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Robert Schutz, President, spent his early years on a small cattle ranch in
Montana and a farm in Minnesota. He worked in the banking industry for
five years and after completing a college degree in Anthropology-Archaeology worked on various archaeology projects in California and Montana. In 1980, he moved to New Mexico and began a career in wood-working. Currently he is owner of Tesuque Design and a dedicated animal advocate.
Sharon Bice, Secretary has been rescuing stray animals and advocating for the welfare of horses, dogs and cats since her early girl-scout days. Growing up in a rural farming community in Wisconsin, she was a 4-H horse/farm member and summer volunteer for her small county animal shelter. She holds a masters degree in marketing from Northwestern University and a BBA from University of Wisconsin-Madison. She started and served on the Chicago Animal Care & Control Board of Directors and also for a group of consumer & commercial products companies in Wisconsin. In 2003 Sharon moved to New Mexico to marry her husband. Free time is spent enjoying the beautiful public trails with her husband and children, two step-daughters and a set of boy/girl twins, either on horseback or mountain bike and recharging with the families' various adopted horses, dogs cats and foster dogs. Sharon plans to devote full-time to fundraising efforts and animal advocacy for APV and her own non-profit, Little Dog Ranch, a transport/rescue service to deliver homeless small dogs to states with more demand.
Robanne Harrison has been an active member of Animal Protection Voters since its inception in 2002. She is also President of the Board of Directors of Animal Protection of New Mexico and has served as its president since 1997. Currently, she teaches Social Studies and Language Arts at Manzano High School in Albuquerque. She holds an MA in Anthropology with an emphasis on political and legal anthropology.
Michael Trujillo
Trish Hernandez is originally from Los Angeles, California, with many years of her youth and adulthood spent living in Santa Fe. Trish has lived in Taos for 15 years, working in non-profit organizations and presently contracts with the town of Taos as a Tour/Marketing Coordinator. She was the first director of Taos' Stray Hearts Animal Shelter and has also served as a board member for the shelter. Trish is a passionate animal lover and fundraiser for local animal groups, and currently serves on the Taos County Animal Control Advisory Board. She continues to advocate for the animals with her weekly column, "The Taos Bark" for the Taos News.
Don Helfrich was born in Las Cruces and his wife, Jeanette, is a midwife at Presbyterian Hospital. They have one daughter in college and Jeanette has a grown daughter and son. Don is a co-founder of Doberman Rescue of New Mexico, has been active with them since 2002, and currently serves as the President and Treasurer. He has supported animal rights/wildlife/wilderness groups for many years. Don became trained by N.M. Wildlife Rescue in 1992 and rehabilitated birds up until the birth of his daughter. Don has a Bachelors degree in Psychology from NMSU and a Masters degree in Geography from UNM, with an emphasis on Spatial Data Analysis and Biogeography. Don is employed at Sandia National Laboratories as a GIS/GPS Coordinator for Long Term Stewardship/Environmental Management. Don and his wife live with two 4-year old Dobermans and one 10-year old cat. Don plans to use his unique technical skills and contacts in the community to help APV and APNM develop their programs and networks of supporters.
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