Friends Board of Directors Members and Their Pets

Stevie Cote

Lady
(In Memory)

Nikki
(In Memory, 9/1/92 - 6/27/07)

Stevie and her husband, Frank, helped organize the Friends in 1993 when they found three stray dogs on the Dearborn Hills Golf Course.  They worked with the City to get the Friends organization sanctioned and helped transform the Shelter from the “pound” that it was then.  They take pride in the success of the Friends and the animals we have been able to save.

Both Stevie and Frank have MBAs from U of D and had over 30 years each with Ford before retiring.  They have since started their own business, eBusiness Results, doing internet and intranet consulting.  They reside in Dearborn and have cats adopted from the Shelter and rescued from their (and other) neighborhood.  

One of the dogs they rescued from the golf course in 1993, Lady (shown here), led a happy and truly spoiled life with their next-door neighbors, Vi and Gordon Hutchinson.  Nikki was the first cat that the Cotes adopted from the Shelter.  He came into the Shelter hairless, bloody, and quite ill, but has turned into a spectacularly beautiful and loving friend.  His photo represents all the "Cote Kitties".

Elaine Greene

Tucker
(In Memory, 11/1/95 - 6/27/07)

Michael Delaney

Grunt
(Shown here with as a "centerfold" of the 2001 Friends and Detroit Tigers calendar.)

Dr. Cheryl Good

Shira

Goldie and Boogie

Lance and Justin

She resides in Saline with her husband, Mark and 

• Three children, Miranda, Ian, and Alan.  
• Four dogs - a Yellow Lab Shira (shown as a puppy); Golden Retriever, Goldie (a Shelter rescue);  Black Lab, Boogie; and Chow-Shepherd mix, Roscoe (rescued badly injured from an abusive home)
• Three cats,  Belle (a Shelter rescue), Lance and Justin (rescued from the cold when a few hours old).

Joe is married to Veronica (for 56 yrs.) and has two (2) married sons and five (5) grandchildren.  He has a BA from Ohio Wesleyan University, and  MA Program at Boston University.  In his 44 years in Dearborn, he has been involved in a variety of activities - Dearborn YMCA Director (6 yrs) and owner of Hallissey Travel (32 yrs.)  Beyond his business, he has devoted a great deal of his life in the business (Chamber, etc.) and volunteer (Dearborn Schools, HFCC, Rotary, etc) communities.  He retired from his businesses on June 30, 2006.  "Our Dearborn family consists of my wife, our Golden Retriever “Beau,” and myself."

Cricket

Merlyn

Ziggy & Tommy Girl

She has a BA from Marygrove College in Special Education and a AAS from the Veterinary Technical Program at Wayne County Community College / Wayne State University. 

Prior to becoming an LVT she had 20 years in retail management in conjunction with Human Resource Training with various retail companies. 

She and her husband Alain have 5 cats (Cricket, Merlyn, Timothy, TommyGirl (the model for the Stray Cat Strut Cat), and Ziggy) and 2 dogs (Kayla and Morrie).  All but Cricket (who Alain adopted as a "normal" kitten) are someone's reject or a "scratch & dent" special.

Morrie (In Memory, 2007) & Kayla	Timothy & Ziggy

Big Brother Smudge and Dudley

Calvin and the girls, Abby and Mollie

Molly and her bear

Sinatra and Jack

Sue began to volunteer at the Dearborn Animal shelter in March 2004 after she lost my playful Cocker Spaniel Snoopy.  Her housemate has a medical problem that prevents him from walking & is quite frail, so she didn’t want to get another dog.  She worked weekends walking dogs and joined the SIT team to make the dogs more adoptable by teaching them basic sit & down commands.  She then brought home a little Beagle mix as a foster (Sinatra) and adopted him in early May. 

She has lived in Dearborn Heights since July 1992.  She works at BCBSM in Management Accounting.  Sue has a MSA from Central Michigan University and BSA from Wayne State University.  She is originally from Middlebury, Vermont.  Her family relocated to Detroit ( where she attended High School) when she was a child.

Beth Siroskey

Scruffy

Whizzer
(In Memory)

Beth’s love for animals led her to join the Friends Board in June 2000. As Auctions Director, she is responsible for raising funds through live and silent auctions at the Friends' annual Critter Invitational golf outing and the annual Black Tie and Tails dinner-dance. She helped establish the Friends' mail appeal process and retired as Appeals Director in December 2005. Beth is a life-long resident of the Dearborn area and works in Public Affairs at Ford Motor Company.