Our Main Shelter (including the Adoption Center and Front Office) will be closed Saturday, 9/30, for Bark & Wine! The Wildlife Center and Thrift Store will be open their regular hours.

Director of Customer Service

Laurie Ringquist

Laurie joined DCHS as the Director of Customer Service in March, 2017, after having served as Shelter Director at a municipal shelter in Indiana for 12 years. She shares her home with one teenager, two geriatric dogs and two cats, adopted from her last foster litter.

Laurie manages our Volunteer Program, our Adoptions Program, including all of our satellite locations, our Thrift Store, as well as our Front Office, which handles all of our intake as well as reuniting lost pets with their families.

(608) 838-0413 ext. 177

Leadership

Pam McCloud Smith

Executive Director

Doug Brown

Assistant Executive Director

Sarah Byerley

Director of Animal Operations

Amy Good

Director of Development and Marketing

Sara Hoven

Accountant and Building Director

Laurie Ringquist

Director of Customer Service