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Team Leads Summit

Sarah Parsons, LVT

Sarah Parsons is a licensed veterinary technician with 10 years of experience in practice, as well as a social media content creator. She creates videos about the unique quirks of working in veterinary medicine, and loves to teach veterinary professionals how to have fun, laugh, and enjoy their job! About Sarah's Team Leads Summit Session: Positivity and Morale Boost in the Vet Clinic Through her social media channels (@watreallyhappensatthevet), Sarah Parsons has implemented a “Laughter is the Best Medicine” theory to help veterinary professionals see the power of fun in practice. Everyone wants to enjoy their work and to enjoy their lives, and Sarah’s mission is to spread the message of joy. In her workshop, she will share solutions to boost team morale, create a positive work environment and keep a truly engaged team.

Amanda Schwarzwalder, RVT, KPA CTP, VTS (Behavior), CVPM

For over 20 years Amanda has worked as a veterinary technician in various capacities. Her interest in behavior led her to join Dr. Feltes at The Behavior Clinic in 2009. She graduated from the AAHA Distance Education Program (Cedar Valley College) and attended Ashland University majoring in History and Geology, completing an additional degree in business in 2021.

As the Practice Manager, Amanda is often behind the scenes handling the day-to-day business of keeping TBC running, supporting our referring veterinarians, and working with the TBC team to assist our clients and their pets.

A nationally recognized speaker in veterinary behavior and Fear FreeTM Approved Speaker, Amanda enjoys teaching veterinary team members how to implement and develop behavior care as a team. When not at work, she enjoys hiking, reading, and hanging out with her husband Scott, their 2 German Shorthaired Pointers (Brego & Moose), and the family clowder.

Unleashing Team Training Success

When it comes to training, timing matters! Animal behavior expert Amanda Schwarzwalder is taking her extensive knowledge of animal behavior and has applied it to create successful training techniques that lead to positive outcomes for her team. She will share how she implements timely feedback, breaks down complex tasks into smaller, manageable ones to support collaborative learning, and creates optimal training environments. This interactive workshop will help you find time for training and make that time as effective as possible.

Megan Brashear, BS, RVT, VTS (ECC)

Megan Brashear, BS, RVT, VTS (ECC) graduated in 2000 with a BS in Veterinary Technology and obtained her Veterinary Technician Specialty in Emergency/Critical Care in 2004. She has enjoyed working in emergency and critical care since 2000 and is the Senior Manager of Veterinary Nursing at the Purdue University Veterinary Hospital in West Lafayette, Indiana. Here, Megan truly enjoys the opportunity to work with veterinary nursing supervisors as well as teach and train technicians and students in the hospital. She loves to travel and lecture sharing her knowledge with veterinary technicians and nurses around the world.

Thriving Not Just Surviving Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary medicine is not always a walk in the park. There are days that it is hard! In her general session, Megan Brashear will share her personal story of successfully managing complete professional burnout. The techniques she implemented brought her back to finding fun and fulfillment in veterinary medicine and helped others on the team do the same.

Quincy Hawley, DVM

Dr. Quincy Hawley is a 2013 graduate of NC State's CVM and has been in small animal practice and relief veterinarian since graduating. Most notably, he is an internationally recognized speaker who presents on well-being and burnout preparedness for veterinary professionals.

After overcoming his own bout of veterinary burnout, he cofounded Get MotiVETed Veterinary Wellbeing Solutions LLC to help all members of the vet community to enjoy life and vet med instead of enduring through them.

Dr. Hawley is also one of the co-creators of Get MotiVETed University - the world’s first school of well-being specifically for veterinary professionals, which houses the Veterinary Burnout P.R.E.P. Certification Training Program. Through the Get MotiVETed platform, Dr. Hawley hopes to make poor well-being and burnout things of the past for the entire global veterinary community!

How to Burnout Proof Your Life and Vet Experience as a Team Leader

Veterinary professionals in all roles are prone to burnout, and likely will experience it at some point in their careers. It’s time to take a proactive approach! In this workshop session, Quincy Hawley will share his team’s 5-step process that will guide you toward a burnout proof experience in veterinary medicine. Bonus: it requires no permission and no money to implement! This framework can be applied to your own career and shared with your team.

Maria Pirita, CVPM

Maria Pirita is currently the Business Development Coordinator at Uncharted Veterinary Community where she is responsible for strategic direction with industry partners and creating educational content for the veterinary community. A seasoned professional with 20 years of leadership experience and nearly a decade of that within veterinary medicine, Maria is well known for driving growth through positive culture, effective marketing strategies, and careful strategic planning. She most recently served as the Executive Director of a veterinary clinic which she directly grew from a single doctor to a multi-million dollar practice in just 3 years. Maria has an Associate's Degree in Business Administration and recently passed her exam to become a Certified Veterinary Practice Manager. She is currently based out of Tampa, Florida where she shares her home with her husband, dog, two rabbits and a quaker parrot.

About Maria's Team Leads Summit Session: Conflict Management - Mastering Mediation Conflict is always a challenge, but it is especially hard for Team Leads who frequently play the role of mediator. In this workshop, Maria Pirita, CVPM will be discussing the 7 different types of conflict resolution and how they can each be adapted to the clinic setting. She will share which of these tools make the most sense for multiple kinds of scenarios and how relationship-building plays a vital role in making conflict mediation successful.

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