Esther A. Mills, President

Esther has lived in Longmont for more than 30 years. She volunteered with the Longmont Humane Society for 24 years, serving as volunteer coordinator for eight years and on the board for 12 years. She owns/operates Mrs. Doolittle’s Doggie Daycare. She is the chair of the Fundraising Committee. Her son and daughter are grown up, but she shares her home with her feline family.

Tonni Loutzenhiser, Vice President & Executive Director

Tonni has lived in Longmont since 2000. She started feeding and trapping in The Hood colony in 2010, and in 2012 she and feeders from The Hood and Big T’s colonies combined efforts to form Longmont Friends of Feral & Abandoned Cats (LFFAC). Tonni holds a BA in Economics from St. Louis University and an MSW with a concentration in mental health from Southern Illinois University-E.

Nancy Stafford, Secretary

Nancy moved to Colorado in 1999 and settled in Frederick in 2004. She holds a BS degree from the State University of New York in Secondary Education. She is retired from a career in asset and property management, and worked with the Boards of a number of nonprofit housing providers. After retirement, she served on the board for Wild Bird Rehabilitation in Denver for two years, working to rehabilitate and release injured or orphaned wild birds. Wishing to volunteer nearer her community, and having adopted two shelter cats, she was delighted when LFFAC accepted her volunteer application.

George Limestahl, Treasurer

George holds Engineering degrees from the University of Cincinnati and worked for IBM and Lexmark International before retiring. He and his late wife Bev moved to Longmont in 1975 on relocation from Lexington, Kentucky. George has served previously on local nonprofit boards of directors and finance committees, including for the Longmont Humane Society, where he served as Treasurer and on the Finance Committee, and on the Finance Committee of Central Presbyterian Church. George has lived with cats most of his life, from his childhood companion Sylvester to the much loved and recently departed LFFAC adoptee Blaze.

Sam Shore, Member

Sam came to LFFAC as an opportunity to pay tribute to a beloved cat who passed in early 2023.  With a background in television production and broadcast technology Sam contributes to software applications and media development. Sam and wife, Lois, settled in Longmont in 2017 with rescue cat Keko.  Almost never without a cat in the family since childhood, Sam is dedicated to improving the lives of Longmont’s community cats and making the LFFAC media and software operations run smoothly.

Dr. Molly Abernathy, DVM

Family Pet Animal Hospital, Longmont, Colorado

Dr. Molly Abernathy is the Owner and Veterinarian of Family Pet Hospital in Longmont.  She opened Family Pet Hospital in 2015 to fulfill her dream of offering tailored care for dogs and cats in an environment that reduces both the pet’s and the owner’s stress levels.  She graduated from Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2005 and has completed advanced training in emergency medicine, small animal dental care, and veterinary acupuncture. She is particularly passionate about dentistry, dermatology, and pain management. When not working with the pets and clients of Family Pet Hospital, Dr. Abernathy spends her time with her three beautiful daughters, her husband, her three-legged kitty Gertrude, her blind special-needs kitten Fern, and, of course, Walter, the Family Pet Hospital cat.

Dr. Janet Glenn, DVM

Pets & Pals Veterinary Hospital, Lafayette, Colorado

Dr. Janet Glenn is a veterinarian practicing at Pets & Pals Veterinary Hospital in Lafayette. She graduated from Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital in 1994. She served in the Peace Corps in West Africa for two years and has been in small animal practice since then. When not working at Pets & Pals, Dr. Glenn enjoys spending fun times with her large family, and her furry and scaly pets: her cats Stanley, Moses, and Tank, her dog Stella, and, let us not forget, her African tortoise Wally Su (the scaly pet). She has been helpful advising and assisting with medical care for LFFAC’s colony cats.

Theresa Hayes, UW-AAB