Board Members

Rick DuCharme was born and raised in Waterloo, IA and moved to Jacksonville in 1990. He founded FCNMHP in 2001 and frequently speaks at national and regional conferences about implementing low-cost community spay/neuter programs. Rick still lives in Jacksonville with his two shelter dogs Duncan and Maggie. He works full time with TEREX Load King and is our volunteer director and president.

Debbie Fields, our vice president and volunteer coordinator, began working with FCNMHP in 1999 with mobile adoptions, and helped develop our adoption fairs, before realizing that the best way to reach our goal was through increased spay/neuter. Debbie has been able to use her job with Clear Channel to secure free advertising for our programs, and to organize volunteers to raise money for FCNMHP at Clear Channel events. She and her husband Craig currently have 1 dog and 5 cats, subject to change at any time!

Anastasia Regas Stone joined the FCNMHP Board in 2004, and is the Chair of ARTunleashed, our juried art show and auction. She left the banking field to found her event planning company, Anastasia Stone Events, and also works full time for Catering by Liz. Anastasia lives in Springfield with her husband Cliff and their family of permanent and foster dogs, and have helped over 80 dogs from AC&C and the Springfield neighborhood in the past two years.

Kelly Delaney is a 1992 graduate of Jacksonville University and also has a Master’s of Education degree from National University in San Diego, CA. She has lived and taught in numerous locations in the United States and abroad, and has lived in Jacksonville since 1999. Kelly has received several awards for her work as an educator, and has been an active volunteer with the Jacksonville Humane Society and Lutheran Family Services. Kelly joined the FCNMHP board in 2007, and has two cats, Mary and Daphne. Originally from North Carolina, Lee Conway and her husband Peter came from California to Ponte Vedra in 1993. Lee began trapping feral cats in California twenty years ago, and put her skills to work here first with the Bear Foundation, and later with FCNMHP. Lee is glad to be able to use her expertise to help us with the fight against pet overpopulation.

Leigh Burdett is our Secretary. She is a New England/Boston transplant since 1998. Along with volunteering with FCNMHP since 2003, she has enjoyed the adoption counselor role and has fostered kittens in need for Animal Care and Control for the City of Jacksonville. In 2007, Leigh volunteered with Pets with No Vets and the Grand Bahamas Humane Society on a spay/neuter project. Leigh Burdett has a BS Degree in Business Administration with a Minor in Communications from UNH, and is the President of Ideas That Make It Happen, Inc where she works fulltime. She also does pro bono work for the City of Jacksonville for the Walter Jones Park in Mandarin, and rides in the MS 150 annually for Multiple Sclerosis. A member of Peta since 1995 and a vegetarian for 10 years, Leigh’s family includes 4 special children Abbie, Walter, Gilbert and Henry, all fun loving shelter rescues.

Kim Tippin is a summa cum laude graduate of Florida State University, and has been with the Dalton Agency for over eleven years. She currently works as a Creative Group Head, assisting a team of designers working on ad campaigns. Kim and her husband Todd love the outdoors and spend their time sailing, as well as playing with their red dobies, Jazz and Molly.