GLEN HIGHLAND - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board
• Senior Vice - President of ClearEdge

Ashley Andersen is Senior Vice-President of ClearEdge, a company dedicated to transforming the business of talent through marketing, recruiting, and career empowerment services. For nearly a decade, Ashley has helped leaders discover, believe in, and operate from their truest selves. Ashley specializes in leadership development, human behavior and psychology, organizational development, program development, executive coaching, facilitation, mediation, interpersonal communication, public speaking, adult learning & development. Ashley is the daughter of Glen Highland Farm founder, John Andersen, and has been involved with the rescue in a variety of ways throughout the years. She has held administrative support, direct care, and operational oversight positions with Glen Highland Farm as well as with the former camp program ran through the rescue, Camp Border Collie for Kids. Always in awe of the spirit of the dog, Ashley's role as a board member is fueled by the tenacity, love, and wisdom that each dog brings with them upon arrival to Glen Highland's sanctuary. Ashley lives in Colorado with her husband, stepchildren and two dogs, one a border collie mix she adores.

Job Titles:

• Board Member of Her Synagogue

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board
• Vice President
• President and CEO of National Public Media

Gina is President and CEO of National Public Media, where she is committed to ensuring the continued growth of NPR and the public media system through the funding from corporate sponsors. Garrubbo has spent more than 20 years in traditional and digital media growing marketing and sales teams, launching brands and building companies. She was one of the builders of Women.com, one of the first websites for women, and BlogHer, which brought independent voices to millions of readers. Garrubbo built advertising sales teams for Oxygen Media, Discovery Communications and in syndicated television.

Job Titles:

• Farm Founder

Joycelene Padilla Caretaker Joycelene (Jos) first experienced Glen Highland in 2006 as a Getaway vacation guest with her beloved dogs, Ben and Molly. She loved the rescue and began volunteering to help with dogs on many return visits. It was through those interactions that she got to know the Founders, Lillie and John. Moved by their commitment and dedication to rescue Border Collies, Jos was eager to do more to help. Over a meal one evening, Lillie had said to her, "If you ever want to completely change up your life and move to NY, give us a call!" In 2012, Jos moved from Maryland to upstate New York with GHF rescue alum Jane to begin a new endeavor - the Senior Sanctuary for Border Collies. Jos always had an affinity for senior dogs, with a patience and demeanor making her just the right match to be the caretaker for the Senior BCs. Over the years she adopted several spectacular seniors who were 12+ years old at the time of adoption: Norm, Argos, Nathan and Lotti. Being the primary caretaker for senior dogs proves both challenging and rewarding, but Jos would not have it any other way… As a rescue colleague put it, "The hardest job you will ever have, but also the one you will love the most." Jos also managed the Getaway vacation for 8 years, helping to grow the business and becoming a familiar face to several hundreds of dog lovers and their dogs that vacationed at the Farm every summer. With the sale of the vacation business and the move of Glen Highland to Virginia in 2020, Jos looks forward to a continued focus on rescue work with senior dogs, spending winters without a down parka and enjoying time with her current BCs Parker (age 14) and Livy (age 9).

Job Titles:

• Executive Director
• Founder
• President

Reviewing a career of work usually leads you to write a pretty standard biography of experiences but now that I'm here, committed to Glen Highland, the past is barely relevant. Gone are the schedules and timelines, meeting other people's needs; gone are the political agendas manufactured to suit someone's ego; gone are the pressure cooker environments where everything is critical yet totally out of proportion.... instead, what I experience with rescue work is far more gentle, yet more demanding in a very different way. I am now working 24/7, not because of the internet, but because animals need you up by 6am, filling their tummies and back out at 8pm, for a final piece of business. Their bark for attention is so honest, so direct (unlike the business world) and so easily handled...they just want to be with you. Ever since the age of five, I'd dreamt of helping animals who were hurt, abandoned or uncared for. In fact, I prayed every night for the safe-keeping of those in danger. Lillie Goodrich, has worked with over 3,000 dogs in rescue; hundreds and hundreds more in the vacation camp; as well as teaching seminars and in animal communication sessions. Her sense of "dog" has broadened and deepened to a remarkable level, heightening her innate and intuitive abilities to help so many dogs and people. And, now, she is sharing the wisdom of Border Collies in the final years of their lives, sharing their actual messages communicating directly with them. This breed redefines the word Senior and through talking with them, they will redefine how humans think of this phase of life for canines and for humans.

Job Titles:

• Food Scientist
• Member of the Board
• Treasurer

Nancy considers herself to be quite a serious Border Collie lover. While both of the Border Collies in her life were adopted, her second Border Collie, whose name is Lupa, was adopted from GHF. That is when Nancy's love affair with GHF began. She is enthralled by all the work we do and supports us in any way she can. Nancy has been a Food Scientist for 30+ years and specializes in startup beverage companies. In fact she is well known in the beverage industry as the "Beverage Queen!" She develops the beverages and is responsible for everything inside the bottle. Some brands you know that she has developed and manages the ingredients for are Vitamin Water, Smart Water, SoBe, Capri Sun, FUZE, CORE Water, Newman's Own Iced Teas, Body Armor….and many other energy drinks. Nancy lives in Florida, but also travels to New Jersey, New York City and Park City, Utah….always with Lupa and her husband Greg by her side! Nancy has two sons. Bryan is an Aquatic Veterinarian and is extremely focused on creating policy for ocean fisheries. Ian is an Astro Scientist and works on the finance side of start-up space companies. Nancy and Greg love to travel and are very active. Nancy loves the Pilates Reformer and bike riding. She is the Board President for over 20 years of School Aged Child Care of Leonia, a non for profit before and after school program that also runs a summer camp in Leonia, New Jersey. She is a board member of her Synagogue, Gesher Shalom in Ft. Lee, NJ, has been a board member of her condominium. Nancy is very excited about being further involved with GHF by being a board member.

Job Titles:

• Caretaker & Vet Tech Assistant

Shelley found Glen Highland through the rescue of Della, a 9 year old Border Collie in Virginia. Della was part of a group of ten purebreds in need of help once the ‘backyard breeder' died in 2022. As a young dog living nearby, Della used to regularly visit Shelley's house each day with tail wagging and come inside, get treats and love and even flea preventative, but then run home to continue life as a ‘breeding female'. A fence eventually prevented Della's visits but the two were reunited at Glen Highland when Shelley began volunteering. This ironic twist of fate brought this pair happily together again after so many years apart. Sadly, Della unexpectedly passed of cancer before any adoption could be considered. Shelley brought great skills to Glen Highland so officially joined the team 2 days a week. She brings invaluable vet-tech expertise having previously worked in a nearby vet emergency hospital. She also volunteers at the local Humane Society grooming dozens of dogs and cats each month to help their adoptability. A devoted fan of Border Collies, Shelley grew up with her grandmother's Border Collie who worked their farm in Indiana and then at age 16, she rescued her own Border Collie. Years later after that BC passed, married and living in Germany, she adopted a BC from a rescue in England. A super intense working dog, Shelley did agility, flyball, rally, tricks and anything she could find to keep her BC's mind stimulated. Back in the states many years later, she adopted another BC from a Virginia rescue and also fostered another BC who needed serious rehab. Neglected and abused, he became a ‘failed foster' and is still with her today, along with her husband, Mike, beagle Dandi and five cats.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board
• Office Manager

Tracy joined Glen Highland in October 2013, after meeting with Lillie and John during a Getaway vacation stay that summer. The Office Manager at the time was looking to leave and Tracy's prior work experience in Executive Administration for an International financial company in the UK, an Office Manager for an Architect firm in CT, the HR Manager for her husband's international trading company in CT and volunteer Treasurer for an elite Girls Hockey Program in CT, were pre-requisites to tackle the next challenge. Born in England, Tracy moved to the US in 1995 and rescued her first border collie, with her husband, from a shelter in Armonk, NY, followed in quick succession by bringing a border collie puppy over from England and then an aussie shepherd from a local CT shelter. Rescue was always the way to go, giving a dog in need, a home to call their own. In 2007 Tracy saw an expose about Glen Highland Farm on TV; in that moment there was no other place to be considered for rescuing the next border collie. In 2010 they adopted their first GHF alum, Jack, with subsequent GHF adoptions Sadie (2012), Lizzie (2014) and 2 visits as campers to the Canine Getaway in 2011 and 2013. Even though Glen Highland is now located in Virginia, Tracy continues to work remotely in CT and NY.