Meet our Staff

Doris Duncan was introduced to wildlife rehabilitation in 1997 at the urging of her young daughter. They began volunteering at various wildlife centers throughout Northern California. In 2000, Doris was hired as the first employee of Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue and became the organization’s Executive Director.

Inspired by the needs of wildlife and the community, Doris launched several innovative, fee-based programs, including A Wildlife Exclusion Service, Barn Owl Maintenance Service, Predator Education Exclusion Service, Wild Academy CA, and One With The Wild Wellness. These initiatives have become central to her focus on mitigating human-wildlife conflict through practical solutions, education, and community involvement. Doris finds mentoring with colleagues, staff, volunteers, and the community; the most important and valuable part of work as a wildlife rehabilitator and educator. 

Danielle McGuire is the Animal Care Director at Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue, where her journey began in 2008 as an entry-level Animal Care Assistant. Starting at a time when the organization faced limited resources, Danielle embraced a “do what’s needed” approach, taking on roles in nearly every department including Education, Exclusion, BOMP (Barn Owl Maintenance Program), Administration, and Facility Maintenance. Often wearing multiple hats, she played a key role in helping the organization grow into the thriving rescue it is today.

As Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue expanded and stabilized, Danielle turned her full attention to advancing the Animal Care Program. In 2010, she returned to school to earn her Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) license, a pivotal step that elevated the quality and professionalism of the medical care provided to wildlife patients.

A Sonoma County native, Danielle has had a lifelong passion for wildlife. While she initially pursued a career in animal care to avoid working with people, she’s come to understand that wildlife rehabilitation is deeply connected to community education and human collaboration. Her favorite animals are river otters, and she has a special soft spot for caring for opossums.

Outside of work, Danielle enjoys spending time outdoors reflecting her deep connection to nature and the wild animals she works tirelessly to protect.

Katie Woolery has been the Assistant Animal Care Director at Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue since 2015. She has a BS in Environmental Biology from California Polytechnic University in Pomona but, like most rehabbers, learned most of what she uses now on the job from the wildlife and skilled people that make the rescue what it is. From the get-go her passion lies in the rehabilitation process from beginning to end and beyond. Since the beginning, she has had the grand opportunity to watch and be a part of Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue’s growth and fine-tuning of rehabilitation practices for species all across the board, to now specializing in larger mammals and predators. 

In addition to her role as Assistant Animal Care Director, she is SCWR’s Release Site Coordinator and Agency Liaison Coordinator. In her role as Release Site Coordinator, she works with SCWR’s private release site owners to find suitable habitats for wildlife patients as they return to the wild. As our Agency Liaison Coordinator, she helps us navigate between the various government agencies and partner organizations we collaborate with.

Kelsey works with volunteers and community members alike to support wildlife in need and help people better understand the wild neighbors that share our community. She has found that one of the most rewarding parts of her role is helping others recognize the important role wildlife plays in both our human-made and natural world, and using that knowledge to encourage more thoughtful coexistence with the wildlife around us.

Since joining the rescue in 2019, Kelsey has gained significant experience in human-wildlife conflict resolution and has developed a particular appreciation for the work of the Barn Owl Maintenance Program. She enjoys helping people find practical, humane ways to live alongside wildlife while protecting both animals and the places we share.

Outside of her work at the rescue, Kelsey enjoys cooking, gardening, playing board games with friends, and spending time with her husband, Ben, and their Australian Cattle Dog, Maisel.

Dr. Dan Famini has been the veterinarian of record for Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue since he graduated from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in 2005. Over the past 15 years he has provided medical, surgical, and preventative care to many thousands of patients including dozens of native species. 

Dr. Famini’s delights in the diversity of the veterinary field and his other current employment includes directing and instructing the Santa Rosa Junior College’s Veterinary Tech Program, working as an emergency veterinarian every weekend at Petcare East Animal Hospital, and providing shelter medicine services for Pets Lifeline in Sonoma.  Dan lives with his wife, two daughters, and a dozen pets and enjoys gardening, card games, and hammocking.  

Casey has lived in Sonoma County his whole life and has loved spending time outside and exploring the outdoors for as long as he can remember. He started working with wildlife as a sophomore at Casa Grande High School in the United Angler Program, where he had hands hands on experience catching chinook salmon from local creeks and spawning them in the student-run fish hatchery on campus. After high school, he attended the Santa Rosa Junior College where he received an associates degree in Environmental Studies. He enjoys being part of the wildlife rescue team and thinks that the raccoon is the most interesting of all the species he works with.

Taylor was born and raised in Sonoma County, where she had the opportunity to experience wildlife in both a natural and suburban setting. She then moved to San Francisco, where she got her bachelor’s degree in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism at San Francisco State University. While living there, she observed wildlife’s exceptional capacity to adapt to a human environment. A first-hand experience with city dwelling coyotes awakened Taylor’s passion for protecting animals that are being displaced by human behavior. She is fascinated by animals’ unique adaptations; for example, opossums’ evolved immunity to rabies and Lyme disease. This marsupial and hawks are Taylor’s favorite animals to work with here at SCWR. 

Sarah grew up in Sonoma County surrounded by pets and livestock. She spent her childhood summers visiting national parks and monuments with her family, eventually seeing a wolverine in Glacier National Park. This encounter led her to pursue and obtain a bachelor's degree in Wildlife from Humboldt State University. After graduating in 2024, she solidified her dream of working with wildlife when she found Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue. She loves every aspect of the work that comes with rehabilitating our native animals, whether that be bottle feeding raccoons or cleaning out enclosures. Her favorite animal to work with is currently the Virginia opossum, but it changes often!

Born and raised in Sonoma County, Kyle has always wanted to work with animals from a very young age. This love for animals transformed into a passion for conservation as he grew older and became more familiar and in tune with our local ecosystems. To put his motivation into hands-on work, Kyle volunteered with SCWR in 2022, later returning for a six-month internship in 2025. In his work here, Kyle focuses heavily on reconnecting people with the natural world that surrounds them and reminding them that they belong to this same world. Outside of work, he enjoys going on walks with his dog, Byrd, baking bread, and listening to music. His favorite animal to work with is the coyote due to their incredible sense of smell and determined nature. 

Jorge grew up in Sonoma County, and as a child, he enjoyed exploring the creeks behind his home, where the summer months would bring an onslaught of amphibians and reptiles to catch. His fascination with wildlife was founded early on. As an adult, he finds himself exploring creeks and lakes in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada along Highway 395. He spent several years working in the trades and brings that knowledge to Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue, where he assists the residents of Sonoma County with their human-wildlife conflict issues. From skunks to squirrels, he is elated to use the skills he’s picked up in a meaningful way, helping humans and wildlife coexist. 

Tiffani has been the bookkeeper for Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue since Spring 2017. She was born and raised in Santa Rosa, CA where she developed a passion for animals and nature from a very young age. She even created her own snail sanctuary to rescue the snails that emerge from their homes during the rainy season. Her childhood dream was to become a veterinarian. She started at Santa Rosa Junior College in 2010 and struggled for many years to pick a major. She went from Engineering to Biology and finally stumbled upon Business Administration in 2015. Her mom Christine is an independent bookkeeper and she taught Tiffani basic accounting techniques and gained experience from working summers with Christine’s clients. Soon Tiffani realized she had found a career path that combined her skills and passion. Tiffani graduated Santa Rosa Junior College with an Associate’s Degree in Business Administration in Spring 2017. She transferred to Sonoma State University in Fall 2017 and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting in Fall 2019. She is on track to pursue her ultimate goal of obtaining a CPA license in the next few years so she can better serve the needs of SCWR and the community she loves.