Robert Schutz
President, spent his early years on a small cattle ranch in Montana and a farm in Minnesota. He worked in the banking industry for five years and after completing a college degree in Anthropology-Archaeology worked on various archaeology projects in California and Montana. In 1980, he moved to New Mexico and began a career in wood-working. Currently he is owner of Tesuque Design and a dedicated animal advocate.
Dave Holland
Has been a long-time animal advocate and former board member of the Santa Fe Animal Shelter. Seeking to make a broader difference by working to solve the root cause of animal abuse in New Mexico, Dave and his wife, Liddy, became members of Animal Protection of NM. Dave joined the board of Animal Protection Voters to support its efforts to pass humane laws that promote an environment in NM that protects and supports animals, women and children.
Dave is the managing member of a financial services company, Davos Capital. He has served as Chair of the Board of Santa Fe Economic Development and on an advisory board at Wells Fargo Bank. Dave is an avid traveler, cyclist and mountaineer.”
Danielle Wilson
Danielle Wilson and her husband Lee came to New Mexico in 1973. She has been active with several animal rights’ groups—both local, national and African—in addition to the Santa Fe Girls Club and homeless youth. She has worked with Save the Chimps since their takeover of the Coulson Foundation and assisted in moving the chimps to Florida. Danielle is a retired state employee and has assisted in promoting APV legislative goals. Danielle has three cats that are incredibly spoiled.
Scott Fuqua
Scott Fuqua was born and raised in Portales, New Mexico. He is a 1997 graduate of Eastern New Mexico University and a 2001 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. After law school, Scott spent a year clerking for the Honorable Pamela J. Minzner on the New Mexico Supreme Court and then worked for five years in the Dallas, Texas office of Vinson & Elkins, LLP. In 2007 he returned to New Mexico to work in the Attorney General’s Office, and from 2010 to the end of 2014 was the Director of the Litigation Division. While there, Scott defended New Mexico’s cockfighting ban from constitutional challenge, represented the Attorney General’s Animal Cruelty Task Force (and some of its individual members) in litigation stemming from enforcement of the cockfighting ban, and assisted in the Attorney General’s efforts to prevent horse slaughter in New Mexico. Since January 2015, Scott has been in private practice in Santa Fe.
Jim Corcoran
JC has been an outspoken advocate for animals for over 25 years. He co-founded and served as president of VegMichigan, the state’s largest vegetarian organization; co-founded Plant Peace Daily, with his wife Rae Sikora; founded Santa Fe Veg and co-founded VegFund, an international organization which helps vegan and animal rights activists spread the word through food and other means. JC was also inducted into the Green Michigan Hall of Fame.
Advisory Board Member
Trish Hernandez
Is originally from Los Angeles, California, with many years of her youth and adulthood spent living in Santa Fe. Trish has lived in Taos for 15 years, working in non-profit organizations and presently contracts with the town of Taos as a Tour/Marketing Coordinator. She was the first director of Taos’ Stray Hearts Animal Shelter and has also served as a board member for the shelter. Trish is a passionate animal lover and fundraiser for local animal groups, and currently serves on the Taos County Animal Control Advisory Board. She continues to advocate for the animals with her weekly column, “The Taos Bark” for the Taos News.
Robanne Harrison
Has been an active member of Animal Protection Voters since its inception in 2002. She is also President of the Board of Directors of Animal Protection of New Mexico and has served as its president since 1997. Currently, she teaches Social Studies and Language Arts at Manzano High School in Albuquerque. She holds an MA in Anthropology with an emphasis on political and legal anthropology.
Patti Bushee
Patti J. Bushee had a long and varied career in State and Local government, while also operating a small business for over thirty years. Most notably, Patti served as a Santa Fe City Councilor for 22 years. Patti took on many progressive issues as a local legislator, including protection for her four-legged constituents. She was responsible for securing the land that our beautiful Animal Shelter sits on. Patti also worked with APNM’s Executive Director Lisa Jennings to pass a law that added a bitter taste to antifreeze sold within the City limits, to prevent wild and domestic animals from ingesting this deadly substance. In her final year on the Council, Patti led the charge to pass the “No Tether” law in the City.
