I am a veterinarian, author, and project leader – with heart, experience, and an unrelenting curiosity. After 40 years of professional experience in various fields – from private practice and a bush clinic in Africa, to the university, diplomacy in Washington, and heading the national funding agency for innovation – I am now once again working as a practicing veterinarian and serve as president of a non-profit animal welfare organization.

From 1987 to 1990, I worked in Gambia, West Africa. Today, I apply my knowledge and skills there to establish a capacity-building surgical course in a region that previously had no access to such care. Whether in practice, in animal welfare, or in Africa – my driving force has always remained the same: the well-being of animals and the joy of sharing knowledge.