Our Team
Joy St. Peter
Founding Director
JLAD was founded in 2004 and has helped hundreds of people to receive training and assistance dogs throughout the country. Joy serves alongside around 40 volunteers and three local prison programs here in Oregon.
Anna Caldwell
Program Coordinator / Trainer
Anna is originally from The Netherlands. She immigrated to the USA as a teen and has always had a passion for dogs, specifically working dogs. She became involved in the service dog industry in 1994 when socializing a dog for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Since then she has diversified into grooming and training dogs, and for the last several years has become extensively involved with JLAD as a trainer as well.
Board Members
Chelsey Sicheneder, Ira Thio, Kathleen Short, Kriss Lawyer, Joseph Gallagher
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