Mike Costello | Chairperson
Mike Costello joined the board in January 2023, but has had close ties with NOCO Humane for many years. He received his DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) from Iowa State University in 2003 and practiced small animal and emergency medicine in Illinois before moving to Colorado. He then worked for a local veterinary diagnostics company in Loveland in a variety of roles including medical consultation, marketing, product management, and team management. Most recently he embarked on a new adventure of substitute teaching in the Poudre School District.
Mike lives in Fort Collins with his wife, two children and their assortment of adopted cats, dogs, and rabbits.
Jo Tatti | Vice Chairperson
Jo joined NOCO Humane Board of Directors in February of 2022. She returned to Colorado in 2016 after spending most of her professional career in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. She is currently Vice President of Service Operations for a software company focused on employee engagement and retention. Jo also has broad based experience in project management, multi-media advertising, and customer experience. Her professional passion is servant leadership, mentoring & coaching, and growing successful service delivery teams.
Jo is excited to promote the strength of the human animal bond through responsible pet ownership and adoption. In her spare time, Jo likes to travel, enjoy fine food & wine, and spend time with her husband Ian, daughter Maia, and dog Lyla.
Wendy Woods | Treasurer
Wendy Woods is a Financial Advisor with Edward Jones. She has lived in northern Colorado since 2005 and currently resides in Loveland with her husband Joe Glaser and their three rescue dogs, Lexi and Bodhi, and Dixie. Wendy was introduced to NOCO Humane when she unexpectedly adopted a 10-week-old puppy (Lexi) from the shelter on December 17th, 2007. Since then she has acquired a huge heart for all animals and wants to help those that don’t have a voice to help themselves.
Prior to LHS, Wendy served on the board for Animal House (now known as Animal Friends Alliance) for 4 years. She helped them with a capital campaign to relocate their facility from Vine Road to Taft Hill Road in Fort Collins and with the merger of Fort Collins Cat Rescue in 2020.
Raised in a small town in central Illinois, Wendy’s main contact with animals was the strays that inhabited her small rural community. She was notorious for secretly feeding them the leftover food scraps from her family’s dinner each night and leaving the garage door open, so they had a place to stay warm and dry during challenging weather (this did not make her mother very happy ).
When not busy with work, Wendy can be found playing Pickleball, riding her bike, doing yoga, walking the dogs, and/or drinking good wine with her husband.
Jill Fraley | Secretary
Jill Fraley joined the board in 2022. She is a trust officer at First Western Trust in Fort Collins and has earned her CTFA, AAMS, series 66, and series 7 designations. Jill has played many roles in the financial service industry including trust and estate administration, financial advisor, lending, financial planning and has been in the customer service industry since 1989. She grew up in Montana and enjoys the outdoors, especially when it comes to hiking.
Animals have played a huge part in her life and have been a constant with their unconditional love. It’s important to her that they are cared and provided for and have an advocate.
Geneve Huxley | Member
Geneve Huxley is a CPA and the founder of Huxley CPA Consulting, LLC (www.huxleycpa.com), which offers fractional CFO services as well as helping businesses increase their bottom line through process optimization. Previously, she was the Chief Financial Officer of Colorado State University Foundation in Fort Collins, and also worked at the University of Northern Colorado Foundation and the University of Colorado Foundation. She has more than 20 years of experience in accounting, many as a strategic adviser to executive management and leading teams. In her spare time, Geneve enjoys networking, volunteering, skiing, and spending time with her family.
Ted Ray | Member
Ted joined NOCO Humane‘s board in 2022. Ted is a wealth advisor for First Interstate Bank and he enjoys helping his clients plan for a successful retirement by building a sound financial plan. Ted was born and raised in Fort Collins and has lived in Loveland since 2003. Animals have always been a major part of his life while Ted and his wife have three dogs, two of which are Germain Shorthaired Pointers, and a Chihuahua Terrier mix.
Ted is proud to serve on NOCO Humane’s board to help ensure all animals get the care they need when they get separated from their family or waiting to be adopted by their forever family.
Kate Belford | Member
Kate Belford is an attorney and partner at Belford & Martell, LLC in Fort Collins. She returned to Colorado in 2019 after spending the first decade of her professional life in Boulder, Bogotá, Washington DC, and Honolulu. In addition to her human family, Kate has two shelter dogs, Eva and Friday, and a cat, Georgia; the former two of whom love the dog park , barking at campfires, and romping through muddy puddles; and the latter of whom is an expert at catching moths.
Kate likes to travel, read, hike, run, and get outside in any way possible in her free time.
Gerald Chen | Member
Gerald Chen joined the board in February 2023, and brings a combination of innovative leadership and extensive experience in the financial and legal sectors from his role as CFO for Otter Products. Gerald is charged with directing complex analytics and financial analyses along with managing the credit, treasury, tax, payroll, and accounting functions. He also provides leadership and oversight for Otter Products’s support functions, including information technology; human resources; and data management. Gerald earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Duke University and a J.D. from the Duke University School of Law.
Dom Tatti | Member
Dom joined the board in June 2023. He is a Colorado native growing up in Boulder and attended college at CSU. He was first exposed to NOCO Humane in 2001 as an intern in the (formerly) Wild Kind department, where he worked rehabilitating injured wildlife and caring for surrendered exotic pets and farm animals. He holds two degrees from CSU, a B.S. in Wildlife Biology with minors in zoology and military science, and a second in Fire Administration and Emergency Management. He has worked for the Colorado Division of Wildlife and Boulder County as a wildlife technician. After college, he spent 12 years in the U.S. Army and Colorado Army National Guard as an officer. He had one combat tour in Iraq as a commander and numerous disaster responses including Hurricane Katrina. Hired by the Greeley Fire Department in 2007 and spending 17 years as a firefighter/company officer, he is currently serving as the interim Emergency Manager for the City of Greeley. In his free time he plays beer league ice hockey and spends family time with his wife, daughter, and two dogs Atticus and Stella.
Lyle SmithGraybeal | Member
With 30+ years of experience with nonprofits as a program developer, manager, fundraiser, and volunteer, Lyle serves as the Chief Operating Officer with United Way of Weld County, working on administration, communications, finance, grants and large designation fundraising, and in the youth development and access to services initiative areas. He has a BS in accounting and business administration from Friends University and a MS in economic development from Eastern University. Most recently Lyle was Coordinator for Renovaré, an internationally focused faith-based nonprofit that provides teaching on spiritual practices. His most recent board of directors involvement was with Pura Vida, a Colorado-based NGO that facilitates primary and secondary education opportunities in the highlands of western Guatemala. Lyle and Felicia live in Weld County with Maggie, their dog who was found as a stray running free in the country near Fort Lupton.
Fred Jacobs | Member
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