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CAAB Directory

The Animal Behavior Society does not offer behavior counseling or services. These are available through Certified Applied Animal Behaviorists. Please contact one of those listed in the CAAB directory below. 

If there is no Board Certified Behaviorist in your area, there are also some behaviorists that offer phone consultations. You would need to contact them individually.

Jennifer Abrams, LVT, MA, ACAAB
Board Certified 2020
Behavior Vets
New York, NY
Tel: 646-661-1001
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Webpages: https://behaviorvetsnyc.com/; https://behaviorvetsnyc.com/our-team/2266-2/

Kathryn Bayne, PhD, DVM, DACLAM, DACAW, CAAB
Board Certified 1991
Global Director
AAALAC International
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.aaalac.org

Emily Bray, MA, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2023
University of Arizona
Tuscon, AZ, 85721
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://canine.org/research

Terri M. Bright, PhD D, BCBA-D, CAAB 
Board Certified 2015
Director of Behavior Services
MSPCA Angell
350 So. Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02130
Tel: 617-522-5055 X5297
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.mspca.org

Mary Burch, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 1997
Director, AKC Canine Good Citizen Program
2213 Napoleon Bonaparte Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32308
Tel: 850-877-2901
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.drmaryburch.com

Sarah-Elizabeth Byosiere, MS, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2022
Director of Canine Research & Development
Guide Dogs for the Blind
San Rafael, CA, 94903
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sebyosiere

Lillian Ciardelli, MA, ACAAB
Board Certified 2018
Behave Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
website: BehaveAtlanta.com
email: [email protected]

Crista L. Coppola, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2006
Senior Director, Animal Behavior
Cruelty Recovery Center, ASPCA
E-mail: [email protected]

Victoria A. Cussen, PhD CAAB
Board Certified 2019
Director of Applied Behavior Research
ASPCA Anti-Cruelty Behavior Team
Tel: (347) 514-1861
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.aspca.org

Janet Cutler, MSc, PhD, CPDT-KA, CAAB
Board Certified 2020
Landmark Behaviour Inc.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Virtual Consults
email: [email protected]
Website: landmarkbehaviour.com

Laura Davis, ACAAB
Urbana-Champaign, IL

Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD, CAAB, CCBC
Board Certified 2018
Cat Behavior Consultant
Feline Minds
Richmond, CA 94803
Tel: 510.619.9567
Email: [email protected]
Websites: felineminds.com & mikeldelgado.com

Tammy McCormick Donaldson, MS, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2003
Applied Animal Behavior Consulting
800 Ballantine Road
Golden, CO 80401
E-mail: [email protected]

Nicole R. Dorey, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2015
University of Florida and BARCgroup, LLC
University of Florida’s office phone: 352-273-2188
University of Florida’s fax: 352- 392-7985
E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]

Kristyn Echterling-Savage, Ph.D., CAAB, BCBA-D, CPDT-KA
Board Certified 2017
Beyond the Dog
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.beyondthedogtraining.com
Services provided in Kansas City and Houston

Jacklyn J. Ellis, MRes, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2020
Director, Behaviour
Toronto Humane Society
Toronto, ON
Canada, M5A 4C2
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.torontohumanesociety.com

Jody Epstein, MS, ACAAB, CPDT-KA
Board Certified 2021
Fear Free Certified Professional Trainer
St. Peters, MO
818-389-5842
Email: [email protected] 
Website: www.NutzAboutMutz.com

Daniel Q. Estep, MA, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 1991
Animal Behavior Associates, Inc.
17203 N. Palo Verde Dr.
Sun City, AZ 85373
Tel: 303-932-9095
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.AnimalBehaviorAssociates.com and www.behavioreducationnetwork.com

Carley Faughn, PhD, Senior Strategist-Lifesaving Research, CAAB
Board Certified 2022
Best Friends Animal Society
5126 E Panorama Ave.
Kanab, UT, 84741
Tel: 270-293-4588
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: N/A at this time

Erica N. Feuerbacher, PhD, MS, BS, BA, BCBA-D, CPDT-KA, CAAB
Board Certified 2019
3460 Litton-Reaves Hall
175 West Campus Dr
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: 540-231-139
Website: ericanfeuerbacher.com
Email: [email protected]

Robin Foster, PhD, CAAB, CHBC
Board Certified 2013
Research Professor, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
dogs website: http://www.adaptiveanimals.com, email: [email protected]
horses website: http://www.horsebehaviorconsultant.com, email: [email protected]

Jill A. Goldman, PhD, MSc, CAAB
Board Certified 2005
DJG Animal Behavior Services
Los Angeles, CA 91610
Tel: 949-683-4886
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.drjillgoldman.com

Emma Grigg, MA, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2013
Post-doctoral Research Associate
University of California, Davis
School of Veterinary Medicine- Dept. of Population Health and Reproduction
Davis, CA 95616
E-mail: [email protected][email protected]
Please note that I am not currently seeing behavior cases.

Lisa M Gunter, MA, PhD, CBCC-KA, CAAB
Board Certified 2023
3090 Litton-Reaves Hall
175 West Campus Dr
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Tel: (540) 231-1210
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://www.lisamgunter.com/

James C. Ha, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2004
Emeritus Research Professor
University of Washington
Department of Psychology
PO Box 510461
Key Colony Beach FL 33051
Tel: 425-210-1227
E-mail: [email protected]
Website:www.faculty.washington.edu/jchaDrJimHa.com, and www.dogmatters.us

Suzanne Hetts, PhD, Emeritus CAAB
Board Certified 1991
Animal Behavior Associates, Inc.
17203 N. Palo Verde Dr.
Sun City, AZ 85373
Tel: 303-932-9095
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.AnimalBehaviorAssociates.com
www.BehaviorEducationNetwork.com
Twitter.com/suzannehetts

Mary Huntsberry, MA, ACAAB
Board Certified 2010
Helping Pets Behave
Montgomery County, MD
Tel: 301-337-7401
Fax: 240-383-3457
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.helpingpetsbehave.com/

Katenna Jones, ScM, CPDT, ACAAB
Board Certified 2006
Cumberland, RI
Tel: 401-439-6442
E-mail: [email protected]

Susan D. Kapla, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2006
Psychology Department
Canine Consultants, LLC
N5167 Kuivinen Rd.
Skandia, MI  49885
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.canineconsult.com
Phone: 1-906-458-5817

Edith Katsnelson Ilan, Ph.D., CAAB
Board Certified 2018
Dog-Human Connection, LLC
Santa Clara, California
Tel: 650-864-1819
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: doghumanconnection.com

Camille King, EdD, MS, CPDT-KA, ACAAB
Board Certified 2011
Canine Education Center, LLC
Loveland, CO, 80537
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: www.canineeducationcenterllc.com
Office phone: 970-292-8604
Cell phone: 720-442-6754

Jennie Lane, RVT, MA, ACAAB
Board Certified 2017
Synergy Animal Behavior LLC
PO Box 38368
Germantown, TN 38183
Office: 901-221-8904
Tel: 530-304-5428
Website: https://synergyanimalbehavior.com
E-mail: [email protected]

Carmen LeBlanc, MS, ACAAB, CTC
Board Certified 2009
Way To Behave! LLC
Vancouver, WA 98665
Tel: 541-400-0738
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.waytobehave.com

Jessica Lockhart, MS, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2012
908 Autumn Lake Drive
Dallas, TX 75002
Tel: 214-686-8106
E-mail: [email protected]

Karen London, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2004
3100 W. Shannon Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Tel: 928-414-0037
E-mail: [email protected]

Sarah Low, DVM, CAAB
Board Certified 2022
Tel: 928-774-7424
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.yonder.care

Megan E. Maxwell, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2004
Pet Behavior Change, LLC
4951 Preston Forest Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Tel: 540-818-8711
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.petbehaviorchange.com

Patricia B. McConnell, PhD, Emeritus CAAB
Emeritus (first Board Certified in 1992)
Emeritus, Department of Integrative Biology, UW-Madison WI
PO Box 447 Black Earth, WI 53515
E-mail: [email protected] 
Website: www.patriciamcconnell.com
Blog: www.theotherendoftheleash.com
Please note that I am not seeing behavior cases.

Sue M. McDonnell, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 1991
Horse/Farm Animal Behavior
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
New Bolton Center
382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348
Tel: 610-220-4203
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.vet.upenn.edu/

Maddie Messina, MA, ACAAB, CSAP, FFCP
Founder of Paws for Thought Dog
Board Certified 2024
Service Area: Manhattan
Tel: 914-863-1656
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://www.pawsforthoughttraining.com/

Katherine Miller, PhD, CPDT, CAAB
Board Certified 2007
Director, Anti-Cruelty Behavior Research
ASPCA
Works only with ASPCA shelter animals.
E-mail: [email protected]

Heather Mohan-Gibbons, MS, RVT, CPDT-KA, CBCC-KA, ACAAB
Board Certified 2009
Director, Applied Research and Behavior
Strategy, Research & Development
ASPCA
Tel: 646-477-1506
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.aspcapro.org
Not available for behavior consults

Alice Moon-Fanelli, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2000
Animal Behavior Consultations, LLC
PO Box 947
Eastford, CT., 06242
Tel: 860-428-1458
E-mail: [email protected]

Kate Mornement, BSc(Hons), Ph.D., CAAB
Board Certified 2022
PO Box 4012
Croydon Hills
VIC Australia 3136
Tel: +61 4 38569610
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://www.petsbehavingbadly.com.au/

Melissa Nelson Slater, MA, ACAAB
Board Certified 2013
PhD Student Level II
Assistant Curator of Behavioral Husbandry
Bronx Zoo
Bronx, NY 10460
Tel: 718-741-1127
E-mail: [email protected]

Barbara Pezzanite, PhD, CAAB

Board Certified 2005
Long Island Animal Behavior Consulting
Tel: 646-712-2949
Website: http://www.liabc.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Pezzanite only consults with rescue organizations.

Julie Posluns, M.Sc. ACAAB
Board Certified 2019
CatSchool Inc.
Toronto, ON, Canada
Tel: 416-579-5719
Website: www.catschool.co
E-mail: [email protected]

Alexandra Protopopova, MSc, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2022
Vancouver, BC, V6H 1A7
Canada
Tel: +1 778 554 9755
Website: https://www.theacademicdog.ca/
Website: https://awp.landfood.ubc.ca/
E-mail: [email protected]

Pamela J. Reid, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 1994
ASPCA Behavioral Sciences
Hendersonville, NC 28739
Tel: 917-838-0511
E-mail: [email protected]

Allyson Salzer, PhD, CAAB, BCBA-D, CPDT-KA
Board Certified 2024
Canine Behavioral Blueprints, LLC
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Services provided in Connecticut
Tel: 860-385-1755
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: caninebehavioralblueprints.com

Courtney L. Sexton, MFA, MS, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2023
Washington, DC
Tel: 609-709-3717
E-mail: [email protected]

Melissa Shyan-Norwalt, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 1993
Tel: 317 496-7502
E-mail: [email protected]
*Not seeing clients at this time.

Kristina Spaulding, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2017
Educator, Speaker
Science Matters Academy of Animal Behavior LLC
Tel: 518-369-9135
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.sciencemattersllc.com

Aaron Teixeira, MS, ACAAB, CPDT-KA
Board Certified 2021
Oakland CA, 94609
Tel: 510-930-2710
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.TeixeiraTraining.com

Catherine Torcivia, VMD, CAAB
Board Certified 2021
Specialty: Equine behavior
Preferred Name: Cade
Prounons: they/them
Downingtown, PA, 19335
Tel: 732-770-5575
E-mail: [email protected]

Monique AR Udell, MS, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2019
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR, 97331
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.thehumananimalbond.com

Kristyn R. Vitale, M.En., PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2023
Maueyes: Cat Behavior, Science, & Training
Lebanon, OR 97355
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.maueyes.com

Mindy Waite, PhD, MS, CAAB, CPDT-KA, CAAB
Board Certified 2019
Fox Point, WI 53217
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.animalbehaviorwi.com

Sheryl Walker, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2021
Owner, Wonderful Animal Guidance Services
Lafayette, IN 47909
E-mail: [email protected]
Website:https://www.wonderfulanimalguidanceservices.com

Michele Wan, MS, MA, PhD, CAAB
Board Certified 2012
Advanced Dog Behavior Solutions, LLC
In-person services offered in southern Fairfield County, CT.
Tel: (203) 227-3647
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.dogbehavioranswers.com

Camille Ward, M.S., M.S., Ph.D., CAAB
Board-Certified 2010
About Dogs LLC
Ann Arbor, Michigan
W: www.AboutDogsLLC.com
E: [email protected]
P: 734.358.1972

Jackie Watson, MLAS, ACAAB
Board-Certified 2022
Laboratory animals, horses, birds 
Manager, Animal Care
Merck Animal Health and Animal Behavior Consulting, LLC
22213 Holly Oak Lane
Lewes, DE, 19958
E: [email protected]
P: 302-897-3588

Traci Weber, MSc, ACAAB, FFCPT, CMAR, LATG
Board-Certified 2024
Veterinary Medical Unit Supervisor,
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Seattle, WA

Weber Animal Behavior, LLC
King & Pierce County, WA
Website: www.weberanimalbehavior.com

Regina Willen, M.S. ACAAB
Board Certified 2016
Helping Animals Lost and Orphaned (HALO)
Behavior Consultation
3346 Jasper Rd
Xenia, OH 45385
Tel: 513.668.0088
E-mail: [email protected]

Nancy Williams, MA, RVT, ACAAB
Board Certified 2004
Nancy Williams - Dogs and Cats With Issues
4328 Millers Station Rd.
Manchester, MD 21102
Tel: 410-374-1556
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.dogswithissues.com

Lindsay Wood Brown, MA, ACAAB
Board Certified 2011
Think Behavior Consulting
Services offered in Richmond, Virginia
email: [email protected]
phone: (804) 317-0634

John C. Wright, PhD, Emeritus CAAB
Board Certified 1991
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Mercer University
9645 Loblolly Ln
Roswell, GA 30075
Tel: 478-742-2538 (Atlanta)
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://liberalarts.mercer.edu/faculty-and-staff/john-wright/

Stephen Zawistowski, PhD, Emeritus CAAB
Board Certified 1997
Adjunct Professor of Animal Behavior and Conservation, Hunter College
Chelsea, MI
E-mail: [email protected]