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 two cats, Squoushy and Rose , and two dogs, a long-haired chihuahua mix named Remy,and a purebred chihuahua named Ferris. 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 and has been working at the Northampton Veterinary Clinic since January of 1984. She lives with her husband, Andy as well as 3 cats, Biti Bon, "B" and Amelia, and one dog, Porchie, a rescue from Hurricane Katrina. Bev's son, Matthew is in the U.S. Navy.

Beverly is especially proud of having raised and found homes for over 100 orphaned kittens. She is a huge advocate of shelter adoption and feels strongly about spaying and neutering all pets. Her special interests outside of work include traveling to warm destinations, taking long walks in the woods with Porchie and teaching water aerobics at the YMCA.

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, David, a giant rescue dog and two kitties as well as 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.

Amy Ruggiero joined our staff as aveterinary assistant in 2010. She had previously worked in a wildlife clinic in Texas where she most enjoyed workng with the "dangerous" animals that most people won't. Her favorites were the primates and large cats.

Amy shares her life with a shepherd mix named Paxtom, who was abandoned in a dumpster at birth, and a cat, Dallas, whose mother was feral. In her spare time, Amy enjoys traveling and sight seeing around the country. She received her B.S. in Animal Science from the University of Maine in 2008, and she is excited to join our staff and work with our variety of canine and feline patients.

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.

Danielle Stuart joined our staff of veterinary assistants in the summer of 2010. She is a 2004 graduate of Central Connecticut State University with a Bachelors Degree in Anthropology/Archeology.

Danielle loves working in an environment where she is able to cuddle and baby talk to a vast array of animals although she is alarmingly afraid of spiders and birds.

In her free time Danielle also enjoys traveling, hiking, camping and music of all kinds. She shares her home with her boyfriend, Tim, as well as three dogs, Little Ann (pictured) and Slim Jim, both pit bull mixes, and Pickles, an elderly Lhasa Apso, as well as four cats, Tommy, Vera Lynn, Dakota and Casey Papa.

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 two kitties, Sweet Pea (AKA "Big Naughty") and Patrick. In her free time she enjoys horseback riding, sailing and flying with her boyfriend, 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.