Pet/people non-profit PALS adds board members

Pets Are Loving Support, Inc. (PALS), an Atlanta-based non-profit that enables pets to remain at home with seriously ill and elderly people, has added Ann Vitale, a career coach, trainer and group facilitator., to its board.

In addition to her professional work, Vitale is Co-president of the PFLAG Atlanta Board and facilitator for Atlanta Gender Variations: Parents supporting parents of transgender children. She has been an LGBTQ ally for 25-plus years. In addition to an MBA, she holds a master’s in Counseling Psychology.

PALS also added Natalie Sparkman, a digital strategist, to the board. Other members of the PALS board are: (Treasurer) Mike Anderson, Controller and CPA with Carter Real Estate; (Secretary) Michael Edwards, community volunteer and a retired banker; Joel Feuer, a longtime Realtor; (Vice Chair) Bill Golden, a longtime intown Realtor; David Lile, a community volunteer and former banker; Jim Marks, Office Manager of Lips Atlanta and the alter ego of long-time HIV/AIDS activist BUBBBA D. Licious, who has hosted PALS Drag Queen Bingo since 1997; (Chair) Steve Parker, a semi-retired hospitality professional; and Jeremy Tarlow, a veterinarian and founder of Best Friends Blood Bank, an animal blood resource.

Pets Are Loving Support, Inc. (PALS), an Atlanta-based non-profit, provides ongoing care and support to the pets of Atlantans living with disabilities due to HIV/AIDS and terminal illnesses, and the elderly. It enables pets and owners to remain together to share the healing power of love and companionship from the human-animal bond.