Judy Clark, Executive Director

Ms. Clark spent several years volunteering with various shelters and rescues in the Chicagoland area. In addition, Ms. Clark and her family are active in the support and rehabilitation of animals through fostering programs.

For three years Ms. Clark ran a not-for-profit youth soccer club in the Chicagoland area with annual revenues of over $500,000 and a staff of over twenty. As the Club Manager and Treasurer, Ms. Clark prepared all financial statements and oversaw the day to day operations of the organization.

In the business world, Ms. Clark has spent over thirty years in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry working for Keebler, Kelloggs, TreeHouse Foods and ran a boutique consulting practice for several years.  She currently serves as the CEO for Fresh Texas.

Collette Walker, Board Member, Program Director

Ms. Walker has been active in community relations for over thirty years. Ms. Walker’s career was spent as a college professor of English. Before and after retirement, she worked with several animal shelters in the extended Chicago area.  Ms. Walker is sole owner of a retail business, Phoenix Stained Glass, which solicits commissions for residential and commercial architectural stained glass panels.  Ms. Walker designs, constructs and installs the beautiful art glass panels made in the traditional way of stained glass art.

Ms. Walker’s contributions to animal shelters include public relations, communications coordination, graphical design, staffing, and hands on work with the animals.

Ms. Walker continues to lead the TNR program across the Chicagoland area.

Ben Waldman, Board Member

Ben Waldman has been involved in animal rescue for over fifteen years, beginning as a volunteer with a cat shelter in a Chicago suburb.

In January of 2006 Mr. Waldman moved to Biloxi, MS to head up the Triple R Pets Gulf Coast Program. In this capacity, Mr. Waldman managed more then one hundred volunteers who went to Mississippi to assist with our efforts over a one year period of time.  Before leaving Mississippi, Mr. Waldman had recruited and fully trained a replacement volunteer to extend the project another year.  In addition to his direct role with the animals along the coast, Mr. Waldman built solid relationships with other volunteer organizations and became a respected member of the community.

In December of 2008, Mr. Waldman spent a month in Haiti providing hurricane relief efforts in Gonaives, Haiti. He returned to Haiti following the devastating earthquake in January, 2010.  This time, he spent a year living and volunteering in Leogane, Haiti.  His focus was on providing sustainable eco-friendly sanitation for the Haitians.  While not working in affiliation with Triple R Pets on this project, but with All Hands & Hearts Disaster Response, Mr. Waldman was always keeping an eye out for animals that needed assistance!  In 2012, Mr. Waldman headed to Rockaway Beach following Superstorm Sandy to help support the recovery and rebuilding efforts there.

Mr. Waldman holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Denver and now lives and works in Denver, Colorado.  Using the skills he acquired over many years of disaster response rebuilding, Ben is a co-owner of Living Craft Design-Build, specializing in Sustainable Building throughout Denver and the Front Range.

Kim Bill, Board member

Kim Bill has been active in a number of non-profit organizations over the last twenty years, including being a licensed foster parent for Lutheran Social Services, serving as a board member for Tazewell-Woodford County Head Start, and acting as a parent representative and board member for a NAHRA horse therapy program.

As the parent representative of Central Illinois Riding Therapy, Ms. Bill was awarded the 2005 Parent of the Year Award for over 300 hours of volunteer service. Ms. Bill holds a Master’s degree in Education from Illinois State University. She has taught and consulted in Peoria County for over twenty years, recently returning to a teaching position with her children now grown.