Meet this year’s candidates

Antoinette Christaldi

Karen Klettner - Chairs the SNR Voucher committee and has attended all their events for the last 7 years, she has written the thank-you notes for donations to ARK for the past 2 years. She has attended and worked at the Dawgy Dash events from the beginning. She has been recruiting vets and secured contracts with the Leitchfield Vet Clinic and Country Critters.

Robin Mazakas

Jeri Sutter

Steve Thompson

Election for ARK Board of Directors - 2025

Candidates for election:

• Steve Thompson, ARK Youth Ambassador and educational outreach, Hart County Animal Shelter liaison

• Karen Klettner, Volunteer coordinator, SNR voucher committee chair

• Antoinette Christaldi, Membership Chair, SNR voucher committee

• Jeri Sutter, in training for ARK secretary, Fundraising Committee volunteer

• Robin Mazakas, Grant-writing Chair

Board Members with unexpired terms:

• Bonnie Moore, ARK Board Chair, TNR Committee Chair, Volunteer Coordinator

• Alicia McClure, SNR voucher committee

• Janet Kistler, ARK Treasurer, Technology, Communications, SNR volunteer

• Israel Bergenson, BOD Vice Chair, Nominating Commitee

Proposed Revisions - ARK Bylaws

In 2015, when the founders envisioned ARK’s mission, they were focused on opening and operating a shelter. Since then, ARK’s purpose has evolved quite a bit. We now have a shelter run by the county, so our efforts go to supporting the shelter and managing programs that improve animal welfare, educate, and get as many animals altered as possible. Getting animals spay-neutered helps solve many problems in our community - overcrowding at the shelter, dropped-off animals, unwanted litters, nuisance ferals, and neglected pets. Because of the change in focus, our bylaws were out of date; a committee worked to revise them. We committed to an all-volunteer organization, to maximize the amount we can spend on programs. The membership will vote on the revised changes (seen in red) at our annual meeting, 2025. Click on the link above to see the changes.