Lisa Culver, Executive Director
Lisa grew up in Northeastern Oklahoma on the edge of the Tall Grass Prairie Preserve in the heart of the Osage Indian Reservation in the town of Pawhuska. Lisa studied at Oklahoma State University before she has traveled the world spending three years living in Panama and traveling throughout Central and South America. Lisa has spent her life working passionately to make a difference in the lives of people, animals and the world around us. Her 18 years in San Diego has included working as the Development Director for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America where she raised millions of dollars to help those who live with these diseases and the Director of Corporate Relations and Development for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. Lisa also brings a high level of expertise in business development and marketing from her work as the International Marketing Director for Ettan Press and Vice President of Marketing for Planesia. Lisa enjoys painting, art films, fine wines and sushi when she can find time away from her two young sons and her dog Ruby.

Wanda Cossette, Director of Finance and Administration
Wanda grew up in a small town in New Hampshire and moved to Florida as a young single mother. After ten years of working full time and taking night classes, she graduated with honors from The University of Florida with a BA in Anthropology. In addition, she has an AS degree in Business Management from Santa Fe Community College and a Certificate of Nonprofit Management from Chapman College. Wanda has worked in the nonprofit sector for over thirty years for six different nonprofit organizations and has been at Project Wildlife since 2007. Since moving to San Diego in 1997, she has also worked as the Director of Operations for ElderHelp of San Diego and as the Business Manager for The San Diego Food Bank. She enjoys playing cards with friends, is the mother of two, grandmother of four and lives with her husband and three dogs.

Adrianna Lewis, Director of Volunteers
Adrianna has lived in San Diego since she was 12, so considers herself a native. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UCSD with a BA in Anthropology, and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Oxford in Medical Anthropology, specializing in Anthrozoology. Previous to Project Wildlife, she managed the volunteer programs at Birch Aquarium at Scripps and the North County Humane Society & SPCA. In her free time, Adrianna volunteers for ElderHelp and various companion-animal/wildlife organizations. She is currently working on a novel based on her experience in graduate school. She enjoys reading, movies, making jewelry and collecting crab molts. She has four cats and an oversize, always-hungry dog.

Gabby Meadows, Care Center Manager
Gabrielle grew up in the Los Angeles area with a love for helping animals. She graduated from California State University Long Beach with a Bachelors degree in Biology, option Zoology, and a minor in Chemistry. After graduation she worked as a Veterinary technician for several different Veterinary hospitals in Orange County. She then gained both management and working experience with California laws and Fish and Game permits working for Orange County Animal Control as the Licensing Administrative Supervisor. In June 2009,she moved to the San Diego area where she started volunteering at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park veterinary hospital. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her daughter, husband and their 2 dogs.

Trish Jackman, Manager of Home Care Services
Trish grew up in Southern California and received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California. After working as a volunteer wildlife rehabilitator, she went back to school and received a degree with honors in animal behavior and management. She moved to Oregon to work as a wildlife trainer and educator for Wildlife Safari and moved up to assistant curator, adding veterinary assistant, spokesperson, and raptor rehabilitation coordinator to her duties. She moved on to work as a vet assistant, and as a trainer and spokesperson for the Living Desert, before moving to San Diego to work as a senior keeper for the San Diego Zoo. In 2003, she shifted gears and accepted a position with the San Diego Humane Society as their mobile adoptions coordinator and eventually became the species specialist and supervisor for their offsite facility. She is certified in canine/feline behavioral evaluations and was a member of the task force sent to oversee animal intake and triage at Katrina and the San Diego fires. After 13 years in the field, she felt the pull of wildlife again and joined Project Wildlife as the manager of home care rehabilitators. When she’s not working she enjoys power boating and spending time with her pets and the occasional overnight patient.

Regina Taylor, Manager of Animal Care
Gina grew up a “Navy brat,” moving often between San Diego and Virginia Beach, Virginia. During her 20 ½ years of Navy service as a Hospital Corpsman, she volunteered whenever possible for local animal causes: beach clean-ups, fund raising for a local no-kill shelter, and even one wildlife rehabilitation organization. She graduated with honors in 1994 with a B.S. in Biology, Pre-Professional, from Norfolk State University (Norfolk, VA). Most recently, she also graduated with honors in 2009 from Mesa Community College (San Diego) with an A.S. in Animal Health Technology. She is awaiting approval to take her California State Board Exam for Registered Veterinary Technician. When not working for Project Wildlife, Gina volunteers for the San Diego County Animal Shelter and the Feral Cat Coalition. She is a certified “Crazy Cat Lady,” so she has little time to enjoy her other interests: hiking, country line dancing, scrapbooking, reading, or spending time outdoors. She shares her home with a dog, a cockatiel, and too many cats and kittens.

Diane Owens, Development Associate
Diane was born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland and earned a B.S. in Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. She has over 20 years of administrative experience in a wide variety of companies, and has also worked as a photographer, pet sitter and dog trainer. In her free time, she enjoys reading, traveling and playing with her pets. Diane currently lives in Spring Valley with her significant other, Ray, and their three dogs and three cats.

Jane E. Meier, D.V.M., Supervising Veterinarian
Graduate of Purdue University, School of Veterinary Medicine. Internship in Zoological Medicine, Zoological Society of San Diego, 1975-1976. Associate Veterinarian for the Zoological Society of San Diego, 1976-1988. Presently in private practice caring for both exotic and domestic animals. 1996 to present, Supervising Veterinarian for Project Wildlife. Author and contributor to many scientific and popular animal-related articles, book chapters, and studies.