brenda has worked as the Community Pet Care Hospital office manager for over 20 years. This vet hospital has been our major vet supporter since Ten Lives Club opened. Brenda recently left Community Pet Care to take on the role of Director of Operations knowing our philosophy and our resuce mission mindset. Brenda brings a wealth of vet/office management experience to our organization.

Dan recently joined Ten Lives Club as the organization's first ever professional fundraiser. Dan graduated from Canisius College in 2011 with his bachelors degree in marketing. Since joining Ten Lives Club Dan has coordinated fundraising events, written and submitted grants for the organization, and has also given Ten Lives Club a larger social media presence. Dan's salary is fully funded by the Maddie Grant Rescue Project.

Dr. Sharon Fisk, DVM graduated from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Fisk has worked as our shelter vet for 5+ years and is very compassionate and knowledgable onshelter management and rescue work.

Val graduated from Medaille College in Buffalo, NY as an LVT. Val is a dedicated technician who is responsible for the health care of our 85+ cats in the shelter and our foster network.