Professional Christian Veterinary Fellowship
in your Area
PCVF
Testimonial
"Since 2012, we've had a group of Christian vets, techs, and sometimes students, gather in our home for a PCVF group every few months. It has been a rich time of friendship, fellowship, encouragement, and prayer. We have really enjoyed getting to know, and do life alongside, these families who we share so much in common with."
- Dr. Lauren Charles
Louisville, KY
Email your Region Rep to learn more about PCVF groups formed, or forming, in your area!
Dr. Lauren Charles
Workplace and Student Ministries Director/Mideast Region Representative
509-612-1357
lcharles@cvm.org
Lauren is an Auburn grad, class of 2005. She lived and served with CVM in Bolivia for three years. There she quickly went from being single to having a family of four including her handsome husband, Jon, beautiful Bolivian daughter, Angie, and their Bolivian Labrador, Ruby. Her growing family brought her back to the US, where she's currently based out of Louisville, KY. She's added two sons and a daughter to their family and she's serving as CVM's Workplace and Student Ministries Director and also oversees the Mideast region as representative.
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Curtiss Gibbs
West Region Representative 706-836-8755 cgibbs@cvm.org
Curtiss joined CVM full-time after 12 years of pastoral ministry in the local church, mostly focused on youth, college students, and missions. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and is finishing his Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary. Curtiss loves connecting people to their calling and working to see individuals and groups thrive as they serve God. He and his wife, Shannon, have been married since 2003, and love to spend time outdoors and in the company of family and friends.
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Dr. Kara Song
Northeast Region Representative 603-707-2707 ksong@cvm.org
Kara is an Ohio State grad, class of 2018 with roots in New England. It was during school that she found a heart for missions and a passion for CVM. After graduating, she moved to Northeast Ohio where she worked in a busy companion animal general practice for four years. During that time she and Sadie, her A Australian Shepherd mix, added to their family. First with a Golden Retriever named Caspian and then with her wonderful husband, Paul. Despite thinking she would stay at her clinic for some time yet, Kara felt God calling her to join CVM where she will serve the Northeast region as representative.
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Dr. Elizabeth Mendoza
North Central Region Representative 865-803-2304 emendoza@cvm.org
Elizabeth is a 2005 graduate of the Univ. of Tennessee College of Vet Med. She spent the first 9 years of her career in a busy small animal emergency and general practice in Upland, CA. Elizabeth will manage the following states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin and Illinois. She will also serve the following schools: University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Kansas State, Univ of Minnesota, Iowa State, Univ of Missouri, Univ of Wisconsin and Univ of Illinois.
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Lisa Balzer
Canada Executive Director 905-348-6596 lbalzer@cvm.org
As CVM Canada’s Executive Director, Lisa Balzer fulfills the role of Canada Region Rep serving in student ministry, workplace ministry, and supporting and mentoring members toward short-term and long-term missions. Prior to joining CVM, Lisa and her family spent 15 years in southeast Asia, serving in community development and refugee ministry. She is passionate about promoting and growing the reach of CVM Canada in the years ahead.
Nancy Krutzsch
South Central Region Representative 870-820-6396 nkrtuzsch@cvm.org
Nancy joined CVM after working in the veterinary industry both as a Certified Veterinary Practice Manager and a veterinary manufacturer sales representative for over 12 years. A CVM Short-Term Mission trip to Haiti led to a transformed relationship with God. Nancy’s involvement with CVM grew through Real Life Real Impact (RLRI) participation and multiple short-term mission trips to Honduras. Her passion for workplace ministry and short-term missions drew her full-time to CVM. Nancy’s free time is spent working on the farm with her husband Jonathan and visits from her three grown sons.
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Dr. Nancy Moore
Southeast Region Representative 727-415-4575 nmoore@cvm.org
Nancy is a Nebraska native. Scholastic blessings led her to the University of Florida for vet school, graduating in 1995. Small animal private practice and a love for the Lord propelled her into short-term missionary work with CVM’s Native American Reservations and Urban Outreach. In obedience to the Lord, she completed a Master Degree in Ministerial Leadership at Southeastern University in 2020. Nancy and Carnell have five precious children: Ebriana, Jordan, Logan, Damian and Reagan. While Nancy continues with CVM as a short-term missionary, she also serves with CVM as the US Southeast Region Representative. She connects and ministers to veterinarians, professors, vet students, technicians, donors and prayer partners encouraging them to fix their eyes on Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. In addition, she helps leverage them in their positions to love the Lord and others through veterinary medicine across her region of nine states.