Meet the Staff 

Margaret Riley is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Hospital Administrator for Heartland Veterinary Hospital. She received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.
Margaret began her association with Heartland Veterinary Hospital in 1994 as a client. She was familiar with the excellent client and patient care provided to her own four legged friends by the hospital. So, it was a natural and welcome transition for her to become the CFO/Hospital Administrator at Heartland when her former employer closed their doors. As the CFO/Hospital Administrator, Margaret is responsible for the administrative, human resources, and financial departments at all of the hospitals that make up the Heartland Veterinary Hospital Group.
When Margaret is not at Heartland, she enjoys working with a personal trainer, walking (mostly romping) with her dogs, and sharing Saturday morning breakfasts with her friends. Margaret also works with seniors at multiple colleges and universities, helping them prepare resumes and coaching them on interview techniques.

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Jeannie Bellsmith is the Practice Manager at Heartland Veterinary Hospital. Originally from San Pedro, California, Jeannie relocated to Danville in 2003 and joined the Heartland family in 2005. She enjoys working at Heartland because the high standard of client and patient care is the primary focus of the hospital. Jeannie also loves the many community activities in which Heartland is involved and is very proud of the achievements the hospital has attained.
Jeannie was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel for her efforts in Heartland’s “Vest Fest”. She was extremely excited when the canine officers of Boyle County received their bullet proof Kevlar vests in 2008.
Her family includes husband, Chris, and children, Jake and Cassidy, as well as dogs: Dudley, a pound puppy; Jack, acquired through Heartland’s Adoption Program; Moose, a rescue from Hurricane Katrina; and Fiona, the newest addition to the family. She also has two cats, Joey and Pheobe, both of whom were Heartland adoptions.
In Jeannie’s spare time she enjoys gardening, hiking with her family, walking with her dogs, and movie nights with her husband. Although she loves her new home in Kentucky, she retreats back to the beach for vacations and hopes to visit Hawaii one day.

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Amy Hendren is our team leader and has been part of the Heartland family since 2003. She loves working with animals and has a big heart for all of them. She is especially fond of boxers. Amy has an Associate’s Degree as a Veterinary TechnicianNurse and graduated in December 2010. She is a certified technician, a licensed receptionist, and certified nutrition specialist.  She plans to get her technician license in the summer of 2011. 
When Amy is not working at Heartland, she enjoys spending time with her family, gardening, cooking, and reading. She and her husband, Toby, are the proud parents of twins, Cameron Kade and Samantha Jane born in June of 2008. They share their home with four-legged family members, Chopper, a boxer, and a cat Smegole.  Her love of animals is ever-growing. Working at Heartland Veterinary Hospital allows her to be surrounded by them every day which warms her heart and puts a smile on her face.

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Blair Cunningham-Newsome joined the hospital family in January 2010. Blair was born in Danville and graduated from the College of Charleston with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Medicine. She is also a graduate of Midway College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Equine Therapy. Blair and her husband, Adam, live on their farm, Crest View Farms, LLC, in Lancaster. She co-runs a therapeutic riding program and provides equine therapy to race horses at Keeneland during the spring and fall race events.
Blair enjoys riding, caring for horses, going to the horse races and spending time with her husband, family and friends.

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Billie Jo Clark is originally from a small town in Southern Indiana, Billie Jo has lived in Lebanon, Kentucky for 20 years with her husband Mark. Together, they have a son, Levi and a daughter Hattie. Billie Jo and Mark also have a granddaughter, Shiloh, born in June 2009. Billie Jo brings over 13 years of experience in the animal field as a clinic manager/laboratory technician for a small animal hospital in Indiana and a technician /kennel manager for a mixed practice in Lebanon, Kentucky. Other experience includes being a technician for an animal shelter in Louisville where she was responsible for over 14,000 incoming animals per year!

Being diverse in experience, Billie Jo also was an owner/operator of a small retail pet store in Lebanon for four years, specializing in fish and reptiles. She was once the parent of Gorgon, a 13.5 foot Burmese python, and Boris a 5.5 foot iguana, among others!

As a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, Billie Jo has cared for 20 opossum babies at one time, 2 baby raccoons, 3 baby squirrels, numerous turtles and 5 groundhog babies in 2009!

Billie Jo attended the University of Louisville and studied biology, is a certified euthanasia technician, and a licensed wildlife rehabilitator for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. She is a member of the National Opossum Society and the Humane Society of America, a volunteer field investigator for PETA, and the Vice President of the Marion County Marching Band Boosters.

In her spare time, Billie Jo runs, lifts weights and is the “Knight” for the Marion County Marching Knights! She lives with 4 cats (Shane, Abner, Patrick and CK) and has 5 tanks of fish!

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Kelsey Kendall was born in Charlotte, NC. She moved to Danville at the age of two. A graduate of Boyle County High School, Kelsey earned a Bachelor’s Degrees in Special Education-Learning and Behavior Disorders and Middle Grade Language Arts from Eastern Kentucky University in 2009. Kelsey teaches first grade special education in Stanford, coaches a middle school cheerleading squad and works at Heartland on weekends and days that school is not in session.
Kelsey has been a member of the Heartland team since 2004 and loves working with four-legged animals. She and her husband have three “children”, a boxer named Paisley, a boxer named Buster and a rat terrier/chihuahua mix named Kendall.
When Kelsey is not teaching, coaching or working at Heartland, she likes to relax at her pool, go for walks, shop, spend time with family and friends, travel and be outdoors in her garden.

 

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Jason Brunz recently joined the Heartland Veterinary team as a Groomer in 2011. Originally from South Dakota and most recently a transplant from California, Jason has owned, bred, trained and cared for anmimals his entire life and has been grooming and managing pet care facilities since 2004.  Jason owned and operated a Mobile Grooming business in  South Dakota and California before relocating to Danville.  Jason is proud to be one of the newsest members of the Boyle County Humane Society Board of Directors and lives with his partner on acreage with their three Yorkies (Eddy, Manny and Betty) and Howie, a Wolfhound/Rottweiler mix.  Jason raises all natural grass fed chickens in his spare time and enjoys working in the yard and boating.