Board Members

Marie first joined GRRA in 2004 after rescuing her first Golden Retriever. She has served as President 2021 - 2026. She was elected to the Board of Directors in 2018 as the Director of Volunteer Recruitment. In addition, she has fostered numerous dogs and been a member of the following teams: volunteer recruitment, adoption consulting, Meet & Greet, fundraising team, events, intake, ROMP, transportation and home check. Along with a talented group of volunteers, she produced the GRRA calendar for the years 2018 - 2020.

In 2021 Amanda joined GRRA as a foster, then joined the medical team and eventually became manager and now Director for Medical.  She has dedicated countless hours each week to ensure dogs get the medical care needed.

Robert brings to this position 24 years of banking experience with Truist Bank (f/k/a BB&T).   He has been a volunteer with GRRA since January 2024 and serves as an Adoption Coordinator, Home Check Coordinator, and Intake Transport Coordinator.  Robert and his wife have two rescued labrador retrievers.

Susan joined GRRA after moving from the northeast in 2006, where she was a volunteer with DVGRR. She started doing home checks and fostering.

Mandy joined GRRA as a volunteer in 2014 when she relocated to the United States from England and has participated in many volunteer roles.

Melinda’s love of dogs prompted her to join GRRA in 2015. Since that time she has filled many critical roles within the organization. Melinda works tirelessly to find every dog in the program with GRRA a new forever loving home.

Taylor became involved with GRRA in 2014 when her boss had a family member who had a golden that needed to be rehomed and she asked her if she could help.

Linda joined GRRA in 2008 as a member/manager of the Medical Team. Since then, she has been involved with several roles, including a former Board member in 2024, and currently as a member of the Foster to Adopt and Medical teams.

Erin is a recent new Member of GRRA and with her background and prior rescue and Board experience, is looking forward to helping with Social Media and Events.