Consultants

JAMI LOVULLO

Founder and President

Jami LoVullo has worked in virtually every facet of the animal business from zoo keeping to veterinary assistant to on-set safety rep to animal trainer. more…

Jone Bouman
Executive Director

When working with animal ambassadors in entertainment, Jone Bouman brings decades of pertinent experience to the table. more…
Suzan Atkinson


APA is pleased to include Suzan Davis Atkinson in our group of highly trained on-set consultants.
Suzan grew up on the back of a horse. more…
Audra Dore
…was born & raised in Vancouver, Canada so it was there that her love for animals blossomed! She can’t recall a time when she didn’t live, eat and breath “animals”! more…
Brandy Gladu
…has a varied and extensive background working with animals. When she was a child, she would beg her neighbors to allow her to train their dogs. more…
Mitchell Gramazio
…has always known he would end up working with animals for the length of his career. Additionally, while attending the University of Georgia, his creative side was able to come out by participating as an extra in multiple major motion picture films around the Atlanta area. more…
Franki Hackett
… grew up with every animal her mom would let her bring in the house (including a lamb living in a wheelbarrow in the kitchen). Franki’s love and interest in training and working alongside animals has not subsided since. Franki fell both feet first into the film industry over 15 years ago and hasn’t looked back more…
Marnie Hoffman
…has over twenty years’ experience training horses and many other animal species working on film, tv, commercials, music videos, and photo shoots. Simultaneously, she has spent the majority of her life training Andalusians, Lusitanos more…
Gina Johnson
…has had an innate way with animals and always nurtured her pets. She started riding at age 5 and got her first horse at age 10. This taught her about the responsibility of caring for animals. more…
Kimber “Corkey” Macedo
… hales from North Carolina. Throughout her childhood she had a great aptitude with, and fondness for, animals and has had numerous beloved pets over the years. After graduating high school, she attended veterinary school to tend to sick and injured animals, more…
Patrick Martyin-Vegue
…began working as a keeper with exotic felines, elephants, camels, and many assorted zoo animals at a wildlife park in California called Marine World/Africa USA. more…
Megan Owen
I’m Meg and I’m proud to say I am an APA UK Consultant! 
I have been working with animals since I was 7, moved to the country with my family and started working at (or rather pestering!) the neighboring dairy farmers! more…
Nick Phillips
…is no stranger to our four-legged friends. From a young age he was rescuing myriad animal species. Nick is an accomplished horseman with National titles exemplifying his prowess and equine expertise. As a professional Dog Trainer/Handle… more…
Kimberly Ruha
… graduated Colorado State University with a bachelors in equine science. Moving to California, she became a Certified Animal Safety oversight expert and monitored the safety and welfare of animals in production for a number of years. more…
MaryEllen K. Schoeman
… is a wildlife educator and the founder of the Raccoon Alliance, a nonprofit that advocates for peaceful co-existence with urban wildlife. She has a graduate degree in Conservation Biology from Miami University’s Advanced Inquiry Program more…
Sarah Scott
… has been working with animals all of her life. She began riding horses and working at barns at age 7, and raised rabbits, sheep, and pigs in 4-H. Her first professional experience with animal healthcare was… more…
Malina Shirley
…comes from a family of animal people. On her grandparents farm she raised chickens and their pet pig happily resided in the house with them…more…
Steve Smith (BVetMed (Hons.), CertZooMed, DipECZM (Avian), MRCV)
… is a veterinary surgeon who graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, London, UK, in 2002…more…
Derek Toth
… is a third-generation animal trainer from Palmdale, California. His grandfather was Master Falconer George Toth, founder of Cougar Hill Ranch, Inc. which provided animal training services for the motion picture industry for 50 years… more…
Elena Vascek
… has a dynamic background combined with life-long animal experience.  Ever since she was a little girl, she had a sincere interest in animal welfare and innate desire to advocate for them.  Often times she found herself with strays following her home. more…
Eleanor Webber
…is based in Sydney, Australia. She is an experienced horse rider and trainer with years of experience in event management that involve live animal performances. more…
Danielle Wolcott
… has had a lifelong love of animals starting from her early years in Australia, where she was born and learned how to ride horses, along with gaining great respect for wildlife. more…
In Memoriam
Jennifer Chatfield
…has spent all her life around animals.  She began working with horses at a young age, showing hunters and jumpers and grooming and exercising polo ponies to help with the costs of showing. more…