Who We Are
Shiva's Center for the Human-Animal Bond is a non-profit human and animal welfare organization that aims to provide the medical, psychological and educational services not currently available in Santa Barbara County.
Board of Directors
Carol Giamoni Copelan: President
Born and raised in New Jersey to Italian/Sicilian parents Carol moved to San Diego in 1981. Carol originally attended school to become a nurse. She worked in the nursing field for many years, putting herself through school. One of her favorite jobs was working for a veterinarian in San Diego (Agape Veterinary Clinic) assisting the hospital in numerous capacity, even assisting with surgeries. Carol started to work for the Better Business Bureau in San Diego in 1988. In July of 1996 Carol moved to Santa Barbara to manage and direct the BBB of the Tri-Counties with her husband, Rick. She is now the VP/CFO/Director of Operations of our local BBB.
While in San Diego, Carol adopted a white Pomeranian named Paco Joey ( P.J ); and before leaving the area, adopted another Pomeranian, Sukey. She lost Sukey January 2008 at the age of 17! Carol now lives with and loves a Pomeranian named “Lily-Belle”, a distant relative of Sukey. She has also adopted three cats from ASAP since January 2008. Rounding out their diverse home are 4 birds a Bourke’s parakeet named Aloha, 2 cockatiels named Niñe and Squeaky and a Conoure named Conrad they are also accompanied by two rabbits a Dutch named Tinker and Dutch/Dwarf named Willie Wonko.
Carol has always wanted to work with and help all animals and has a deep passion for animals. Anyone who knows Carol or visits our local BBB knows about her love for them. She eagerly joined Shiva’s Center after meeting the founder through CARE Hospital. When invited to join the board, she jumped at the opportunity to work with and advocate for animals, as well as increase public awareness of the animal-human bond. In her spare time, Carol enjoys photography, specializing in photos of animals and humans with their animals.
Trish Lane: Board Member & Founder
Dr. Trish Lane founded Shiva's Center for the Human-Animal Bond in 2006. The organization is named in honor of her Golden Retriever, Shiva Berlin Lane (1990-2003) who has been one of her most valued teachers (read more about Shiva at "Shiva's Story"). Trish also co-founded Santa Barbara's first and only 24 hour emergency and referral animal hospital (California Animal Referral & Emergency Hospital - C.A.R.E.) in 2003. C.A.R.E. Hospital is also dedicated in Shiva's honor (www.carehospital.org). She is committed to the care and well-being of both domestic and wild animals - providing pro bono services for wildlife at CARE Hospital (when Wildlife Network in closed), working with city and county animal services, and as a 24-hour facility - providing a place for Good Samaritans to take lost and injured animals of all types.
Trish is a licensed clinical psychologist and has been licensed and working in the mental health field since 1988. In addition to her roles at Shiva's Center and CARE Hospital, she also works part-time at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital providing psychological services and maintains a small private practice. She was the first to establish a pet loss support group in Santa Barbara (facilitated by animal lovers/advocates who are also licensed clinicians). When Shiva died in 2003, she was surprised to find that our animal loving community had no place to grieve the loss of their companions. The group has been in existence since 2004 and meets twice monthly at Santa Barbara Hospice.
Trish lives with her veterinarian spouse and their three dogs. Two of their 'kids' (Zack and Deuce) are rescues, the other, a Golden Retriever, named Maya. The couple moved to Santa Barbara in 2002 to establish C.A.R.E. Hospital and to live out Trish's dream to live in Santa Barbara.
Cathy Macaulay, CPA: Treasurer (Chief Financial Officer)
Bio
Pam Covington: Secretary
Pam has been involved with animal issues for over ten years. Her business experience has enabled her to play an active role in the organization of fundraising events in the Santa Barbara area. She is also an ambassador for a highly respected sanctuary and has spent time working with the animals at the sanctuary in Utah. Pam has also written several published newspaper articles discussing a variety of topics regarding animal welfare. The chance to work with a dedicated group that provides much needed support for those who have lost pets, helps further educate the veterinary community, and helps those who cannot afford to provide medical care for their pets is, to her, its own reward.
Pam has been a Santa Barbara resident since 1970, a Realtor since 1983 and from 1994 until her recent retirement, the owner of a local property management company. She and her husband Bruce have been adopted by two beautiful black Labrador Retrievers named Casey and Cody.
Deanna Purvis, VMD, DACVECC, CVA
Veterinary Consultant, Co-Founder, C.A.R.E. Hospital, Chief of Staff, C.A.R.E. Hospital
Deanna Purvis, VMD, DACVECC, CVA, is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine and is board certified by the American College of Emergency & Critical Care (ACVECC). With 15 years of experience as a boarded specialist in critical care medicine, she is Chief of Staff and Director of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine at CARE Hospital. She graduated from veterinary school in 1988, then completed her internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Following her internship she completed two years of residency training in small animal surgery at the University of Tennessee. During her residency, she realized her passion for care of the critically ill/ICU patients. She shifted her focus and was accepted into the residency training program in Emergency and Critical Care at the Animal Emergency Center (Milwaukee, WI). She became certified as a diplomate of ACVECC in 1994.
Since 1994, Dr. Purvis has directed emergency/critical care departments at Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital in Portland, Oregon; SouthPaws Veterinary Referral Center in Springfield, Virginia; and was a consultant for the Regional Emergency Animal Care Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. Dr. Purvis, her psychologist spouse and a colleague founded the California Animal Referral & Emergency (C.A.R.E.) Hospital in July 2003 – establishing Santa Barbara’s first veterinary specialty hospital.
She enjoys working with referring veterinarians and clients to aid in their understanding of critical disease and life threatening emergencies. Her clinical interests, often influenced from the work of human medicine counterparts, include treatment of the septic/SIRS patient, patients in shock, and patients requiring immediate surgical intervention. She continues her role as both teacher and student through frequent attendance at national human and veterinary conferences.
Dr. Purvis lives in the San Roque Community of Santa Barbara with her spouse and three dogs. Maya, the golden retriever, Zack, the Carolina Mountain Dog (rescued from an Asheville, NC pound), and Deuce, a Jack Russell mix (rescued from CARE Hospital) bring lots of laughs and love to their family. In addition to her love of animals, she’s an avid reader of Eastern thought, follows Buddhist practices, and loves lots of different kinds of music.
The Shiva's Center Board are proud to have Dr. Purvis as their consultant for veterinary medicine and appreciate all that she does for the Santa Barbara community.