Dr. White has been practicing veterinary medicine for 16 years, with over 8 years of experience in the field of shelter medicine. She has expansive knowledge in animal sheltering, spay/neuter programs, population management, and disaster response. Her background includes serving as the Director of Shelter Medicine for Santa Barbara County Animal Services from 2015 through 2022. In this role, she joined the Animal Services Leadership Team to collaborate with all shelter departments including animal control, shelter operations, volunteer programs, and community outreach. She built and managed a shelter veterinary team, extensively increased the level of veterinary care, and worked to align processes to meet and exceed the Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters (Association of Shelter Veterinarians). She monitored and improved the health and wellness of the shelter population across three separate locations, as well as the population of animals in foster care. Dr. White has written a comprehensive Shelter Medicine Reference Guide encompassing vital shelter veterinary protocols and procedures. She also works with local nonprofits which provide spay/neuter and wellness veterinary services to the public.
Dr. White earned a bachelor of arts degree in Biology from the University of San Diego, and a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from University of California, Davis.
“Thank you very much for a comprehensive report. Thank you.”
Palm Springs
“I think Citygate has done a great job. It seems like you’ve been most thorough and even-handed in your evaluations and you’ve given us certainly a lot of suggestions and guidelines to work with.”
City of Vista, CA
“Thank you so much for all you have done. And it’s so comprehensive, I know it’s going to take a while for us to digest it all, but I think you’ve come up with some really good recommendations.”
Pro Tempore City of Vista, CA
“I really, really enjoyed reading your Word product. I appreciate the fact that it was direct, it was constructive, and . . . it wasn’t finger-pointing, it was just . . . the facts. And I think that the money was well spent.”
Salt Lake City Council Meeting
“We work with consultants, obviously, all the time, but the work that Citygate did on this report is some of the best I’ve seen in my tenure here.”
Retired Chief Administrative Officer San Diego County
“I am really, really impressed. I am impressed at the exhaustiveness of your study, impressed at the honesty and candor with which you expressed your findings; I am very impressed at the constructive tone of it, and that you came in under budget as well. So, thank you very much. I think that this document is going to be a cornerstone for us really moving forward for the next five, ten, twenty [years], half a century.”
Salt Lake City Council Meeting
