Chris Warren is a Certified Veterinary Technician with a Bachelors Degree in Animal Science from the University of Massachusetts where she graduated in 1993. She rejoined the Northampton Vet Clinic team in 2000 after working for four years in the Critical Care unit of Rowley Memorial Animal Hospital in Springfield. She has a special interest in dentistry and ultrasound.

Chris lives with her husband, young son, Keaton, born in 1998 and a daughter, Sierra, born in 2002. She also shares her home with three cats, Squoushy, Rose and India, and a dachshund named Tucker as well as two guinea pigs. She loves scrapbooking and doing anything that allows her to spend quality time with her family.

Beverly Trushaw received her Associates Degree from the Holyoke Community College Veterinary and Animal Science department in 1983. She lives with her husband and teenage son, as well as 4 cats, Biti Bon, Plunker, Latka and Bootsie, and one dog, Porchie, a rescue from Hurricane Katrina.

Beverly is especially proud of having raised and found homes for over 50 orphaned kittens. She enjoys providing client education regarding the importance of spaying and neutering. Her special interests outside of work include traveling to warm destinations.

Devon DeNucce joined our team of client care coordinators in 2004. She had majored in Art at Smith College and has special interests in painting, calligraphy, sewing, knitting and woodworking. Devon has been a Certified Nail Technician since 2002.

Devon's favorite part of working in a veterinary hospital are the little pink kitten noses. She shares her life with her husband, two kitties, Charlie and Gideon, various small, furry pet rodents, and a couple of fish.

Sandra Leiser is one of our veterinary assistants. She is a 1994 graduate of Hampshire College and has a special interest in veterinary nutrition and canine behavioral issues. She has participated in continuing education with a focus on complementary and alternative medicine.

Sandra shares her home with her partner,three dogs and three cats. She enjoys hiking, bird watching, going to the movies, tag sale shopping and antiquing.

Rachel Martin is a 1995 graduate of Holyoke Community College's Veterinary and Animal Science Program. She came to the Northampton Veterinary Clinic as a technician in 1999. She now is part of our reception team when a back injury prevented her from the physical requirements of technical work. We feel very fortunate to have her knowledge and expertise available to our clients at the front desk. She is responsible for all of our purchasing and inventory control. She also loves working with people and seeing interesting cases.

Rachel enjoys spending time with her husband, Jim, and their son, Colby, who was born in 1999. She also spends her time scrapbooking. Rachel's four legged family includes five cats, B.J., Tipper, Houdini, Ashley and Piglet and a bunny named Monarch.

Robin Spaulding is one of our client care coordinators. She studied cosmetology and has been a licensed hairdresser for twenty years. She joined our team because of her love for animals. She enjoys seeing all the pets come into the clinic and trying to ease their nervousness during the time that they are with us. She also thinks the kisses she gets from them are an added bonus!

Robin lives with her husband of more than 20 years, she has two daughters, Katie and Jessie, as well as a new grandson. She also shares her life with two dogs and four cats. Outside of work, she enjoys camping with her family.

Margaret Wiggin joined our staff in 2009 as a veterinary assistant. She comes to us with a BS in Animal Science from UMass, Amherst. Margaret has special interests in animal behavior and equine lameness. Her favorite thing about working in a veterinary clinic is getting to play with the floppy, squishy puppies.

Margaret lives with her boyfriend, John, and her kitty, Sweet Pea (AKA "Big Naughty") In her free time she enjoys horseback riding, sailing and flying with John, a pilot.

Howard Is the official mascot and web site tour guide for the Northampton Veterinary Clinic. He is well qualified since he has spent almost all of his 14 years observing veterinary medicine. He keeps up with continuing education by attending all lunch and learn, staff meetings and daily rounds, but what he likes most about working in a veterinary clinic is to laze around, getting compliments and eating treats on demand. He even has his own office with a couch, bay windows and his own mug. From his couch, he can watch the birds and squirrels out the window.

Howard lives with his giant family of more than 20 women and enjoys all of the visitors who come through the doors of NVC as well. He has been known to leave the building on more than one occasion by climbing into the carrier of an unsuspecting patient. He is not a hunter, preferring instead to munch on grass, or occasionally a small piece of plain donut.