Meet Our Team

While attending college, she worked at an animal emergency hospital. Upon graduating, she was dedicated to a previous practice in the Grand Rapids area where she spent most of her time developing herself as a training coordinator and moving into leadership roles. 

Even though she loves the medical aspect of veterinary medicine, she has always had a passion for leadership. She loves creating a workplace culture where staff can learn, grow, and work together to be the best team they can be caring for people and their pets. 

Karen is married to her husband, Clay. They have been married since 1991 and have two wonderful boys who are now adults out in the work force. She also has a Brittany Spaniel named Tucker and an Amazon Parrot named Charlie. There was a time she had 2 cats, 2 dogs, 2 birds, 2 rats, several fish, and an African dwarf frog all at the same time. She also had several chickens with 2 roosters and 2 sugar gliders.