For over 20 years, my career was in the Construction Industry working for electrical contractors as an Executive Assistant/Project Support. I reported to all levels of management and corporate executives. My background consisted of assisting Electrical Project Managers/Executives on small and capital project ranging from $50K to $20M. I have experience in all aspects of project management, operations, accounting, purchasing, proposals, contract administration, inventory, records managements, scheduling, and document control. Later in my career I took a position as Director of Operations which included supervising field personnel (crews of 5+) during large trade show booth and low voltage installations. 

 

In my spare time and because I have a love for all animals, I started volunteering with a local animal rescue group while living in Las Vegas, Nevada. So many animals were neglected and I wanted to help change that somehow. I worked with the Churchill Foundation and met some amazing people along the way.  They taught me that you can’t save every animal but the ones you do save you change their fate and give them a chance to live. While living in Kentucky, I volunteered with an organization that rehabbed injured or abandoned wildlife. When the animals were big enough to be released and be on their own we offered to let them live in the woods behind our house and helped them transition to living in the wild. These animals included raccoons, squirrels, opossum and a spoiled groundhog.

 

Working in animal rescue, I learned that in the United States countless horses end up abandoned in kill-pens. Kill-Pens are holding areas for horses until they are shipped to slaughter in Mexico or Canada. These horses some healthy, while others are sick, endure abuse and starvation along the way before being inhumanely killed. I wanted to change what was happening to these animals as no living being deserves this treatment.

 

My whole life I always dreamed of owning horses but I was never in a position or location to have them. When Cory (my husband) and I purchased 43 acres in Amarillo, Texas things changed! In 2022, I decided to give up my corporate job and follow my passions for animal welfare/rescue and we started Fletcher Farms Amarillo. We wasted no time and rescued six Belgian Draft Horses and two donkeys from shipping to slaughter. No animal deserves to be neglected and abandoned at a kill pen. I wanted to make a difference for the animals I could help and change their fate.  

 

At the end of 2022, we knew if we wanted to continue rescuing Belgian Draft horses we were going to need help financially. Cory and I started the Big Hoof Foundation along with three of my close friends (Kara, Jeannine and Michelle) who are amazingly talented and bring a plethora of knowledge to this organization. My vision for this foundation is to give these abandoned, neglected horses a loving, nurturing, and healthy place to retire in dignity and grace.

​

I have learned through the years that life is too short to not live your dreams and follow your passions. Steve Jobs once said "The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do." And I might be that crazy!