Aloe Orison

Aloe grew up in the Wood River Valley. In High School, they volunteered many times at Mountain Humane as they loved helping the animals and the community. They are very excited to continue their journey helping the team at Mountain Humane! In spring 2025, Aloe decided it was time to finally have a fur baby…

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Kali Orr

Kali Orr squatting down in front of a dog who is looking back and licking her face

Kali has a slight fascination with blue. She has two blue nose pit bulls, Shadow (her “sun” child) and Luna (her two-year-old “wild child”). She adopted her kitty, Hawthorne (who is also grey-blue), from MH in 2022, and who is remarkably skilled in the game of fetch (yes, believe it or not, a cat that…

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Hope Perkins

Hope Perkins sitting in the grass, squinting into the sun, her arms around a brown dog who is looking at the camera

Hope grew up in the Wood River Valley, then lived for four years in Walla Walla, Washington to go to college.  They graduated in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in Biology and German Studies, then moved back home to regroup during the COVID outbreak.  They started working at Mountain Humane as a member of the Animal…

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Lauren Rujawitz

Lauren Rujawitz smiling and holding up a black puppy in her hands

Lauren made her move from St. Louis, Missouri to the Wood River Valley in October of 2017. She immediately began her journey as an adoption counselor at Mountain Humane and has loved every minute since! She has found the most fulfilling part of her job to be connecting shelter dogs and cats with their perfect families.…

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Dakota Sanders

Born at St. Luke’s in Ketchum, Dakota is a Wood River Valley native and has lived in Hailey her whole life. Animals have been a lifelong passion of hers having grown up with cats and dogs, and she is happiest in jobs where she’s working with animals. She has her own 9-year old white lab…

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Margie Smith

Margie Smith standing in front of a window, holding up a fluffy orange cat

Margie is a native Idahoan. She grew up in the Treasure Valley and has many fond memories of camping in and around the Wood River Valley. Margie has over 35 years experience in finance, human resources and technology working at Albertsons, Boise Cascade and Boise State University. She raised her family and is now finds…

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