Darlene Mathews

Establishing FOAC and 25 years of growth, stability, and community impact.

• Exceptional interpersonal skills with all audiences, and staff.
• Working knowledge of animal care and adoption issues.
• Proven supervisory and management acumen.
• Strong organizational, motivational, decision-making, and program development skills, including written and oral communication.
• History of successfully ensuring the mental and physical health, well-being, and placement of all rescue animals
• Regularly and effectively assesses the general health of FOAC animals on a regular basis for signs of stress, illness, injury, aggressive tendencies, and abnormal behavior.
• Develops and maintains a positive working relationship with all the veterinarians and professionals who interact with FOAC.
• Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong track record of collaboration and a teamwork approach, ensuring cooperation among diverse partners.
• Knowledge of prophylactic health practices in a rescue environment.
• Proven ability to attract sponsors, create new and effective programs, recruit foster families, and create and maintain positive relationships with fosters.

• Established clean, sterile and welcoming environment for patients.
• Scheduled patient appointments and managed follow-up care.
• Performed periodontal charting to record the condition of patients' gums.
• Collaborated with other healthcare professionals regarding patient care planning.
• Took medical and dental history and recorded vital signs of patients.
• Managed dental records and entered information into system, keeping important patient information on file.
• Recognized warning signs of serious conditions such as cancer or diabetes through clinical observations.
• Took dental images and X-rays to identify areas of concern and presented to dentists for review.
• Demonstrated use of dental instruments, including scalers, curettes, air polishers, and ultrasonic devices.