Meet Our Team

Katie has been with Pet Vet since November 2005. She received her Associates Degree in Business Management from McHenry County College in 2009. She finds her job challenging and loves every part of it. She enjoys spending her free time with her friends, family and 2 Dobermans, Diesel and Shelby.

• Michelle is Pet Vet’s Head Veterinary Assistant. She started at Pet Vet in January 1999 when Dr. Deb only did house calls before the clinic opened in June of 1999.
• She has 4 kids and 7 grandchildren along with a dog named Noodle, a cat named Twix and three horses Prince, Lily and Petey.
• She feels the best part of the job is getting to work with all kinds of different animals and helping them and their owners improve their quality of life.
• Her favorite hobby is horseback riding.
• Michelle says if she were an animal, she would be a horse.

• Marie started at Pet Vet in August 2004.
• She currently has two dogs, Jasper and Lady.
• She feels the best part of her job is helping the patients and helping teach the families how to best care for their pets.
•  Her favorite hobby is reading.
• Marie says if she were an animal, she would be a wolf.

• Katelynn started at Pet Vet in 2019.
• She studied at Rockford Career College for Veterinary Technology.
• Katelynn is happily married with one son.
• She has three dogs: Raya, Cash and Bocephus; and three cats: Sav, Shirley Temple and Wee- Man
• Katelynn thinks the most interesting thing about her job is radiology.
• Her favorite hobbies include knitting and scrap booking.
• Katelynn says if she were an animal, she would be a dolphin.

• Michelle goes by Chelle here at Pet Vet, she started here in 2021.
• She studied at Rockford Career College for Veterinary Technology.
• She is the mother of two amazing kids.
• She thinks the most interesting part of her job is assisting in surgery.
• Her favorite hobbies include swimming, walking the dogs and being outdoors.
• Chelle says if she were an animal, she would be a dolphin.

• Kim started here at Pet Vet in 2021.
• She studied at McHenry County College
• She is happily married.
• Kim owns one dog named Baymax.
• Her favorite hobbies include videogaming and hiking.
• Kim says if she were an animal, she would be a dolphin.

• Gail started at Pet Vet in 2004.
• She is happily married with 2 kids and 7 grandchildren.
• She has one handsome kitty named Sam.
• She feels the best part of her job is making people happy and seeing new puppies and kittens.
• Her favorite hobby is crafting.
• Gail says if she were an animal, she would be a dog.

• Jessica started at Pet Vet in 2011.
• She is happily married with three dogs, Charlotte, Rootbeer, and Veve.
• She feels the best part of her job is learning something new every day.
• Her favorite hobby is spoiling her nieces and nephews.
• Jessica says if she were an animal, she would be an elephant.

• Samantha started at Pet Vet in 2018.
• She is happily married with three dogs, Chloe, Winston, and Theodore.
• She feels the most interesting part of her job is marketing and computer skills.
• Her favorite hobbies include writing and camping.
• Samantha says if she were an animal, she would be a giraffe.

• Stephanie started at Pet Vet in 2018.
• She is happily married with one son and two cats, Paisley and Oliver and a dog Brooklyn.
• She feels the best part of her job is the Pet Vet Family she works with.
• Her favorite hobby is crafting.
• Stephanie says if she were an animal, she would be a lazy cat.

• Anna started at Pet Vet in 2020.
• She is happily married with a school of fish, two cats, Ozzy and Sierra and a parakeet named Barry.
• She feels the best part of her job is dealing with clients and problem solving.
• Her favorite hobby is gardening.
•  Anna says if she were an animal, she would be a turtle.

• Petra Started here at Pet Vet in 2020.
• She is happily married with two daughters.
• She has two dog’s names Roxie and Bowen and four cats, Buttons, Mittens, Sherry and Toby.
• Petra feels that her favorite part of the job is meeting all the pets coming in to visit.
• Her favorite hobbies include hiking, traveling and glamping.
• Petra says is she were an animal she would be an Owl.