Veterinary Technician – Lesha Martin
Lesha has worked as a lead vet technician since 2011. She holds an associate’s degree from Valencia State College and pursued her business degree from the University of Central Florida.
Lesha has a huge passion to help our community pets and is also the founder of Georgia’s own Spay/Neuter Coalition, Inc. – a registered 501(c)3 helping GA pet families receive need of spay and neuter assistance.
Lesha is a tree hugger, Reiki Master, loves Mother Earth, and the entire animal kingdom (cats, dogs, owls, opossums, spiders, and all). Her background with animals is diverse, and she loves being a vet tech and helping rescue animals. Helping the kittens and cats of Purr Nation is food for her soul and she is excited to bring her skills to help forward our mission!
Foster Coordinator/Intake Team – Ginger Sardina
Ginger moved to Georgia from Tennessee in 2009. Since moving and retiring as a beauty salon manager, Ginger enjoys spending time with her two beautiful daughters, three wonderful grandchildren, and her husband of 30 years. Ginger loves being a part of the community and began working as an animal advocate – helping TNR stray cats, providing resources to families for low-cost spay/neuter, and rescuing homeless pets. Her passion and determination formed an action group based in Cherokee County that helps support local family pets and stray cats – The Grey Project.
PNCA quickly developed a deep connection with Ginger and The Grey Project. We began working together to rescue displaced adoptable cats and give them a chance at a better life through our foster and adopt programs. Ginger fostered many homeless cats and kittens through our program and naturally became a mentor to other foster families. Today, she continues to lead our foster parents as PNCA’s Foster Coordinator and embraces our mission wholeheartedly.
Ginger believes fosters are the bridge between where they have come and where they are going; small acts of kindness lead to big results and everyone can do something: Adopt, advocate, donate, feed, fix, foster, transport, or donate. Every little bit helps save a life!
Volunteer/Petsmart Coordinator – Melissa Adelman
Melissa currently works as the Director of Compliance at an international Nonprofit. She holds a Master’s in Forensic Science and previously worked as a Forensic Investigator. Basically, Melissa never misses a beat! Her attention to detail and passion for working with a team brings make her a purrfect match for PNCA.
Melissa met our team at a Petsmart adoption event in Woodstock, GA. She has always loved animals and, as a child, wanted to become a veterinarian. When Covid began, she saw an opportunity to embrace her love of animals and took on her first set of foster kittens. She quickly became a rockstar on the team and began helping our adoption team as well. She loved seeing the whole process come full circle and has inspired many volunteers to join our efforts.
When asked what inspires her to volunteer for PNCA, Melissa said “I love this organization and how everyone loves these babies (kitties) like they are their own family members. Everyone I have met is amazing and I feel like we are one big happy family who loves being together.” Melissa exemplifies the culture of PNCA through every interaction with our community, staff, and volunteers and we are honored to have her representing us.
In her free time, Melissa enjoys live music, hanging out on her boat, and watching the Atlanta Braves. She is a single mother to her 14-year-old son and spoils her two rescued cats, Sheldon and Ms. Nelson.
Applications Coordinator/Intake Team – Susi Campbell
As a crazy-cat-lady pretty much since birth, Susi came to Purr Nation in 2019 expecting to occasionally foster a kitty or 2. Little did she know….
Susi’s mantra has long been “life’s a journey, not a destination” and her various career pathways reflect just that. A graduate of Loyola University/New Orleans, she began her career in the advertising field. After moving to Georgia and after a lot of reflection she dabbled/explored/returned to school to pursue her interests in Science before eventually working for several years as a veterinary assistant, high school Science teacher, and 25 years as a professional petsitter.
It was through her involvement in her kids’ various clubs and organizations that she developed a deep understanding of, and appreciation for, volunteerism. Those experiences have both informed and inspired her work with Purr Nation.
As President of the PNCA Board of Directors, Susi has a hand in a lot of things, but primarily deals with applications, adoptions, intakes, surrender requests. When not involved in those projects, she is focused on her family – her husband, their twin middle-schoolers, and their older son, who shares his mom’s love of all-things-Science as a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering. The family has several kitties, including 5 Purr Nation ‘foster fails’. Her other interests include hiking/trail running, spending time in nature, travel (any beach, any time!) and obsessing over college football every Fall (Go Jackets!)