How Michelson Found Animals Foundation Became a Pet’s Best Friend

Posted by Morgan Carey, Nonprofit Industry Marketing Lead
When Aimee Gilbreath was 12 years old, her parents, recognizing her desire to one day become a veterinarian, had her shadow the animal doctor on their horse farm for a day.
She didn’t become a vet. She got a degree in molecular biology, an MBA, and went to work for a major consulting firm, with her focus being pharmaceuticals and biotech. But a decade later, mixing her day job with animal welfare volunteer work, the flame to serve animals in a deeper capacity still burned. In 2008, she started perusing job advertisements, with the aim of combining her skillset and her passion in a meaningful way.