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Kathy Turner

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Kathy Turner is a Board member with Veterinarians Without Borders North America/Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Amérique du Nord U.S.

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Kathy Turner

Board Member

Kathy is a retired senior level business executive. She brings 35 years of international general management, strategy development, product development, and commercial experience to Veterinarians Without Borders. She has lived and worked in Europe and the US and has worked and travelled extensively in Asia and Latin America.

Kathy earned a BS in marketing and advertising at Syracuse University in New York and has spent the majority of her career in positions of increasing responsibility at Abbott Laboratories and most recently at IDEXX Laboratories. She has served on a number of industry advisory boards and industry business associations, including Health for Animals and held executive positions at European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association and MedTech Europe.

Kathy lives in St. Augustine, Florida with her husband Scott and their two toy poodles, Gabriella and Sierra Nevada. She has a deep passion for animals and the people who care for them.

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