{"id":21131,"date":"2020-06-10T20:07:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T20:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/?p=21131"},"modified":"2022-02-18T20:48:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T20:48:21","slug":"veterinary-virtual-care-association-alison-mcintyre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/news\/veterinary-virtual-care-association-alison-mcintyre\/","title":{"rendered":"Alison McIntyre Named Executive Director of Veterinary Virtual Care Association"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alison McIntyre has been named the first executive director of the Veterinary Virtual Care Association<\/a> (VVCA), a recently formed nonprofit organization<\/a> focused on developing best practice and quality standards for practicing virtual veterinary care.<\/p>\n

As executive director, McIntyre “will be responsible for bringing the vision of the VVCA to advocate best virtual care practices, provide educational resources, and create a space for a wide alliance of professionals to congregate and accelerate the adoption of virtual care within veterinary medicine,” according to a press release. McIntyre is the chief operating officer of the Animal Policy Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAli is an excellent choice, and she\u2019s volunteered nearly full-time since we started,\u201d says Mark Cushing, founding member of the VVCA. \u201cShe is committed to making virtual care a key component of veterinary medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The VVCA’s founding board members include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Mark Cushing, CEO and founder of the Animal Policy Group
\n\u2022 Cheryl Good, DVM, a Michigan practice owner and immediate past president of the NAVC
\n\u2022 Eleanor M. Green, DVM, DACVIM, DABVP, the Carl B. King dean of veterinary medicine at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
\n\u2022 Jason W. Johnson, DVM, MS, DACT, the dean and a founding faculty member of the Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine
\n\u2022 Charlotte Lacroix, DVM, JD, a former NAVC president and the founder of Veterinary Business Advisors
\n\u2022 Deb Leon, the CEO of whiskerDocs.com
\n\u2022 Kerri Marshall, DVM, MBA, the chief information officer at Compassion-First Pet Hospitals
\n\u2022 Aaron Smiley, DVM, an Indiana veterinarian and president of the Indiana Veterinary Medical Association
\n\u2022 Bruce L. Truman, MBA, the vice president of business development at BabelBark
\n\u2022 Jessica Vogelsang, DVM, CVJ, a San Diego veterinarian, author and speaker
\n\u2022 Audrey Wystrach, DVM, the founder and CEO of One.Vet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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