Meet the Staff

Patrice Reynolds

Patrice Reynolds is the executive director of Friends of the Animals, joining the organization in October 2010 as its first and only employee.  Patrice has been working in the non-profit sector for more than twenty five years.  Her career has spanned working with the world’s largest non-governmental organization to directing a small, grassroots children’s museum.  Most recently, she led the capital campaign to expand the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville.  She has traveled to many parts of the globe and has lived and worked in Guatemala, Brazil and Italy.  She serves on the Board of Directors for the Mooresville Lake Norman Rotary Club.  Dogs, cats and other critters have always been a part of her family.  She shares her home with two rescue cats.  Patrice believes in caring for all life and ensuring quality of life for people and animals alike.