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VBMA PRESIDENT MARGE LEWTER
Dr. Lewter was certified by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society in 1992 and completed the IVAS Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine course in 1997. A 1981 Georgia graduate, she has focused on acupuncture and complementary medicine for the past 25 years. She hosts students from many countries in her practice which offers comprehensive complementary medicine to referral patients in conjunction with their conventional therapies. In addition, she continues to provide mixed animal services in rural Virginia, integrating complementary therapy with conventional veterinary medicine. Dr. Marjorie M. Lewter's practice, Holistic Veterinary Consultants PLLC, is located in Blacksburg, Virginia.
VBMA PAST PRESIDENT JAMIE MORAN
Dr. Jamie Moran received her veterinary degree from Cornell University. She specializes in holistic medicine, especially traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine and is certified in acupuncture and has completed course work in food therapy and herbal therapy. Her outside interests include gardening, playing the violin, swimming, sewing and knitting. She shares her home with her husband, children, dogs, cats and one fish.
We're thrilled that Dr. Moran has agreed to serve in this board position, and looking forward to growing our organization with her. as well as maintain excellent working relationships with other groups with focuses similar to ours.
VBMA PRESIDENT-ELECT JEFFERY JUDKINS
Dr. Jeffrey Judkins relocated to the Rogue Valley from Portland, Oregon, in search of sun, a slower pace and land for his dogs to run on. “Dr. J” got his veterinary degree from Louisiana State University in 1984, and has practiced in Austin, Texas, and Fairbanks, Alaska, before establishing Hawthorne Veterinary Clinic, the first holistic veterinary hospital in Portland, Oregon, in 1995. Now he brings his unique style of holistic, complementary veterinary medicine to Southern Oregon.
INTERNATIONAL ADVISOR BARBARA FOUGERE
Barbara started her studies in complementary medicine at university in 1986. Since then she has studied human and veterinary complementary medicine, and is certified in veterinary and human herbal medicine, veterinary acupuncture as well as veterinary chiropractic, veterinary Chinese herbal medicine and veterinary and human homeopathy. She has also explored energy medicine with Reiki and several other lesser known therapies such as prolotherapy, tui na and Chinese food therapy.
Barbara actively participates in industry related associations and committees. She was honored to have held the position of President for the Australian Veterinary Acupuncture Association (2003 - 2007), and the International Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association (2003 - 2006). She has also held the position of Policy Council Member for the Australian Veterinary Association when she was an advisor for Holistic, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (1996-2003).
In addition to being the VBMA international board representative, Barbara is the current president of IVAS, and a member of Australian College of Nutrition and Environmental Nutrition, National Herbalist Association Of Australia (NHAA), and Australian Veterinary Association Chartered (CMAVA).
Barbara has been the inaugural recipient of the AVA Community Service Award for her role in re-homing thousands of dogs and cats through the programs and websites she developed in Australia.
Barbara enjoys sharing her passion for holistic care within the international veterinary community. She has lectured in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Japan, Canada, India and Sri Lanka and is involved in teaching veterinary Western and Chinese herbal medicine, complementary medicine and holistic nutrition. Her current involvement in CIVT is amazing. She is one of the leaders in both the Chinese Herbal course and the Western Course. This programs are truly wonderful and make learning Herbal medicine easily available to all.
Barbara is the author of two books, Healthy Dogs, A Handbook of Natural Therapies (2003) and Natural Healing for Cats and Dogs (2005), she has also co-authored Veterinary Herbal Medicine with Dr S Wynn (2006) and was an contributing author of Integrating Complementary Medicine into Veterinary Practice (2008).
She has also featured on Television programs such as Harry's Practice, Totally Wild and Creature Features, as well as in Magazines such as New Idea, The Australian Woman's Weekly, and has been published in various Newspaper articles.
Barbara shares her life with her partner Karl and their Burmese Tallulah and Sweet Pea, a lively worm farm, and more than 50 orchids. We are so very glad she is a member of the VBMA!
RECORDING SECRETARY BETH LAMBERT
Beth Lambert is the VBMA's secretary, all around great person and advisor to any herbal product or production question that comes up. A Harvard Business School graduate, CEO Beth Lambert had a very successful Wall Street career which she left to pursue her interest in environmentally based businesses. She was soon running a Permaculture publishing company, a community supported farm, and teaching at Rutgers. One of her farming partners, who was taking David Winston’s two year herbal studies program, introduced her to David, who was looking for some advice on his herbal products company. And after reviewing the business, she joined the company as his business partner. In addition to being on the Board of the Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association, she is on the Board of American Herbal Products Association and acts as Chair of its Education Committee, which develops both industry education and educational programs for practitioners. She is Vice Chair of AHPA-ERB Foundation, an organization working with University of Massachusetts and partially funded by the federal government to revise the Botanical Safety Handbook. And she is on the Board of Genesis Farm, a 140 acre farm dedicated to Earth literacy, Permaculture and Transition culture. In addition to being just a great person, Beth is a great resource and asset for the VBMA .
VBMA Endorses Quality Herbal Products
VBMA recognizes that the herbal product industry has faced quality control and regulatory challenges, and we recommend supporting those companies attempting to self regulate in a meaningful way. Companies that manufacture herbal products marketed for humans should be members of the American Herbal Products Association, an industry organization which explores issues, interacts with regulators, and establishes policy. Veterinary product companies should be members of the National Animal Supplement Council, an organization which develops policies and procedures on adverse event reporting and quality control.
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