Meet the friendly staff at Turner Veterinary Service!
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Sophie PostHospital Manager
Sophie has been in the veterinary field since being 15 years old and joined TVS in May 2017 as the new manager. She previously worked at Norway Veterinary Hospital in Norway and Taylor Brook Animal Hospital in Auburn. When not at work, Sophie attends Husson University majoring in Business Administration. She also has an 8 year old son, who keeps her busy from morning to night. She resides in Rumford, and is also the mom to quite a number of animals.
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Rhonda BaillargeonLicensed Veterinary TechnicianRhonda holds an Associate Degree in Animal Medical Technology and has worked at TVS since 1997. She handles all aspects of animal care, including laboratory analysis, radiology, surgical assisting, client education and equipment maintenance. She also helps mentor new technicians coming to the practice. An avid ATV-er, she enjoys spending time with her husband, Marc, at their camp and riding ATV trails around the state of Maine. She also enjoys chicken and goat farming, gardening and sewing.
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Shelley GreenClient Service RepresentativeShelley joined TVS in 2006 and is responsible for scheduling your appointment, greeting and checking you in and out and making sure the schedule runs smoothly. When Shelley is not at work she enjoys camping, ice fishing, going to the ocean, spending time with her family and sporting events. Shelley lives in Turner with her boyfriend Matt and has 4 children Tyler, Jordan, Madison and Keegan and a granddaughter Brooklyn.
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Kacie ButcherClient Service RepresentativeYou will find Kacie at the front desk answering your phone calls, making your appointments and seeing that your pet feels welcome. Kacie enjoys spending time with her fiancée, Matt, and daughter Kameo and Kennedy. They enjoy 4-wheeling, working on diesel trucks and going to camp. Kacie has 1 dog ‘Blake’, 5 alpacas, a goat and numerous chickens.
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Mackenzie StevensonVeterinary TechnicianMackenzie (Mack) has 12 years of on the job training, 4 of which were in Emergency Medicine. She assists the doctors in x-ray, surgery, dental cleaning, lab work and client education. She has a great husband, Tyler and two wild boys, Wyatt and Isaac. When she is not spending time with them, she likes to bike or run. She has a B.A. in Fine Arts and specializes in watercolor portraits, but her love for animals has kept her going strong as a veterinary technician. Mack has been on the TVS team since 2010.
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Ashley PirrucelloVeterinary TechnicianAshley graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a Bachelor’s degree in Animal & Veterinary Sciences, and came to work full time at TVS, in May 2011. She assists our doctors in the clinic with appointments, lab work and surgeries. She enjoys spending her free time outdoors with her husband Tony either horseback riding, hunting, fishing or relaxing at Bear Pond. Ashley enjoys spending time with her husband, Tony, and their children, Addy and Blake. She also has two dogs, ‘Tyson’ and ‘Maya’, and two cats, 'Louie' and 'Ellie'.
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Michelle AutyClient Service RepresentativeMichelle has been in the veterinary field since 2012, joining Turner Veterinary Service in August 2017. She takes pride in her role here at TVS which includes, checking patients in and out, scheduling appointments, answering the phones, and over all making sure our patients and clients feel welcomed! She enjoys anything involved with being outdoors, and taking care of her handful of pets.
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Megan WileyVeterinary Technician
Megan graduated from the University of New Haven with a B.S. in Marine Biology in 2015 and moved to Maine shortly after to pursue a career in shellfish research. Her passion for caring for animals has drawn her to the veterinary field. She has been in the veterinary field for 3 years and loves every minute of it. Megan assists the doctors at the clinic in appointments, with lab work, and client education. When she is not at work she enjoys spending her free time with her fiancé Kyle and family. If she is not with them she is usually playing frisbee or hiking with her crazy dog Zoey, or traveling to Connecticut to spend time with her nephews. Megan also has a sassy cat named Piper.
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Brandi WilliamsLicensed Veterinary Technician
Brandi has always had a passion for animals. This passion led her to know what she wanted to do in life since she was a child. Brandi graduated in May 2019 with a bachelor's degree in Veterinary Sciences. She is so grateful to have become a part of the Turner Veterinary Service team. She loves spending her free time with her family and fiancé Jayson. Brandi loves taking her crazy, young dogs Remi and Emma for walks. When not working, she loves camping and kayaking.
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Katie PeerVeterinary Technician
Katie joined our team in June 2019. Before coming to TVS, she worked at Auburn Animal Center for 5 years. She lives in Buckfield with her boyfriend, Chris and their 13 year old Pitbull, Mercedez. When Katie isn't working, she enjoys spending time with her family, going to camp in New Portland and enjoying the ATV trails on her Polaris Rzr.
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Sandy ParentVeterinary Technician
Sandy joined our team in 2019. Before coming to TVS, she worked at Rumford Animal Hospital for 15 years. Sandy lives in Peru with her husband Paul, 2 cats and her dog, Sawyer. She loves spending time with her 2 sons, a daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren.
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Katelyn (Kate) PlummerVeterinary Technician
Kate recently joined the team at TVS after working 4 years at Falmouth Vet Hospital. She has accumulated over 10 years of experience in the veterinary field working in both small and large animal medicine. She has a soft spot for canine behavior cases and behavior modification techniques. When not at work, Kate greatly enjoys anything related to the outdoors; including hiking, hunting and fishing with her husband Jake. Kate and her husband share a house with 3 dogs, 3 cats and watch over a growing flock of chickens and turkeys. Kate also spends as much time as possible tuna fishing and lobstering on her family’s commercial fishing boat that they keep at a working wharf in Phippsburg, ME where she grew up.
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Emma HanscomClient Service Representative
Biography coming soon!