Meet The Staff at Sunny Ridge Veterinary Services

Office Manager

Rachel has been with the practice since 2013. She started out multitasking as a veterinary assistant, groomer & receptionist and was promoted to office manager in 2021. Her favorite part of her job, aside from patients, is taking the time to make sure each pet owner feels as if they’re part of the Sunny Ridge family. Rachel says, “I truly care, and I hope that our clients walk away feeling that they and their pets deeply matter to us.”

Rachel is married and has two daughters, Madison and Jaylie. At Croft Family Farms, the whole family enjoys raising beef cattle. Rachel also has a wide variety of other pets - 4 dogs, 3 cats, 3 goats, 1 pig, plenty of chickens, an axolotl and fish. She is a Jr Fairboard assistant, and her daughters participate in 4H showing cattle, goats and hogs. Her favorite part of the year is her annual vacation in August where her family camps at the Columbiana County fair.

Lead RVT & Inventory Manager

Tiffany is our Lead Registered Veterinary Technician and Inventory Manager. She has been with the company for over 10 years; being hired after shadowing for technical school that she graduated from in 2013. She grew up caring for animals. She started working at the Hancock County Animal Shelter and helping a local equine trainer when she was in high school. She was a member of 4H and part of the equine program at Bethany College. She now enjoys taking her son to sports and getting him involved in 4H.

Veterinary Assistant

Becky has been working for Sunny Ridge since 2014. She is a 2007 graduate of Hocking College with an Animal Science degree in Equine Health and has been employed as an assistant in the veterinary field ever since. She takes special interest in equine reproduction, large animal care, and herding dogs. Becky enjoys gardening and taking her husband, two children and dog, Dottie, to the WV mountains for camping, hiking and swimming. On her small hobby farm her family raises the occasional feeder steer, pigs and chickens. For pets she has two dogs, three cats and a very old pony.

Receptionist & Veterinary Assistant

After shadowing our doctors for 2 years as a high school student, Madison has been employed with the practice for 6 years. She was raised on her family farm in Columbiana County where she grew up with a love for animals of all sizes. Madison participated in 4H, FFA, Jr. Fair board, and attended the Veterinary Science Program in high school. Madison is newly engaged and plans on getting married in June of 2025. Madison loves and adores her two German Shepherds, Bee and Delilah, and Gunner who is a Belgian Malinois/German Shepherd cross. Madison has interest in canine training and participates in obedience, therapy work, dock diving, barn hunt, and shed hunting in her free time with her beloved dogs.

Veterinary Assistant

Gabrielle has lived in Columbiana County her whole life. She has worked at Sunny Ridge since 2021. Gabrielle’s favorite part of her job is the relationships she has developed with both clients and patients. It doesn't take much time for a patient to steal her heart. She is very passionate about patient care and making your pets feel comfortable. In her free time, Gabrielle enjoys watching her son play sports, fishing, family cook outs and hikes on her property with her husband and their dogs. She has a Chocolate Lab named Church, and two Rottweilers named Ford and Angus. Gabrielle lives on a small farm that is a forever home to a hand full of animals that keep her busy all year long.

RVT

Emily attended Kent State University and became a Registered Veterinary Technician. While she has been in the veterinary field since 2017, she has been employed with Sunny Ridge since 2021. She is an avid animal and plant lover. Emily thrives in the surgery suite and enjoys working with feline patients. She enjoys expanding her experience and learning large animal skills. Cheddar and Pretzel are her two Golden Retrievers, and they love playing with her cats and chickens. Her hobbies include gardening, hiking with her dogs, and spending time with her friends.

Veterinary Assistant

Micaela graduated Veterinary Assistant school and joined the team at our sister clinic, Chester Veterinary Services, following her externship in 2017. Since being with us in 2021, she has continued to enjoy seeing appointments of all kinds. Originally graduating as a Pharmacy Technician, she has always been interested in medicine, but her love for helping animals brought her here instead.

While currently taking a hiatus from owning and showing performance horses, Micaela has been focused on doing dog sports with her Border Collie and Miniature American Shepherd. She is also our guinea pig enthusiast, having 5 of them herself!

Veterinary Assistant

Nancy has worked at Sunny Ridge since 2019. She is married to her husband, George, of 26 years. She has two daughters, Maggie and McKenzie. She and George are the proud grandparents of Zyair and Mattie. They reside in Chester along with three dogs, Lady, Daisy and AJ. Nancy has an entire career’s worth of equine experience. She is a dedicated part of our team; always being very thorough and giving superior care to our patients. 

Receptionist

Addisyn has always had a special place in her heart for any animal, large or small. She enjoys taking her cat, Honey, on walks. Honey is a long-haired tabby and the definition of spunky. She enjoys playing and taking naps in the sun. Reading has always been a passion of Addisyn’s since she was young, and she still enjoys it to this day. Spending time with family and friends is very important to her and is something she looks forward to and never takes for granted. Sunny Ridge has shown Addisyn not only how important animal care is but also how easily animals can impact your life.

RVT & Receptionist

Stephanie is a Registered Veterinary Technician from East Liverpool. She graduated from the Vet Tech Institute in 2006 and obtained her license in 2011. With 16 years of previous experience, she been working at Sunny Ridge since 2023 and loves it because the mix of small and large animals makes work fun and interesting. Outside of work Stephanie spends most of her time with family and close friends. She and her boyfriend, Rob, have three kids, her two sons, Jabrien and Haven, and his son, Robbie. They enjoy doing anything and everything outdoors. They own three dogs, Riley, Sunny and Dahlia and six chickens

Veterinary Assistant & Receptionist

Brittany obtained an Associate Degree in Veterinary Technology in 2014 from Brown Mackie College and went straight to work in animal medicine. She joined our team in October of 2023. Brittany has three dogs, Gus Gus, Rudy, and Daisy, but also shares custody of three others - Chubs, Buck, and Brownie. She has a small herd of goats as well. She has two cats named Thackery and Baby Yoda, two rabbits named Carrots and Hershey, a bearded dragon named Lizzie, and a slider turtle named Petey. She loves working with German Shepherds, Golden Retrievers and goats.  Her hobbies include kayaking, spending time with her daughter, Sawyer, family time, traveling, gardening, and taking her dogs swimming and hiking.