Bideawee Appoints Board Chair

NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-February 12, 2009 - Bideawee’s Board of Directors has elected a new Chair, Mary M. Luria Esq. Bideawee also has selected new members for its governing executive committee:Vice Chairs are Andrew S. Frey and William A. Dueker Jr, Secretary is Keith Manning, DVM; Treasurer is Joseph M. Garrison.

About Mary M. Luria, Esq.:

Mary Luria has been a member of the Bideawee Board since 2002. She has served on the Manhattan Shelter Committee, the Nominating Committee and, most recently, the Executive Committee. A lawyer who graduated from Radcliffe College and Yale Law School, she and her firm, Davis & Gilbert LLP, provide pro bono legal services and support to Bideawee. Her own practice focuses on intellectual property protection and licensing, publishing, and other media. Mary grew up with dogs and cats and now has seven cats, all of which are adoptions from shelters or from the outdoors of her house, ranging in age from six months to ten years. Her other extracurricular activities are gardening and photography. Prior to joining the Bideawee Board, she served on the Board of the Mercantile Library and the Publications Committee of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Bideawee’s Board of Directors:

Officers

Mary M. Luria, Esq., Chairperson
William A. Dueker, Jr., Vice Chair
Andrew S. Frey, Vice Chair
Joseph M. Garrison, Treasurer
Keith Manning, DVM, Secretary

Members

Tara Allmen, MD
Howard B. Cowan
Ellen C. Grimes
Pat Haegele
Pamela Laudenslager
Nancy Taylor, President and CEO of Bideawee

About Bideawee

Founded in 1903 by Mrs. Flora D'Auby Jenkins Kibbe, Bideawee, which means "stay a while" in Scottish, is one of the oldest humane organizations in the United States. Bideawee's three locations in New York, Wantagh, and Westhampton is home to approximately 250 to 300 animals at any time and place thousands of dogs, cats, puppies and kittens in loving homes every year. The organization operates two full service veterinary practices in Manhattan and Westhampton and is also home to two of the oldest and largest Pet Memorial Parks in the country located in Wantagh and Westhampton, NY. Bideawee's Learning Centers in all three locations provide a wide range of educational programs and fun activities that help strengthen the bond between people and pets. Our mission is to promote and support safe, loving, long-term relationships between people and companion animals by providing a continuum of services and programs that are innovative, personalized and of high quality.

Bideawee is a not-for-profit 501 (c) 3 humane organizations and 100 % of Bideawee's funding comes from private sources. For more information, please visit www.bideawee.org.

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