Meet Our Staff

Alison grew up on a farm in the Mt. Morris area. She graduated from Joliet Junior College in 2005 as a Certified Veterinary Technician. Alison joined our practice in 2005 and is primarily a large animal veterinary technician. Alison and her husband live on a farm with their daughter, son, three dogs, cows, and horses. Alison and her family enjoy horseback riding, camping, ATVing, and fishing.

Vicki grew up in the Pearl City area and studied accounting at Highland Community College. She started at the Lena Veterinary Clinic in October of 2002 and is our inventory manager. She lives with her husband Randy. Vicki enjoys antiquing, reading, gardening, knitting, and most of all, spending time with her grandchildren.

Kim moved to the area in 2003. She started at the Lena Veterinary Clinic in August of 2012 and has been bringing her animals here for the past 31 years. She is an animal lover and has dogs, and horses.

Colleen is our small animal receptionist. She has been working at the Lena Veterinary Clinic since August of 2003. Her job duties include answering phones, scheduling appointments and surgeries, and ordering small animal inventory items. Colleen loves working with all animals, but is a cat lover if she has to choose. 

Danielle began working at the Lena Vet Clinic in June 2021. She has mostly inventory and veterinary technician responsibilities throughout the clinic. Danielle grew up in New Jersey where she graduated from vet tech school at Bergen Community College. She has horses, cats, dogs, and fish. In her spare time, Danielle enjoys gardening, horseback riding, boating, and spending time with her animals.

Audra started working at the Lena Vet Clinic in November 2021 and works in the small animal clinic. Her daily duties include preventative care appointments, surgery, and x-ray and ultrasound appointments. When she's not working she can be found spending time with her family and her pets! 

Lynnette joined the LVC team in the spring of 2024 and her duties include mostly inventory management. You may also find her managing the large  animal reception desk or occasionally answering the phones on the small animal side of the clinic. 

Sam grew up on her family's dairy farm in northwest Illinois and joined the LVC team in 2023. Her duties include anything and everything around the clinic, from small animal appointments, to large animal technician duties. She enjoys working with cattle the most, especially dairy calves. 

Renee joined the LVC team in February 2025 and is originally from the Forreston area. She can be found around the clinic managing inventory and medicine stock, as well as at the large animal reception desk. She farms with her husband and enjoys being outside and caring for her 4-legged children when she isn't at work! 

Kirsten was born and raised in Nebraska and moved to the area joining our team in the fall of 2024. She has many duties in the clinic and outside the clinic as both a small and large animal technician. She enjoys spending time with her children, dogs, cats, horses, and pigs when she is not at work! 

Sarah grew up in the Pearl City area and joined the LVC team in December 2024. She can be found answering the phone and helping clients at the large animal reception desk. Before joining our team she worked in equine management and horticulture. In her spare time she enjoys collecting plants, hiking, horseback riding, kayaking, and gardening!