Wilma, RVT - Senior Technician

Wilma is a 1990 graduate of Camden County College with an Associates degree in Animal Science.  She has been an employee of Raccoon Valley Animal Hospital since May of 1990, and is the head/senior veterinary technician on staff.  She is a Certified Veterinary Dental Technician as well as a member of the American Society of Veterinary Dental Technicians.  She is also a member of the North American Veterinary Technicians Association and is currently the President of the New Jersey Technicians Association.  Wilma was selected by the NJVTA as Veterinary Technician of the Year for 1999.

Wilma's interests include; being an avid Phillies fan, spending time with her mom, fiance John, niece, nephews and other family members.  Other hobbies are reading, going to the gym, and her animals.  These animals include a Boxer named "Gandalf" and 2 cats named "Jack"and "Sir Prize".  She also owns 2 turtles and numerous fish.

Lynn, GVT, CVT - Technician

Lynn is originally from Massachusetts.  She has always loved animals and decided to pursue a degree in the veterinary field.  In May of 1993, she graduated with an Associates degree in Veterinary Technology from Mount Ida College and then earned a Bachelors degree in Biology from Framingham State College.

Lynn is a Certified Veterinary Technician in Massachusetts and a Graduate Veterinary Technician in New Jersey.  She has been working with animals since approximately 1990.  She is also certified by the American Society of Veterinary Dental Technicians.

In 2001, Lynn and her husband moved to New Jersey.  Lynn has been employed as a full time surgery and dental technician at Raccoon Valley since then.  Lynn enjoys time at home with their two Oriental Shorthair cats; "Justin" and "Lexis".  Lynn also has a new daughter and two step-children.  She is also the designer of this web site.

Rachel - Technician

Rachel is a graduate of Camden County College.  She graduated with an Applied Science Degree in 2001.  She currently works at Raccoon Valley Animal Hospital and Hidden View Dairy.

Rachel has a black velvet cat named Onyx and four frisky sheep named:   Teddy Bear, Starlight, Spice and Wanda.  She also has two high spirited dogs named Mr. Bear Bear and Miss Ashley Doodles.

Rachel is involved in church, she enjoys playing the flute, sports, sewing and a variety of other activities.

She hopes in the future to go back to school to study music.

Kellie - Technician

Kellie has been employed at Raccoon Valley Animal Hospital since 2001.  She has been a veterinary technician for over 11 years.  Kellie recently graduated with honors from Salem Community College's Licensed Practical Nurse program and is currently working on her R.N. degree.  She lives on a small farm and has horses, goats, dogs, cats, guinea pigs and a pet rat.

Caroline - Technician

Caroline graduated from Camden County College in 2002 from the Veterinary Technician program.  At home she has a dog named Goldilocks, one cat named Isabelle and another cat named Ferrdinand.

Michelle - Technician

Michelle is a graduate of Camden County College's Veterinary Technician program.  She has worked at Raccoon Valley Animal Hospital since January of 2000.  Michelle enjoys going to Continuing Education programs.

In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and their new daughter, her cats 'Mikey', 'Rockey', 'Rusty', 'Tiggers', 'Lucky', and 'Whiskey' and her dogs 'Chloe' and 'Dallas'.  She also likes to ride and show her horse 'Petie' and help train and show her friend's horse 'Crystal.'

Margie - Technician

Margie is a 1998 Magna Cum Laude graduate from The University of Delaware's Animal Science program. She joined Raccoon Valley in December 2004 after working at a 24 hour emergency clinic for 5 years that specialized in surgical and critical care and dentistry. She also has experience with large animals, rodents, and primates.  

Margie has her own 'zoo' of animals at home and breeds German Shorthaired Pointers. She keeps very busy caring for her pets and her 2 young children with her husband. She had been a client at Raccoon Valley for many years and now has the pleasure to work with the wonderful staff!

Nicole - Veterinary Assistant

Nicole has been a Veterinary Assistant at Raccoon Valley Animal Hospital since June of 2002.  She is currently enrolled in the Animal Science program at Camden County College.  She lives at home with her mother and her two younger sisters.  Nicole loves to spend time with family and friends, whether it is going to see a movie, going camping, or doing nothing at all.

Nicole spends a lot of time caring for her seven family pets which include her two dogs:  'Lucy' and 'Sonji', her South American Green Iguana 'Bubba' and her four cats 'Hazel', 'Samantha', 'Boomer' and 'Maya'.  Nicole takes great pride in caring for her pets.

Carol - Veterinary Assistant

Carol is a graduate of  St. James High School and has been employed at Raccoon Valley Animal Hospital as a veterinary assistant since 1994.  Her responsibilities include assisting with exams, medical waste removal, state programs and helping to maintain OSHA compliance.  Along with her responsibilities at work, Carol enjoys attending continuing education courses on topics such as x-ray techniques, anesthetic monitoring and pet behavior.  When not busy at work, Carol spends time at home with her son, her small mix breed dog and her three cats.  She also enjoys helping out her parents with their small horse breeding farm.

Rita - Veterinary Assistant

Rita has been employed by Raccoon Valley Animal Hospital since July of 2004.  She is currently enrolled in the Animal Science program at Camden County College. 

When not competing in Dressage with horse 'Nadja', she loves to spend time with her husband Cleo and 7 family pets;  3 dogs: 'Nikki' and 'Pumpkin' (shetland sheepdogs), 'Abby' (german shepherd) and 4 kitties:  'Bleu', 'Tika', 'Missy' and 'Priscilla' (all himalayans!)

Christa - Veterinary Assistant

Christa grew up with animals and always wanted to work with them.  In May of 2006 she graduated from Camden County College's Animal Science program.  She has been employed at Raccoon Valley Animal Hospital since November 2004. 

Taking care of her animals take up a lot of her spare time.  She has 2 dogs named 'Jessie' and 'Baby Girl', 3 cats named 'Cocoa', 'Pretty Kitty' and 'Styles', an iguana named 'Cleo', a guinea pig named 'Lucky', a blue crowned conure named 'Jade', 2 sugar gliders named 'Rocky' and 'Turbo', a frog named 'Bobo' and finally, a red tailed boa named 'Aja'.  When she's not busy with work or school, she also enjoys spending time with her family and friends. 

New Employees in Training:

Heather, Stephanie, Cindy & Jamie