Please welcome our new board for the Spring and Fall semesters of 2018! Feel free to contact anyone with questions!
President
Belinda Von Breitenbach (2019)
Belinda is a junior who is double majoring in biology and Spanish. She is interested in going into equine or wildlife medicine. As of right now, she does not own any animals in her home in New York, but she works with a bunch of wolves and racehorses that are basically her responsibility. Hence, her spirit animal is a wolf.
belinda.von_breitenbach@tufts.edu
Vice President
Aubrey Specht (2019)
Aubrey is a junior majoring in biochemistry with a minor in architectural studies. Her main interests are equine medicine and research. She has two cats at home in Massachusetts named Charlotte and Phinnie who are 13 and 11 years old respectively. As a cat lover, her spirit animal is a leopard.
aubrey.specht@tufts.edu
Secretary
Michelle Kwon (2020)
Michelle is a sophomore majoring in biopsychology and minoring in entrepreneurial leadership studies. She wants to go into small animal medicine and physical therapy. She has a yorkiepoo named Rosie who is nine at home in New Jersey. If she had to pick a spirit animal, she would go with an otter.
michelle.kwon@tufts.edu
Treasurer
Ilana Gitlin (2019)
Ilana is a junior double majoring in biology and Russian along with a minor in Judaic studies. She would like to specialize in small animal surgery. She has three dogs back in New York named Oscar, Bella, and Penelope. And while she has these canines, her spirit animal is a bunny.
ilana.gitlin@tufts.edu
Treasurer in Training
Gabriel Yerdon (2021)
Gabriel is a freshman majoring in biology. He really likes the idea of going into mixed practice. This evidenced by his numerous animals in Pennsylvania including an Iceland Sheepdog-Border Collie mix named Emma along with another dog, two cats, cows, a horse, sheep, goats, rabbits, chickens, ducks, and last but not least, an alpaca named Michael. Despite the variety of pets he has, his spirit animal is the incomparable howler monkey,
gabriel.yerdon@tufts.edu
Webmaster / Social Media / Clinical Experience Coordinator
Fannie Sheinman (2020)
Fannie is a sophomore double majoring in English and child development. She is most interested in surgery and wildlife medicine. Back home in New York City, she has a mutt named Allie who is seven years old and rabbit named Nellie who is nine years old. She considers her spirit animal to be a tiger.
fannie.sheinman@tufts.edu
Event Coordinator
TJ Robins (2020)
TJ is a sophomore double majoring in biology and anthropology. She wants to study animal behavior in primates (primatology) by going into large animal or zoological medicine. She has a golden retriever back in Canada named Ruby who is six years old. If she had to choose, her spirit animal would be a horse.
tyler-jane.robins@tufts.edu
Assistant Event Coordinator
Jamie Tebeau (2020)
Jamie is a sophomore majoring in biopsychology. She would like to go into small animal medicine with a speciality in surgery and neurology. At home in Rhode Island, Jamie has a dog named Napoleon who is 11 and a cat named Chocolate who is 12 years old. Her spirit animal is a deer.
jamie.tebeau@tufts.edu
