Laura is a USAF Veteran who has traveled across the globe and now lives in Bradenton, FL. Her family includes her craftsman husband, her 12 year old step-son, a Blue Heeler - Bogan, Tenna the cat, and three hens. She is a financial advisor who is passionate about empowering women. Her greatest dream come true was the tiny house that she and her husband built in 2017.

It was love at first smell when I attended a weekend intensive on essential oils in 1992. I’d been diagnosed with fibromyalgia after a whiplash injury 4 years earlier, and was inspired to start making massage oils and bath salts to address my constant pain and stress. Because I was pregnant and had a 5-year-old at home, everything had to be safe for everyone, and I apply that same level of responsibility to formulating for dogs.
In 1996, I founded Earth Heart® Inc. to help others learn how to safely and effectively use herbs and essential oils as part of everyday life. For several years, products were developed for massage, skin, body and baby care – with family and friends as sometimes unwilling products testers!
I wrote a monthly column for a local health magazine, had a small holistic practice, developed and taught continuing and community education classes for 14 years, Aromatherapy for Bodyworkers at the community college for 8 years. My aromatherapy and herbal certifications are through Jeanne Rose Herbal & Aromatherapy Studies, and I’m a long-standing member of the American Herbalists Guild, the Alliance of International Aromatherapists, and Women in the Pet Industry Network.

Josh Cary is a respected and well sought-after speaker and business consultant within the professional pet care industry. Since 2009, after growing his own pet sitting business, Josh provides his industry with the tools, support, and resources to build and maintain a thriving pet business. With a strong focus on digital marketing, blogging, content creation, search engine optimization (SEO), and website development, Josh’s passion remains on working closely with pet sitters so they can become the best person and business professional possible. He also holds an annual pet care conference in Las Vegas (currently in its seventh year) that has welcomed to the stage admired voices in the Veterinary community including Dr. Andy Roark, Dr. Jessica Vogelsang, Mikkel Becker, and Dr. Sue Ettinger.

Robin Cobb is a lifelong animal advocate who joined Trupanion in 2015 after many years in working as a Certified Veterinary Technician. Robin had previously been Vice President of Sales and Marketing in the luxury homebuilding industry and has a keene sense for strategic planning, training and team building. So, the chance to combine all of her passions and work with veterinary hospital teams to help pet owners budget for the best possible medical care is a dream come true. “Every day, I get to see how Trupanion allows pet parents and veterinary staff make decisions based on best care, instead of cost. “When our own pup needed disc surgery, Trupanion paid our Partner hospital directly. The caring and compassion with Trupanion is unsurpassed!”

Lori Lewis is an Executive distributor for Young Living Essential Oils, a high school guidance counselor and the proud owner of two beautiful and loving long-hair dachshund boys - Max and Rascal. About 15 years ago, Lori made a lifestyle change that began to incorporate a more organic and natural approach to the health and wellness of herself and her dogs. Her previous dachshunds developed life-threatening diseases of diabetes and congenital heart failure. After watching her pets become overweight, sick and unhealthy and not getting the results from her veterinarian, she sought out a holistic vet for answers. Immediately, the vet placed Ginger and Gabriel on a raw food diet and put them on herbal remedies. Lori learned all about the dangers of kibble diets, pet snacks and medicines. Immediately, Lori saw an improvement in her pet’s coats, eyes, weight and energy. It added years to their lives, yet the diseases were so advanced, that her dogs crossed the Rainbow Bridge after 2 and 4 years. She swore she would never watch her pets go through that again.

Along comes Max and Rascal! They have enjoyed a lot of people food, veggies, raw food diets, meat and bacon, fruit - REAL nutrition! They also see a holistic vet that has a different immunization schedule and uses herbal remembering, acupuncture and chiropractic. What a difference it makes in their lives! Her 10 and 12 year old doxies still look and act like pups! In the last three years, Lori discovered Young Living Essential Oils and products through a need for herself. After using store bought essential oils and not always getting the results that she expected, she experienced AMAZING results with Young Living’s products. Their Seed to Seal process creates the purest essential oils on the planet! She has discovered the same benefits for her furry babies too. After attending “Pets and Essential Oils” seminars at Young Living Convention, doing much study and research, her dogs are benefitting from the amazing Young Living Animal Scents line, along with many of the other Young Living products.

Lori is happy to share this knowledge with other pet owners so that they can enjoy a longer and healthier life with their furry babies.

NAPPS President, Jessica Abernathy, began her career at United Airlines where she ran one of the training departments, managing over 3,000 employees and worked in customer service training for 10 years. Following her airline career, Jessica ventured into the beauty industry, owning a beauty business for 12 years and loving every minute of it. Still, after the events of 9/11 Jessica realized that she needed another form of income and was inspired by a client who requested Jessica to watch her kitten. Thus, Professional Pet Sitter, Inc. began. In addition to Professional Pet Sitter, Inc., Jessica is also the owner of Chicagoland Cat Sitters.

Arden Moore is The Pet Health and Safety Coach. She happily wears many "collars" in the pet world: author, in-demand speaker, cat and dog behavior consultant and founder of Pet First Aid 4U. She also hosts the Oh Behave Show on Pet Life Radio - voted as one of Oprah Winfrey's top 3 pet podcasts. Arden travels and teaches with Pet Safety Dog Kona and Pet Safety Cat Casey, a pair of shelter alums.

It was love at first smell when I attended a weekend intensive on essential oils in 1992. I’d been diagnosed with fibromyalgia after a whiplash injury 4 years earlier, and was inspired to start making massage oils and bath salts to address my constant pain and stress. Because I was pregnant and had a 5-year-old at home, everything had to be safe for everyone, and I apply that same level of responsibility to formulating for dogs.

In 1996, I founded Earth Heart® Inc. to help others learn how to safely and effectively use herbs and essential oils as part of everyday life. For several years, products were developed for massage, skin, body and baby care – with family and friends as sometimes unwilling products testers!
I wrote a monthly column for a local health magazine, had a small holistic practice, developed and taught continuing and community education classes for 14 years, Aromatherapy for Bodyworkers at the community college for 8 years. My aromatherapy and herbal certifications are through Jeanne Rose Herbal & Aromatherapy Studies, and I’m a long-standing member of the American Herbalists Guild, the Alliance of International Aromatherapists, and Women in the Pet Industry Network.

Things started to change in 1999, when I was approached by a kennel owner who wanted help with calming her canine visitors. The dogs missed their families and felt anxious, agitated, angry or depressed. The formula now known as Canine Calm® was developed to diffuse in the kennel – and it helped from day one! Boarders noticed that their dogs were calmer when they left the kennel, and didn’t fret so much when it was time to go back. They asked how they could take that calming experience home with them, so I started making the Canine Calm mist. The other blends for dogs (which are also safe for their human and equine families) followed.

The Earth Heart line of canine products has been in the national marketplace since 2010, and I’m pleased that Earth Heart has built a reputation for designing safe, affordable and effective natural wellness remedies to help create happier, healthier lives. All products are made in the USA, responsibly formulated with 100% pure essential oils, packaged in BPA-free recyclable containers, safe and easy to use in your home, shelter, business and travels. Earth Heart® is a proud sponsor of IJA Rescue Me Rodeos, Anderson Animal Shelter and Lost Pet Prevention Month.

Bonnie Harlan is the Founder of Prevent Pet Suffocation, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to spreading public awareness on the suffocation dangers pets face from chip bags and other food packaging. She created Prevent Pet Suffocation shortly after her four year old rescue dog, Blue, suffocated in a chip bag on December 15, 2011. Since 2012, Prevent Pet Suffocation has grown to an international following of over 17,000 supporters on Facebook and can also be found on the website, Twitter, and Instagram. She has written numerous articles on the subject and has appeared in several television and radio interviews. Bonnie has a Master of Liberal Arts from Houston Baptist University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Arizona. She resides in Texas with her husband.

I have lived in Manatee county for the past 45yr. We were fortunate to raise our family here. We have 3 girls and when they were home we had a small zoo at our house. Dogs,cats,horses,birds,hamsters,bunnies and what ever followed the girls home from the barn.We now have 1 dog named Bella.

I was a Travel Agent for 25yrs which gave us the opportunity to travel. But,my favorite place is still here on our GULF COAST BEACHES does not get any better that that.
when we do travel Bella gets to stay with her favorite AUNT MARY