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MEET OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Brigitte Larsen

Brigitte Larsen

Brigitte Larsen

Intake Director/ Co-Founder/President

Brigitte enjoys all aspects of the rescue world. As a avid dog lover and owner of 1 big gorgeous Freedom alumni. There is nothing more important than helping others find their furever homes. Brigitte has been nominated multiple times on Face Magazine, Volunteer of the Year

Irene Harding

Brigitte Larsen

Brigitte Larsen

Vetting Director/Co-Founder/Vice President


Irene began her journey in the rescue world after adopting a dog rescued from a puppy mill. From there, fostering a dozen more and adopting two more rescued babies. She is actively involved in all aspects of the rescue but focuses her energy on organizing vetting.

Irene is also the winner of Face Magazine 2020 Volunteer Animal Care Worker of the Year

David Harding

Brigitte Larsen

David Harding

Secretary/PR Director/Co-Founder


David has spent over 30 years in the local high tech industry but his off hours are dedicated to dog rescue. On his hobby farm he herds sheep but in board meetings he herds other directors into staying on topic :-)

Shanna Harding

Michael Rowland

Shanna Harding

Adoption Director/Co-Founder

​When not striving to find a perfect match for all our adoptables. Shanna likes to spend her free time with her horses, three dogs and two cats and occasionally a foster dog as well. She's been around animals her entire life and loves all aspects of training, care, and responsible animal ownership.

Patrick Morin

Michael Rowland

Shanna Harding

Foster Director


Having grown up with dogs, he is enjoying helping others reach their potential as he works closely with fosters and coordinators ensuring the dogs are in the best foster homes. Pat can’t resist seeing the dogs coming out of the crates at the airport on arrival dates. He falls fast for his husky/shepard dogs, buildings craz

Foster Director


Having grown up with dogs, he is enjoying helping others reach their potential as he works closely with fosters and coordinators ensuring the dogs are in the best foster homes. Pat can’t resist seeing the dogs coming out of the crates at the airport on arrival dates. He falls fast for his husky/shepard dogs, buildings crazy toys and structures for both his own dogs and the foster dogs.

Michael Rowland

Michael Rowland

Michael Rowland

Fundraising Director


Michael has always loved big dogs! Rotties are her number one! Michael would bring her dogs just about anywhere if she could and for her foster dogs who get to go to work with her, she basically does. Michael enjoys the reward of having to gain the trust of dogs and watching as they learn to be a happy, worry free dog who knows they are safe and loved.

Natasha MacMahone

Sissi Meng, CPA, CA

Sissi Meng, CPA, CA

Palliative Program Director 

Ever a philanthropist and cynophile, Natasha has loved every aspect of rescue. Natasha loves finding adoptable dogs the perfect furever homes, healing medical hold pups back to health, and providing palliative dogs the love they so deserve in their final days. In her free time, you can find Natasha running the

Palliative Program Director 

Ever a philanthropist and cynophile, Natasha has loved every aspect of rescue. Natasha loves finding adoptable dogs the perfect furever homes, healing medical hold pups back to health, and providing palliative dogs the love they so deserve in their final days. In her free time, you can find Natasha running the Instagram page, foster coordinating, taking college courses, forcing Freedom Storm and the rest of her family to snuggle her, and procrastinating planning her wedding. Somewhere along in her rescue life, Natasha lost her mind but found her soul.

Sissi Meng, CPA, CA

Sissi Meng, CPA, CA

Sissi Meng, CPA, CA

Board Treasurer


Sissi spent the earlier parts of her professional career auditing/ working/ volunteering with various non-for-profit entities from the finance perspective and have sat on other non-profit organizations locally as Board Treasurer.  She has also fostered, foster coordinated and worked with many dogs in the rescue with the vis

Board Treasurer


Sissi spent the earlier parts of her professional career auditing/ working/ volunteering with various non-for-profit entities from the finance perspective and have sat on other non-profit organizations locally as Board Treasurer.  She has also fostered, foster coordinated and worked with many dogs in the rescue with the vision of making Freedom happen one pup at a time. Her fur babies are all Freedom alumni.

OUR COORDINATORS

~ Rock Ladouceur - Foster Coordinator (West End)
~ Ali Digaspari - Foster Coordinators (Far West End)

~ Sylvia Sauve Newell - Foster Coordinator (Far East End)
~ Marielle Brunet-Loguisto - Foster Coordinator (Rockland)
~ Meagan Wiersema - Foster Coordinator (Central Ottawa)
​~ Pat Morin & Michael Rowland- Foster Coordinator (Orleans and surrounding areas)

~ KatieJenkins - Foster Coordinator (Barrhaven/ Central South)


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~ Sylvia Sauve Newell - Puppy Vetting Coordinator

 ~Danna Cross- Vetting Coordinator 


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~ Caroline Wolf - Lead Adoption Coordinator

~ Anjali Date - Adoption Coordinator 

~ Sherrie Moore - Adoption Coordinator 

~ Marielle Brunet-Loguisto - Adoption Coordinator 


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~Justine Arcand - Intake/Kennel Coordinator

~ Bonnie Towell Cherry -Head Intake Coordinator

~Pamela Brasseur- Intake Coordinator

~Rock Ladouceur - Intake Coordinator

~Jacques Chagnon~ Transport Coordinator

~Alice Martel~ Transport Coordinator

~Ellana Martin- Kennel Coordinator


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~ Margaret King Lalonde - Donation Coordinator

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