Meet The Small Paws® Rescue Inc. Board of Trustees
Executive Director: Robin Pressnall
Tulsa, Oklahoma
pup3@aol.com
Robin Pressnall's Bio
Since discovering puppy mills in the summer
of 1998, Robin has dedicated her life to
educating the public of the horrors of puppy
mills, and to the removal of thousands of
dogs from the commercial kennels of Missouri.
Executive Assistant: Bonnie Ferguson
Bristow, Oklahoma
bonnie@smallpawsrescue.org
Bonnie serves as our Executive Assistant
and as our Director of Adoptions. Bonnie
was a professional in the publishing and
editing world for many years before devoting
her life full time to rescuing Bichons, back
in 1998. Bonnie has personally fostered hundreds
of Bichons and has bottle fed newborn Bichon
babies who were rejected by their mothers.
Dr. Cindy Leigh
Oxford, Ms.
happylan@bellsouth.net
Dr. Cindy Leigh holds the title of Professor
Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction with
an emphases in Language Arts, Gifted Education,
and Early Childhood Education. Cindy was
a founding member of the Oxford/Lafayette
Humane Society in the early seventies. She
is currently serving as the Secretary of
the Oxford/Lafayette Humane Society. Cindy
participated in numerous rescue runs after
Hurricane Katrina, driving cross country
to deliver homeless animals that had been
left alone in New Orleans.
Dr. Donna Brown PH.D.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Daisy1027@aol.com
Donna is a Poly Chemist with Exxon. She has
many years of experience working with the
LSU vet school and the local humane society.
Donna was very involved in the aftermath
of Hurricane Katrina, bathing and grooming
homeless dogs as they were brought into LSU
for triage.
Dale Pressnall: Environmental Engineer
Tulsa Oklahoma.
dalep@smallpawsrescue.org
Dale helped to get SPR started back in 1998.
He was instrumental in getting us up and
running on the Internet, setting up our online
Gift Shoppe, and our Online Shopping Cart.
He has also driven hundreds of miles to rescue
dogs from puppy mills, including giving up
one Thanksgiving weekend to rush a heart
murmur puppy down to Texas A&M University,
9 hours away.
He is still involved with website and communication
issues for our organization.
Brant Cramer
Leesburg Florida.
Brant is retired from GM where he dealt with
Project Management Issues traveling from
division to division dealing with issues
and problems concerning project timing and
recourse management. He's been with Small
Paws for over 8 years. He's been a Team
Leader as well as someone who has personally
traveled to commercial kennels to remove
dogs from neglect and abuse, risking on more
than one occasion, his own safety. Brant
is dedicated to these Bichons and he and
his wife Edie have fostered more Bichons
and Bichon Mixes than we can even count!
Leesburg, Florida
bjonz@embarqmail.com
Lynda De Hart
Herndon, Virginia.
Ba Dehart@aol.com
SPR Airline Transportation Specialist.
Lynda was a professional travel agent for
many years. She has been active in animal
rescue for over 10 years now, going into
the Amish mills, personally, to rescue their
unwanted "breeding stock.