Tracy Goldfine, Executive Director

Tracy grew up in the Mad River Valley town of Waitsfield, Vermont. After graduating from the University of Vermont with a degree in Business, she moved West where she worked in public relations and publishing in Utah and Wyoming. Upon returning to Vermont, Tracy worked as a freelance grant writer, helping local nonprofits strengthen their development efforts. She has served as executive director for Hope Grows Community Farm in Hyde Park and River Arts in Morrisville. She earned her Nonprofit Management Graduate Certificate from Marlboro College and pursued graduate work in grant writing. Tracy joined NCAL as executive director in July 2016.

Growing up with many animals including dogs, cats, horses, rabbits and birds, Tracy developed a passion for rescue at an early age. Her early efforts included rescuing barn kittens, mending injured birds and squirrels, and even once helping a raccoon. She began assisting the local veterinarian at the age of ten with farm calls and surgeries. Today at NCAL, she is committed to furthering the mission dedicated to promoting responsible and compassionate relationships between humans and animals. 

She lives in Stowe with her husband and two children and in her “off time” enjoys playing guitar, mountain biking, skiing, and hiking with her dogs.

Carlee Brion, Operations Director

Carlee Brion began working for NCAL in 2012 after graduating college in New Hampshire and moving to Vermont. Carlee has spent a few years caring for dogs and cats as a Shelter Associate, caring for customers and animals alike as NCAL’s Customer Service Manager, and was promoted to Pet Adoption Center Manager in May of 2017. Carlee now serves as NCAL’s Operations Director. Growing up, Carlee always had animals living in her home. She currently has three rescue pups and a cat. Carlee loves living in Vermont and exploring all that it has to offer. Carlee and her dogs Winnie, Roscoe and Josie enjoy hiking and running in the warmer months (although Winnie is secretly is a couch potato at heart).

Lusana Masrur, Communications & Outreach Manager

Lusana’s earliest memories include farm animals, cats, dogs, rabbits and a crane, all of whom helped her become an animal lover. After college, she worked as the E-Coordinator for the SPCA of Erie County, in Buffalo, New York. She was also the Communication Coordinator for Obhoyaronno -Bangladesh Animal Welfare Foundation and continues to be invested in her home country’s animal welfare movement. In addition, she has worked in youth development in Buffalo, NY and in disaster management and climate change mitigation in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Work and education have also taken her to Malaysia, Singapore, the UAE, Tanzania, Sierra Leone and Thailand, but she now calls Vermont her home. Lusana’s love for animals also inspires her to follow a plant-based lifestyle. She hopes to contribute to NCAL’s diverse pool of talents with her non-profit, education and communication background.

Lindsay Turiello, Office Manager

A Texas native, Lindsay moved to Vermont in 2012. She has been an animal lover ever since she can remember and has always had pets growing up. Fostering and caring for injured or abandoned animals was a big part of her childhood. She rescued a whole variety of animals ranging from cats, dogs, snakes, birds, bunnies, snapping turtles and once a hedgehog. Lindsay dedicates her spare time as a volunteer on her home town fire department. She has embraced the Vermont way of life and loves spending time with her husband and five children, plus their four legged pups, Leroy and Gidget, both NCAL adoptees!

Jamie Dutil, Animal Health Manager

Jamie has been working with animals in a professional capacity for over a decade, ever since graduating from the University of Vermont with a degree in Animal Science in 2009. While working in a veterinary clinic, she realized her passion for helping to combat pet homelessness through the nonprofit sector, and went on to obtain a Master’s degree in Nonprofit Management from Walden University and a certification in humane education. She carries a wide diversity of experience in the animal welfare field, including private practice veterinary clinics, high-volume/high-quality spay/neuter clinics, other animal shelters and humane societies, and volunteering as a first responder for the Vermont Disaster Animal Response Team. She also spent two and a half years living in deep South Texas, fundraising and working to implement life-saving programs in a severely under-served city with an overwhelming pet overpopulation crisis.

Meagan Ferris, Animal Care Coordinator

Animals have always been a big part of Meagan’s life, and she has considered each one of her adopted pets as family. Prior to joining NCAL in November 2016, Meagan’s worked at an SPCA veterinary clinic in Orlando, Florida, and before that at a daycare and boarding facility where she enjoyed interacting with the animals. When she is not busy with the animals, Meagan enjoys photography, painting, kickboxing, hiking, and taking part in any long outdoor adventures with her daughter, Ryker, and Labrador retriever, Endo.

Emily Peterson, Customer Care Coordinator

Emily has had animals her whole life, from dogs and cats, to lizards, birds and fishes! She majored in Wellness and Alternative Medicine at the Northern Vermont University in Johnson. She has worked with an animal shelter in the past and wanted to continue in the field when she moved back to Vermont. Her favorite part about this job is playing matchmaker and helping people find their four-legged family members. Emily is also very interested in exploring how to apply her learning from wellness and alternative medicine to the world of animals.

Jess McLeon, Animal Care & Adoptions

Jess began working at NCAL in 2012. From a very young age, she has had a love for animals and has always hoped to find a career that would allow her to work with them. At NCAL, she enjoys and takes pride in caring for the dogs and cats and playing a part in their second chance at life. Jess also serves as NCAL’s staff photographer, capturing the beauty in every animal and helping market each one which improves their chances at finding forever homes.

Tasha Baker, Animal Care & Adoptions

NCAL has been part of Tasha’s life since she was about 7 years old, when she began to volunteer by walking dogs. She has also worked at NCAL previously from 2012 to 2015 as a Shelter Associate and then the Feline Supervisor. Tasha has always had a passion for helping animals and has also worked at an emergency vet office and a doggy daycare as well! She currently has one cat, Pippin, and one senior dog, Rosa, both of whom were adopted from NCAL! She has a soft spot for giant breed dogs and senior animals.

Schae Wolff, Animal Care & Adoptions

Schae has had a passion for animals her whole life. Working with cats and dogs in need is very important to her and gives purpose to her life. Her two spoiled cats, Sylvester and Wilbur, are both adoptees from NCAL and according to her, are the greatest of all cats! Schae also has an artistic side which she gets to apply to run her family business where she partners with her dad to create custom products.

Nellie Tamboe, Animal Care & Adoptions

Nellie grew up in Jamestown, Rhode Island and graduated high school in an earth science advisory before moving to Vermont to pursue a degree in photojournalism. She has had a passion for animals since before she could walk, and that passion had led her to work at wildlife rehabilitation centers in Rhode Island and Guatemala. In the three years that Nellie has been living in Vermont, she has acquired three very spoiled cats. She looks forward to spoiling many more animals through her position at NCAL.