Board of Trustees
Trustee (Fall 2025; Large Animal)*
Lindsey Helms Boone
DVM, DACVS (Large Animal)
Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine
Auburn, AL
Trustee (Fall 2024; Small Animal)
Myron O. Downs
DVM, PhD, DACVS
Athens Veterinary Surgery Center
Athens, GA
Trustee (Fall 2024; Small Animal)*
David Dycus
DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal)
Nexus Veterinary Bone & Joint Center
Baltimore, MD
Chair (Fall 2026; Large Animal)*
R. Reid Hanson
DVM, DACVS, DACVECC
Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine
Auburn, AL
Trustee (Fall 2024; Large Animal)*
Timothy B. Lescun
BVSc, MS, PhD, DACVS
Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
West Lafayette, IN
Board of Directors Liaison to the Board of Trustees (Fall 2024; Large Animal)
Annette M. McCoy
DVM, MS, PhD, DACVS (Large Animal)
University of Illinois Urbana- Chicago
Urbana, IL
Trustee (Fall 2026; Small Animal)*
Jenifer D. Newton
DVM, MS, DACVS
All Pets Emergency and Referral Center
Alpharetta, GA
Trustee (Fall 2025; Small Animal)*
G. Elizabeth Pluhar
DVM, PhD, DACVS
University of Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN
Trustee (Fall 2025; SA)*
Brian J. Sutherland
DVM, DACVS (Small Animal)
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
