ALAA Board of Directors
General Manager, President, Governing Board:
Governing Board Vice President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Breed Standards Officer, Quality Assurance Mgr./Complaints:
Public Relations Officer:
ALAA General Committee Members March 2008 to March 2009
Business Manager: Consultant to Governing Board on business matters.
- Ken Fischer, past ALAA (ILA) Governing Board President and Officer
Global Website/IT Manager: Website design, Server administration. Changes are approved by all board votes.
- Rochelle Sundholm of Spring Creek Labradoodles, current PR Officer
Database Liason: Work with the Database designer (DogTrackTM) to translate the ALAA needs.
- Natalie Woods of Cedar Park Labradoodles, past ALAA (ILA) Governing Board Officer
Infusion Team: Works with the Infusion Mentor to guide the infusion process. This team is to be nominated by the Infusion Mentor yearly.
- Linda Gelaude - committee leader - Copper Canyon Labradoodles
- Cris Cerva - Virginia Labradoodle
- Heather Hale - Hales Labradoodles
- Malinda DeVincenzi - Darby Park Doodles
- Rachael Waito- Dare to Dream Labradoodles
- Rochelle Sundholm - Spring Creek Labradoodles
Regulations Committee: Team to work with the Business Manager and President to present to the board and membership additions or modification to the current regulations. This team
will work on state breeding regulations being presented by states and counties for vote.
This team is to be nominated by the President or Business Manager yearly.
- Cris Cerva - committee leader - Virginia Labradoodle
- Kay Kutinsky - Wonderland Labradoodles
- Peggy Shemwell - Bistineu Lake Labradoodles
- Tracy Smith
- Rochelle Sundholm - Spring Creek Labradoodles
Paw Rewards/Health testing Team: Work with all current members of the paw program and a smaller set of that group to define changes to the program. All changes must be defined and supported based on
Veterinary Breeding Specialist recommendations, specialists in the area of expertise. This team is to be nominated by HTI Officer yearly.
- Linda Layman - committee leader - 4 Paws Doodles
- Carol Dean - Southern Charm Labradoodles
- Heather Hale - Hales Labradoodles
- Kay Kutinski
- Wonderland Labradoodles
- Krista Waitz - Rainmaker Ranch Labradoodles
- Rachael Waito - Dar to Dream Labradoodles
- Sandra Regan - Mill Creek Labradoodles
- Tracy Smith
Dog Registrar: Paid contract employee: Registers all dogs and litters. The Registrar inputs all health testing, including audits of Paw program based on Health Testing Initiative Officer input.
The Registrar works with QA Officer on yearly audits of breeder members. Updates records, maintains ALAA dog registry (DogTrackTM). The registrar also answers breeder member questions on
registration and health testing services and requirements.
- Butch Charlton - Down Under Labradoodles, current Treasurer
Assistant to Breed Standard Officer: Work under the Breed Standards Initiative Officer to support breeders in understanding the breed standard through ALAA website, presentations and literature.
Team Leader nominated by the Breed Standards Initiative Officer, team self-directed with approval of Breed Standards Initiative Officer. This team is to be nominated by Breed Standards Initiative
Officer yearly.
ALAA Board of Director Biographies
Elected yearly at annual vote (March). Current Board presents the ALAA year in review and next year’s goals at annual conference call just prior to election. Current board is slated on ballot.
Additional members wanting to be placed on the ballot may self nominate or be nominated. This requires a second nomination and a presentation of a platform during the annual ALAA conference call.
Vacated officer positions outside of the yearly vote are nominated and elected by current officers as per the ALAA QA manual. Each officer holds one vote on governing board issues, these are limited
to approving decisions of the Quality Assurance Board Member, Infusion Board Member, Budget, and approving issues and motions to go before membership vote. All officers may submit motions for
vote or discussion to the governing board. In addition to the duties below each officer directs one or more team, assignment or initiative as listed. All officers, initiative directors, and committee
members are volunteers.
Dixie Moore, President
 Handles ALAA daily issues as President, working with and supporting the ALAA Governing Board and corresponding with ALAA breeders via bi monthly emails. The ALAA President works with the ALAA legal counsel and business council. The president writes and develops initiatives for the ALAA by organizing a team of ALAA members to address issues of concern within the ALAA guided by the governing board goals and objectives, and regulations. The ALAA president is responsible to ensure the board and members follow the corporate rules and regulations of the ALAA, the ALAA charter, goals and objectives. The ALAA president is required to take on at least one additional initiative.
A native Texan, Dixie resides in Central Texas near Austin. She
has two daughters, Joel and Jessica, and a grandson, Dakota, age 8. Both girls attend college and help out with Doodle-sitting when needed. In her life before Labradoodles, Dixie worked as a Project Manager at Dell Computer.
Dixie has been a dog lover all of her life. When she discovered Labradoodles several years ago, she was immediately smitten. She has been a board member of the ALAA since April of 2004, and has met many wonderful new friends whose hearts have been captured by these very special furry creatures.
Information on her and her program can be found at Dixie Doodles.
Rochelle Sundholm, Vice President
 Current selected assignments: Newsletter Editor and Global Website/IT Manager.
Residing in Oregon, Rochelle lives on 6 acres of beautiful horse property just outside the small town of Pleasant Hill. She has been married to Kevin, a firefighter/paramedic, for 19 years and has two sons, Caleb and Micah, ages 16 and 12, and two daughters, Jordan and Anna, ages 14 and 8. The other Sundholm family members include four horses, four cats, and the labradoodle dogs of her breeding program.
Rochelle's experience with animals includes working with and finding homes for rescue dogs, working for Willamette Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation and pursuing veterinary medicine in college. This lifelong love of animals was a stepping stone to her fascination with the development of a new breed. She began her breeding program in 2001, and since then has worked both with Labradoodles and Goldendoodles with a focus on producing dogs with the temperament for therapy and guide dog work. She has dogs working in many different therapy venues, but her main focus is working with Guide Dogs of America. More information about her program is found at Spring Creek Labradoodles.
Shari O'Quinn, Secretary
Records all meetings and correspondence via electronic files, handles all online votes and agendas for meetings as required by the ALAA regulations. The Secretary is required to take on at least two
additional initiatives.
Butch Charlton, Treasurer
 Current selected assignment, Annual Budget Planner. The ALAA Treasurer maintains the ALAA not for profit association books, monthly financials and budget.
Butch Charlton has been involved since 2001 when he purchased his first Labradoodle from Australia. Within six months he found himself on a flight to
Australia to really investigate the breed.
Since then he started his kennel, retired from the high tech world where he was a Chief Technology Officer for a major
telecom corporation, worked on his golf game and concentrated on breeding quality Labradoodles. He is the proud owner of eight Labradoodles and truly loves being
involved with the advancement of the breed in N. America. Information on him and his program can be found at Down Under Labradoodles.
Linda Layman, Breeder Standard Officer, Quality Assurance
 Breed Standard Officer reviews ALAA breeder programs, as to their adherence to the ALAA breed standard and grading
scheme. She has the authority to compile infractions, make recommendations to the ALAA board as to infraction
penalties via the QA process and carry out these infractions. As Secondary QA, Linda
will take over QA assignments when the QA officer is unavailable or personally involved in a QA case.
Linda & Tom Layman live outside Wichita Kansas on 5 acres. They have 2 grown daughters and 6 Grandchildren. After working in the Aircraft and Trucking Industry for many years Linda says she was ready for a more quiet life, so she decided to stay at home and concentrate on raising her dogs.
Linda says the best thing about raising and having dogs is they "Love You Unconditionally." Linda has worked with several of her dogs in Obedience & Agility Training, and currently has "Gracielou" her Yellow Lab that is also a Therapy Dog and Canine Good Citizen Gracie goes with Linda to local Nursing Homes and also during the School year goes once a week to School with Paula, Linda's oldest Daughter.
Currently breeding F1B's and Australian Multi-gens. Information
on her and her program can be found at 4 PawsPuppies.
Public Relations Officer - Position Open
|
