Hillary Roberts has been the Executive Director of the Kennebec Valley Humane Society (KVHS) since 2009. She is a graduate of the University of Maine, Orono. Prior to her time at KVHS, she spent 8 years working for the American Red Cross. She is a seasoned nonprofit leader, with a career highlight of leading the effort in an 8.3 million dollar capital campaign to build a new shelter for KVHS, the Nancy Shuman Animal Shelter. When not working in animal welfare, Hillary serves on her local school board and is an avid runner, reader, and gardener. She also is the proud mother of two school aged children, who are her single greatest accomplishments.
KVHS Director of Operations, Stevanie Roy has been with KVHS since June 2017. She has been involved in animal welfare for over 10 years now and continues to follow the mission to rescue animals. Stevanie attended college at Saint Joseph’s College and has a degree in Biology with a focus in Pre-Veterinary Medicine. Her favorite part of working in animal care is watching the success stories unfold and getting the most of every rewarding experience. When not working, Stevanie loves to spend time with her army of animals including four cats and a dog, all rescued from shelters in the state. She enjoys hiking, camping, and being outdoors during the warmer weather – with a recent new love of backpacking. She resides in Leeds with her husband.
Melanie grew up in Winthrop, Maine and attended University of Maine at Augusta where she earned her BA in English. She spent the majority of her career in the food and beverage industry and was the Event & Banquet Manager at the Augusta Country Club in 2019 prior to her arrival at KVHS. Melanie has been involved in community engagement for many years, running fundraisers, serving on boards for local groups and supporting her community. Her position as Director of Development blends all of the loves she has for event planning, fundraising and the mission of KVHS is one she is passionate about. Melanie loves all animals but has a soft spot for her KVHS alumni rescues, Hank (dog) and Merle (cat).
Robin started at KVHS as a volunteer in 2012 before becoming a part of the team just three months later. Robins vast experience has helped to facilitate hundreds of adoptions and she’s still going strong! Her favorite part about working with animals is gaining the trust of scared animals who are alone and fearful. As a result, her hard work ethic and willingness to do whatever comes her way helped save the lives of hundreds of animals over the years. Prior to her involvement at KVHS she spent over 8 years working for the Coastal Humane Society. Robin has a wonderful son as well as a daughter and grandson, and multiple four-legged children.
Sabrina started as a volunteer of KVHS before becoming an employee in 2014. Starting as an animal care technician, she quickly grew in her role and is now a supervisor as well as the Foster Care Coordinator. Sabrina has a passion for helping the young animal population and spends many sleepless nights bottle-feeding anything that needs a mom. Sabrina has 2 dogs – Damon and Damsel – and 3 cats – Stella, Chevy, and Lycan. Sabrina loves to spend her free time with her beloved animals and enjoys using her crafty side.
Tesse Rau started volunteering during the summers off she had from teaching in 2019 after her first KVHS dog Inga passed away. The pandemic made her start thinking about different careers and in 2021 she was asked to apply to the Visitor Services Manager position. The rest is history, as they say. When Tesse isn’t assisting visitors to the shelter and members of the community, you can find her socializing and providing enrichment to the canine population in the form of extra walks, training, and field trips. She is also known to purrito a feral kitten or two. During her free time, Tesse enjoys spending time with her human partner Mason, her two dogs Ivan and Sylvia and foster dog Ty, her three cats Sir Isaac Newton, Purrcolator, and Glimpse, her cranky pony Tilly and her foster horse, Chase. With any leftover time, Tesse enjoys gardening, fiber crafts, and teaching herself new skills.