Joan Saunders has been Chief Executive Officer for Pet Care Services Association since July 2009. Originally from Boston, she came to Colorado Springs in 2001. Joan earned her Master's Degree from Antioch New England Graduate School. During her career she has held a variety of positions including Chief Executive Officer for a 100-bed nursing home, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, and President of Saunders Associates, a management consulting firm. She has held faculty positions at The Center of Creative Leadership as well as several colleges and universities. Joan has a long history of involvement in pet rescue, rehabilitation and placement; animal assistive therapy; and serves on the board of the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region and the Advisory Board of the Pikes Peak Therapeutic Riding Center. She especially enjoys spending time with her two toy poodles, Thunder and Ella; horse, Billie and Senegal Parrot, Cricket.