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Board Members

Marie Cole

President

Marie has been a member of GRRA since 2004. She joined the organization after rescuing her first Golden Retriever. Prior to being elected as President for the years 2021 and 2022, she was the Director of Volunteer Recruitment for two years.

Robert Quinton

Treasurer

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 Swartz

Secretary

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


Taylor Lee

Director, Foster Team and Dog Advocacy

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.

Amanda Chernenko

Director, Canine Health and Wellness

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.

Amanda (Mandy) Dytor

Director, Intake

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 Lahmers

Director, Placement and FTA Program

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.

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