About Love Dogs.
Love Dogs Rescue and Foundation is a federal income tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization. Founded in 2019, we seek to end the killing of homeless dogs through two avenues: adoption and free or low cost spay/neuter.
Adoption.
In our Adoption program, we rescue homeless dogs and find loving homes for them. We provide the dogs with basic veterinary care, vaccinations, spay/neuter, and microchipping. Love Dogs assesses each of the dogs we rescue and make our best efforts to find the dog a compatible forever home. Part of Love Dogs’ mission is ensuring that we promote practices and behaviors wherein that unconditional love is returned to dogs by humans. To this end, we seek to provide our adopters and their dogs with resources and assistance after they have adopted their dog.
Spay and Neuter.
Our Spay/Neuter Program seeks to make free or low cost spay/neuter widely available, especially to communities in California’s Central Valley where the problem of dog homelessness is particularly acute. Love Dogs owns a state-of-the art 25 foot mobile medical unit. We partner with SNIP Bus, another nonprofit, to host free or low cost spay/neuter events on a regular and continuing basis. Eventually, we envision a time when low cost spay/neuter is widely available to all dogs in need.
Our Board.
Stephanie Schatz Friedman
Co-Founder & Board Chair
Stephanie has spent almost twenty years in sales, marketing, business development, operations and general management, with a focus on enterprise software. She has been involved in three successful startups and after one acquisition stayed on to manage operations for a $380M, 220 salesperson business as part of a public company. Stephanie currently serves on the boards of several startups and has acted as an investor in companies as well. Stephanie has lived and worked in several countries, is fluent in five language, and holds an MBA in International Business. Stephanie is passionate about dog rescue, counting three rescue dogs as a part of her family. She wants to use the knowledge, passion, and creativity of Silicon Valley to make a difference for dogs.
Arwa Kaddoura
Treasurer
Arwa is an accomplished sales executive with significant experience building and managing teams. She has helped scale startups from small companies to large performing entities by recruiting and managing talent and growth. Arwa is currently a Partner at Winning by Design, where she acts as a key advisor to portfolio companies in the area of sales operations. She also is an advisor with Axiom, Inc. Arwa previously served as a Senior Director at Microsoft. She holds an MBA and undergraduate degrees in Finance and Accounting.
Teresa Walker
Founding Board Member
Teresa is highly experienced, accomplished, and well-respected in the field of dog rescue. Teresa is the founder of another non-profit, No Paws Left Behind Dog Rescue and Transport, located in Bakersfield, California. Each week, Teresa coordinates the transportation of approximately 35-40 dogs and cats from Kern County shelters to dog rescue groups. Since 2011, Teresa has driven over 400,000 miles transporting over 12,000 dogs and cats to safety. As a result of her work, Teresa has extensive connections with Central Valley shelters. She is often called upon to provide emergency assistance to dogs in need of medical care or asked to help find placement for dogs desperately in need. Teresa is actively involved in spearheading Love Dogs’ mission to bring high volume/low cost spay and neuter services to the Central Valley.
LOVE DOGS RESCUE AND FOUNDATION, INC. IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION WITH 501(C)(3) TAX EXEMPT STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES, EIN# 84-2786028.