GREY2K USA - Protecting Greyhounds Nationwide
About Us

Board of Directors

GREY2K USA is led by a group of experienced, humane-minded Directors who are committed to protecting greyhounds and working together to end the cruelty of dog racing. Collectively, our Directors have decades of experience working with lawmakers to pass stronger animal protection laws and volunteering for greyhound adoption organizations.

GREY2K USA Board of Directors

GREY2K USA board members Paul LaFlamme, Secretary Twig Mowatt, Vice President Mike Trombley, Executive Director Carey Theil, President Christine Dorchak, with Florida Legislative Agent Marc Reichelderfer and Kevin Neuman.

Christine A. Dorchak, President and General Counsel

Christine Dorchak has extensive professional experience in the animal protection movement. Notably, she worked as Research Director for the New England Anti-Vivisection Society and is a former manager of the Ellen Gifford Sheltering Home for Cats. In her free time Christine hosts a local community television program and enjoys spending time with her four cats and greyhound Zoe. A long-distance runner all of her life, she has competed in six Boston Marathons to date. [Email Christine]

>> Read a profile of Christine in The Christian Science Monitor [pdf format].

>> In Defense of Animals names Christine its November 2007 Guardian of the Month [pdf format].

Christine Dorchak and Zoe

Michael S. Trombley, CPA, Vice President

Mike Trombley is a former Deputy Director of the New Hampshire Pari-Mutuel Commission. As an insider of the greyhound industry he witnessed the cruelty of dog racing and the lax oversight that helps sustain this dying industry. Since resigning from the commission, Mike has been involved in greyhound advocacy primarily on the legislative and regulatory fronts.

Michael Trombley
Twig Mowatt, Secretary

Twig Mowatt has 20 years of experience in public relations for both the commercial and nonprofit sectors. She holds an M.B.A. from Boston College and an M.S. in journalism from the Columbia University School of Journalism. She was a journalist for ten years and covered the drug war in Colombia for The New York Times and the Associated Press. She later served as a Senior Manager for Arthur D. Little, Inc., a management consulting firm. Twig is active in various animal welfare issues and works closely with the Save a Sato Foundation, which seeks to improve the lives of Puerto Rico's stray dogs. [Email Twig]
Twig Mowatt
Sara Amundson, Board Member

Sara Amundson is currently the Executive Director for the Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF), the lobbying affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States. The HSLF works to pass animal protection laws at the state and federal level and to support humane candidates for office. Previously Sara served as Deputy and Legislative Director of the Doris Day Animal League. [Email Sara]
Sara Amundsom
Rev. Tom Grey, Board Member

Reverend Tom Grey is the Executive Director and spokesperson for the National Coalition Against Gambling Expansion. Before becoming a minister, he served as the commander of a U.S. Army rifle company in Germany and as a military advisor to a Vietnamese infantry battalion in Vietnam. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Garrett Theological Seminary. Tom has been profiled in Time magazine, People magazine, U.S. News and World Report, The Los Angeles Times, The National Enquirer, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer, PBS's Frontline, and 60 Minutes. [Email Rev. Grey]
Rev. Tom Grey
Paul LaFlamme, Board Member

Paul LaFlamme is a former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives where he served on the Executive Departments and Administration Committee. Today Paul operates his own real estate company, At Home Realty, LLC, with a partner. Paul lives with his wife, Kathy, and daughter, Julia, in Nashua, NH. [Email Paul]
Paul LaFlamme
Kevin Neuman

Kevin Neuman (pictured with his wife Sherry who serves on our Advisory Board) has been associated with greyhound adoption and advocacy for over ten years. Kevin, Sherry and their daughter, Holly, are members of the board of directors of Kansas City REtired Greyhounds as Pets where they’ve helped find loving homes for more than 3,000 greyhounds. Kevin also volunteers for Stand Up for Kansas, a grassroots organization that fights the legalization of slot machines at Kansas racetracks. Kevin and Sherry live with their greyhounds in Overland Park, Kansas. [Email Kevin]
Kevin Neuman

Charmaine Settle, Board Member

Charmaine Settle is a member of Colorado Greyhound Adoption, Greyhound Rescue International Network, and a supporter of the American European Greyhound Alliance. She helped GREY2K USA pass Colorado's "No on Amendment 33" ballot initiative and helped collect signatures for the Massachusetts Dog Protection Act. She has also volunteered at the Scooby refuge in Spain working to bring adoptable greyhounds into the United States. [Email Charmaine]

Charmaine Settle

Executive Director

Carey M. Theil, Executive Director of GREY2K USA

Since co-founding GREY2K USA with Christine Dorchak in 2001, Carey has been featured in over 200 news articles about greyhound racing, and has published guest columns about the industry in the Boston Globe, Rocky Mountain News, Providence Journal, Tallahassee Democrat and Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He has extensive legislative experience, and has testified in favor of stronger greyhound protection laws before legislative committees in Massachusetts , Florida, New Hampshire and Oregon. Carey volunteers his free time for various non-profits and currently sits on the board of directors for the National Coalition Against Gambling Expansion. Carey is also a national chess expert.[Email Carey]

Carey M. Theil


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