ABOUT US

Lisa Simonsen

Lisa Simonsen has been a breeder, owner and handler of Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs under the “Painted Mtn” prefix for over 25 years, producing over 50 Champions. Over these many years she has also been an active volunteer serving the GSMDCA as President, Treasurer, Health Committee Chair and a member of numerous other Committees. In 2019 Lisa was awarded the GSMDCA’s Margaret Poole Lifetime Achievement Award to honor her long time service to the Club and the Breed.

On a local level she is a founding member and current President of the Cascade Greater
Swiss Mountain Dog Club and has served on the Board in one position or another since the
inception of the Club in 1998.

Lisa has been a long-time champion of GSMD health and understands the value of canine health research and education.
Lisa graduated from Oregon State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and still
resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and several Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs.

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Liz Coit

Liz has had a long career in the for-profit, non-profit, and education sectors. Her non-profit work includes both roles as executive director and director on many boards. Prior to crossing over to the not-for-profit sector, Liz served for over 20 years as an executive with several Fortune 100  financial services firms.

Liz holds an AB degree with honors in economics and psychology from Occidental College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.  She also earned a certificate in Strategic Leadership for Non-Profits from Harvard and holds a Certificate in Fundraising Management from the IU School of Philanthropy.

In addition to serving as a Director and Treasurer for the GSMDCA Health Foundation, Liz serves as President of the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club of America. Liz's many beloved Swissys have been successful in a number of venues, the whelping box, and on the couch. Liz's special Swissy Shine was the GSMDCA Ambassador of the Breed in 2019. Her couch is currently filled by Swissy Tink (6) who is Liz's active therapy partner  and Pascal (6 year old Berger Picard) who is the family clown..

Kelly Nevin Lovley, PhD

Kelly has been a swissy owner for over 20 years.  She is the owner of Prism Greater Swiss Mtn Dogs.  She has been actively involved national club activities

having served on the GSMDCA board for 10 years in total including 4 year as president and as the long time awards chair for the GSMDCA.

In 2015, Kelly was awarded the Friend of the Swissy for her service to the club.  Additionally, she is a GSMDA draft and weight pull judge.

Kelly has been on the board of the Swissy Club of New England (SCONE) since the founding of the club.  She hosts yearly GSMDCA draft test and AKC all breed herding tests and trials for the club.

Kelly has a PhD in Microbiology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and worked as research faculty at UMASS for 20 years.  She lives outside of the town of Amherst, with her husband, daughter, swissies and lots of farm animals.

Anna Wallace

Anna is a Preservation Breeder who owns and operates Liberty Run Kennel & Pet Resort in the Oklahoma City area. She focuses on boarding, grooming and breeding for the AKC conformation ring.   Her first purebred, AKC registered dog was a Bernese Mountain Dog named Sam who earned his CD obedience title in 1994 with three scores above 195 out of a possible 200 points.  That lead to the addition of Walker, a Bernese Mountain Dog who became Anna's first AKC Champion.  Anna been heavily involved in the sport ever since with Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs and 

Entlebucher Mountain Dogs, having completed over 100 conformation titles and having had multiple dogs in Top 10 rankings over the years. 

Anna has served in various board and committee positions in both the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club of America, the National Entlebucher Mountain Dog Association, the Heart of the Plains Kennel Club, and the Oklahoma City Kennel Club. Anna has earned her permit/provisional status as an AKC Conformation judge in multiple breeds, including Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs.

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Annie Barnett

Annie Barnett’s involvement with the GSMD began over a decade ago. She has been
a member of the GSMDCA since 2013 and has been involved in many aspects of dog
sports. Locally, she has been a member of the Intermountain West Working Group
Club since 2016, and has served as Secretary and Director over the years. She has
served as a Director of the Cascade GSMD Club, as well as their Working Dog Chair.
She is currently a Director on the GSMDCA board, serving her second term. She has
been a member of the GSMDCA health committee since 2019. Her educational
background is in biochemistry.

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Sarah Jensen

Sarah Jensen has owned six GSMDs since 2010.  Her first Swissy, Quinn, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in November 2014 at the age of 4. He passed away seven months later in May 2015. Since then, Sarah has vigorously supported the formation of a 501(c)3 foundation with a mission to fund research targeted toward GSMD health issues. 

Sarah is proud to serve on the inaugural Board of Directors of the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club of America’s Health Foundation and looks forward to the positive impact it will make in the future. Sarah also serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club of America, and has been a member of the GSMDCA Health Committee for many years. 

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She and her husband live in Rochester, IL and share their home and hearts with three Swissys: Arthur (9 yo), Riley (6 yo) and Ullr (3 yo).

Martha Tubman, DVM

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