Board of Directors
Tom Poppey, President
Tom Poppey has supported the Scituate Animal Shelter for many years in many capacities. He was a past Board member and has previously served two terms as President of the Board.
Head of Global Securities Lending at Brown Brothers Harriman in Boston, Tom has been a longtime member of SAS's Finance and Audit Committee. Tom and his wife Elissa Flynn-Poppey reside in Scituate with a menagerie of rescued dogs and cats, including SAS alums.
Karen McKenna, Vice President
Karen McKenna has a long history of supporting and guiding SAS. An Estate and Gift Tax Planning Attorney, she is a Partner at Boston-based firm Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers PC and a graduate of Duke University School of Law.
A previous Board Member who has been deeply involved with nearly all aspects of SAS, Karen resides in Scituate with her husband and SAS alum rescue pets.
Peter Maki, Treasurer
Peter has been a supporter of SAS for many years, and currently serves as Chair for the Finance and Audit Committee.
Presently, he is the CFO of Rockland-based Polymer Corporation, a precision plastic parts manufacturer. Peter resides in Scituate with his wife, and two cats adopted from SAS: Nemo and Casper.
Jay DeYoung, Clerk
Jay is a Principal at the Boston office of Fish & Richardson PC. She focuses on helping academic and research institutions, hospitals and biotech companies from start-up to midsize to protect their cutting-edge and foundational life science discoveries with strong intellectual property rights, both in the US and abroad. Jay has a life-long love of animals, and she and her family are currently owned by 6 kitties, three of whom are over the age of 15. She joined the SAS Board in 2021.
Romalda Blanchard
A Norwell resident, Roe has been a longtime canine volunteer with the Scituate Animal Shelter. She joined the SAS Board in winter 2024, bringing with her a valuable "shelter
insider's" perspective.
Formerly Assistant Dean of Admissions at her alma mater, Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, Roe is a lifelong athlete and certified personal trainer.
Amanda Crowley
Amanda Crowley has previously served on the Finance & Audit Committee and has been deeply involved in fundraising for SAS, including co-chairing the 2023 Putt for Pets SAS Golf Classic. She had a 25-year career in the financial services industry and has been in real estate since 2018.
Originally from the Washington DC area, Amanda has been a Massachusetts resident since 2012. A mother to 3 children, she and her husband live on the South Shore with a rescue dog and a 'very mean" rescue kitty.
Paul Kennedy
Paul Kennedy joined the board in 2024. He is a longtime supporter of the Scituate Animal Shelter. As a recently retired partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Boston, he is able to focus more of his time on the shelter, volunteering as a dog walker and lending a hand to facility maintenance.
Paul was a senior partner with PwC who led the firm’s Financial Services Mergers & Acquisitions practice in the US, assisting Private Equity and Corporate clients plan for and successfully execute some of their most complex acquisitions and divestitures. He lives in Cohasset with his wife Maria and SAS alum Tippi. Lifelong animal welfare advocates, Tippi is the fifth rescue they have adopted together.
Carla Poulson
Carla Poulson is a Chief People Officer and Executive Coach. She focuses on helping organizations get the most out of their greatest asset in the workplace - their people. Her expertise includes working with individuals, startups, and mid-size to large institutions in all aspects of Human Resources.
Since Carla was very young, she has been an animal lover and advocate, often bringing home strays and taking care of them. Carla currently has an 11-year-old Labradoodle called Corduroy, 3-year-old Shih Tzu called Finnegan and 10-year-old Cat called Magnolia - an SAS Alum.
Michael Rosen
Michael Rosen joined the Board in November 2023. He is a Senior Audit Manager with Iron Mountain in Boston. An alumni of Umass Amherst, he graduated with an accounting degree from the Isenberg School of Management. He has previously served on the Finance and Audit Committee with SAS.
Since childhood, Michael has been an avid animal lover and advocate. Michael and his wife Juliette reside in Norwell with their rescue dog Walter and turtle named Mars.
Diana Watkins, DVM
Diana Watkins joined SAS's Board in 2022. A small animal veterinarian who graduated with high honors from Tufts Veterinary School, Dr. Watkins opened her own practice, 143 Veterinary Services, in Cohasset in 2023.
In her free time, she is an avid runner who has competed in 4 marathons and 13 half marathons, and is a hiker currently making her way through New Hampshire's 48, the 48 mountains over 4000 feet in height. Dr. Watkins lives with her husband and three adorable young boys in Cohasset. The family shares their home with three cats, (Smitty, Chicken, and Kiki- all bottle fed orphans), one miniature poodle named Shadow, and a free roaming house rabbit named Snowgrace.