Paws to Hooves Connection
Our Team
Susan Krebsbach, DVM
Dr. Susan Krebsbach is a veterinarian, animal welfare expert, and behavioral consultant with more than 30 years of experience advancing the wellbeing of animals across species and settings. Her work integrates veterinary medicine, behavioral science, and welfare assessment to support legal petitions and cruelty investigations, provide expert testimony, and guide organizational advocacy and public policy.
She has held national leadership roles, contributed to landmark access to care initiatives, and provided extensive teaching and public education across veterinary, legal, and animal welfare communities. She brings a rigorous, evidence based, and compassionate approach to evaluating animal welfare and guiding policy, practice, and decision making.
As the founder and Executive Director of Paws to Hooves Connection, Dr. Krebsbach is deeply committed to strengthening the human–animal bond through science based education, collaborative advocacy, and community engagement. Her enthusiasm for this work—illuminating the similarities between companion and farm animals in ways that foster empathy, inspire informed choices, and advance animal welfare—reflects her lifelong dedication to creating a world where animals are treated with compassion, respect, and understanding—and where people are empowered to champion their wellbeing.
Chelci Meier
Chelci Meier serves as the Outreach Director for Paws to Hooves Connection.
A lifelong animal lover, Chelci has always felt a deep connection to animals and believes that learning more about who they are as individuals can help us become more compassionate toward them—and toward one another.
Chelci is especially passionate about bringing people together through education, storytelling, and community partnerships. Through her work with Paws to Hooves Connection, she hopes to create opportunities for people to recognize the similarities between the animals we share our homes with and those we may encounter in other settings, encouraging curiosity, empathy, and thoughtful conversations without judgment. With a background in healthcare, communications, and virtual assistance, Chelci brings both creativity and a people-centered approach to her role. She enjoys connecting with organizations in the community, developing partnerships, sharing meaningful stories, and helping bring the mission of Paws to Hooves Connection to life. Outside of her work with the organization, Chelci is a wife and mom who loves spending time with her family and animals, being outdoors, running, and exploring Wisconsin. Her faith, family, and compassion for both people and animals are at the heart of what she does, and she hopes her involvement with Paws to Hooves Connection can help inspire small moments of connection that lead to greater understanding and kindness.
Linda Richardson
