Gillian Lee

Gillian is the founder and president of Gillian’s Greyhound Adoption – Greyhound Pets of America (GGA-GPA) in Ontario, Canada, and serves as Treasurer for Greyhound Pets of America National. Her work with retired racing greyhounds has developed into a particular focus on both behavioral and physical rehabilitation, including dogs navigating complex behavioral challenges, mobility limitations, neurological conditions, orthopedic injuries, and age-related changes. 

At home, Gillian shares her life with a pack of five retired racing greyhounds and galgos Junco — yes, that Junco from Galgos del Sol — whose unique mobility challenges have added another dimension to her hands-on experience with adaptive care and rehabilitation. Beyond adoption, Gillian is deeply involved in the global greyhound industry, serving as a North American representative for the World Greyhound Organization and a team member for Greyhound-Data, where she helps maintain the integrity of racing and pedigree records.  

Joanne Bast

Joanne became the Chairperson of The Greyhound Project in 2021 and serves  as the Editor of the Celebrating Greyhounds calendar and planner. Greyhound adoption groups purchase approximately 2,400 calendars and 1,800 Planners as fundraisers every year. 

Dana Peterson & 

Renee Boggs, DVM

Dr. Boggs is a veterinarian at Animal Veterinary Center in Bear, Delaware. Originally from Dover, Delaware, she received her  Bachelor’s Degree from Delaware State University. She graduated from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in 2005.

Her interests include small animal internal medicine, specifically  gastroenterology, and veterinary animal behavior. Dr. Boggs lives in Newark, DE with her husband Ken, their two sons, and their two retired racing Greyhounds, Durbin and  Darli. She enjoys spending time with family and friends. She also enjoys spending time outdoors with her pets and friends.  

Annette Romero, Mary Sutula & Alexis Geddes 

Annette leads the BFG Kuwait effort in the United States, managing volunteers, fosters, and finalizing adoptions. Annette works as a community conferencing specialist for the Conflict Resolution Center of Baltimore County, but she has been a volunteer for BFG Kuwait since 2018. 

Mary completes the extensive paperwork for each dog including CDC paperwork, flight details, titer tests, and arranging initial quarantine. 

Alexis is a long time foster, specializing in Salukis, and she manages the transport of dogs from the quarantine facility to their foster families. Alexis has two salukis of her own.

Leon Giguere

Upon leaving the USAF, Leon got his first job in the greyhound business at Sarasota Kennel Club in Sarasota Florida. He has held a trainer's license since 1988, spanning 11 states and countless tracks. Dubuque Greyhound Park will always be his personal favorite place that he trained the dogs. He's currently at TriState in West Virginia as manager of Online Racing Kennel.  

Jerry Rollyson, Cathin Bishop & Brenda Dingwall

Jerry is a Salisbury Maryland Kennel Club Instructor, Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Evaluator, Dorchester County Coordinator for Pets On Wheels and Kennel Club of Anne Arundel County Performance Chairperson.

Cathin & Brenda are board directors and instructors at Salisbury Kennel Club. Founded in 1953, the club is proud to have provided over 70 years of service to the community. 

Alisha Carpenter

After 18 years in banking, Alisha left the corporate world to find balance and health for her family and herself. She studied health and nutrition to become a certified nutrition coach. Alisha quickly found that she truly loved helping others, and became a fitness coach and a certified fitness instructor. ​She later discovered peace, strength, and passion in yoga. She earned her 200-hour and 300-hour yoga teacher certification under Rebecca Sirman Farr in Ocean City, Maryland. ​ 

Through her own journey to health, Alisha lost 30 pounds, reduced her stress, and became pain-free for the first time in her adult life. She now shares her learnings online, in person, on the water, on the beach, and in the studio classroom. 

Alisha and her husband Ronnie fell in love with greyhounds in 2008 when they adopted their first racer, Sparkle. Since then, they adopted two more beautiful racers through GPAD, TomTom and Coach Carla (C.C.).