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Catrina Kmieciak, Atlanta Humane Society

July 12, 2021 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Catrina Kmieciak, Atlanta Humane Society

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Catrina Kmieciak, Atlanta Humane Society (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 370)

Catrina Kmieciak joined host John Ray to share the work of the Atlanta Humane Society, how that work involves much more than pet adoptions, and the opportunities for the business community to get involved, including golf tournaments, team-building corporate service days, and other events. North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Atlanta Humane Society

The Atlanta Humane Society is a no-kill shelter providing sheltering and adoption, veterinary care, and community outreach. As one of the oldest charities in Atlanta, they have been caring for the community and her animals for more than 148 years.

They believe the relationship between humans and animals has deep significance, and they call on the city and each other to take action. Together they put up a united front against cruelty, neglect, and displacement. With a heart to better lives, they connect homeless animals with good homes and neglected animals with safe spaces—uplifting their community by instilling compassion.

They are proud to be able to work together with animal advocates, other animal welfare organizations, and community partners to save lives.

The Atlanta Humane Society has pet adoption centers in Alpharetta and Duluth, and an adoption center and a veterinary center in Atlanta.

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Catrina Kmieciak, Corporate Giving Manager, Atlanta Humane Society

Catrina Kmieciak is the Corporate Giving Manager for the Atlanta Humane Society. Catrina began her professional career as a Sea Lion trainer, which allowed her to travel and work at several zoos and aquariums around North America before landing at the Georgia Aquarium in 2015, where she assisted in the launch of the brand-new sea lion department.

Catrina shifted from sea dogs to land dogs in 2019 and started working at Atlanta Humane as a Marketing Coordinator. Catrina joined the corporate giving team after discovering a passion for partnerships and extending Atlanta Humane’s mission. She helps connect organizations that care about the well-being of our community and Atlanta’s homeless dogs and cats.

Connect with Catrina by email or LinkedIn.

Questions and Topics in This Interview

What the Humane Society does
Support to statewide partners and community
Veterinary center, cruelty investigation, disaster relief
How to get involved with Atlanta Humane
Adoption hours
Corporate service days
Upcoming/current events

North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray, and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Erica Ramsey-Bowen, Peach E PawTraits and Little Bayou Fairy Factory

February 16, 2021 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Erica Ramsey-Bowen, Peach E PawTraits and Little Bayou Fairy Factory

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Erica Ramsey-Bowen, Peach E PawTraits and Little Bayou Fairy Factory (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 329)

Book illustrator and artist Erica Ramsey-Bowen joins host John Ray to discuss her journey from Corporate America to her own creative business, why she’s passionate about work with children’s books, how the pandemic has affected her work, and much more. “North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Erica Ramsey-Bowen, Owner and Illustrator, Peach E PawTraits and Little Bayou Fairy Factory

Erica Ramsey-Bowen is a professional children’s book author and illustrator and pet portrait artist who resides in Smyrna, Georgia with her “long-suffering husband, Scott, and opinionated Maltie dog, Boomer”. After working in various professional corporate roles for almost twenty years, Ramsey-Bowen began her own tiny company exactly two years and one month ago with the hopes of bringing “wacky, fun, and inspiring beautiful art into the world”. Since that time, she has participated in Zoo Atlanta’s “Art Gone Wild”, has created almost 500 pet portraits (which she cheekily refers to as “PawTraits”), has donated her goods and services to many local charitable organizations including but not limited to Ahimsa House, Cobb Library Foundation, LifeLine Animal Services, Mostly Mutts, and the Humane Society of Cobb County.

She is a proud member of the Rotary Club of East Cobb and you may have recently seen some of her work within the walls of the newest addition to the Humane Society of Cobb County’s Campus as Ramsey-Bowen created the murals that now grace its hallways. Ramsey-Bowen believes that the heart of all you do in this world matters – good, bad or indifferent. That’s why her passion keeps her busy as she is currently on pace to have 8 new books illustrated by various authors in publication by the end of 2021, including her own addition to children’s literature: “The Little Bayou Fairy”.

Peach E PawTraits and The Little Bayou Fairy Factory are subsidiaries of Peach E Holdings, LLC, the company Erica Ramsey-Bowen created in 2019.

The primary product of these two companies is unbridled joy and wonderment through art and illustrated books.

Since opening her doors, Erica Ramsey-Bowen has produced over 500 pet portraits and has created beautiful, vibrant illustrations for 6 different children’s books (“A No Don’t Day” by Carla Wright-Jukes, “ommYoga Kids” by Jessica Manfredi-Carter, “Flora” by Lissette Perry, “The Mash-up Man” by Pamela Saunders and Charlie, “Mr. Fix-it Tackles the To-Do List” (coming by end of Feb 2021) by Micaela Benn, and her own first published book, “The Little Bayou Fairy”.

Clients interested in commissions can reach Erica Ramsey-Bowen by calling or directly messaging her on Facebook, Instagram, and or Twitter.

Company website, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

You began your company – an art company – at the end of 2019 after almost 20 years working in Corporate America – why the sudden shift?
How were you able to do so much during such an incredibly strange and emotionally tumultuous time in our history?
What have been some of the challenges doing what you do that were intensified during the pandemic?
Who is your inspiration? How have they inspired what you do, every day?
What have been your favorite moments, doing what you do?
There is such a diversity within the books you illustrate/design/and write and I hear even more is coming… could you share why this is personally important to you?

North Fulton Business Radio” is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Pet Health – Top Docs Radio

October 9, 2015 by angishields

Top Docs Radio

Pet Health - Top Docs Radio

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Apex Animal Hospital

On this episode I sat down with Dr. Kimberly Cary and her office manager, Jamie Cary. We talked about their rapidly-growing Austell animal hospital that has seen rapid expansion of their patient base due to referrals from happy clients.

Kimberly explained there are numerous health issues that can be transmitted between humans and their pets or that both humans and our pets can suffer from that we can benefit from being aware about. Examples are ringworm, Lyme disease, giardiasis, rabies, and others.

The Carys talked about measures we can take to reduce the risk of our pets contracting these illnesses as well as how we can limit the risk of being affected ourselves. In many cases, simple preventive measures are very effective at protecting both pet and owner. These include annual exams and keeping vaccinations up to date.

Problems related to tick- and flea-borne diseases can easily be prevented by a regular dose of topical or edible medications. And in areas of high likelihood of ticks, there is a vaccination available for dogs to prevent Lyme disease.

The practice offers a full array of pet services and has been specially designed to accommodate both dogs and cats to minimize the stress they experience when they have to be seen or stay in the animal hospital. The office is located on East-West Connector in Austell, GA near Floyd Road.

Special Guests:

Dr. Kimberly Carey, DVM of Apex Animal Hospital

Doctorate Veterinary Medicine (with honors), Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine
Values educating pet owners who are her clients to help them best care for their pets
President, Cobb County Veterinary Medical Association
Owner of 2 cats and a dog of her own