Tulane University Service-Dog Training and Education Program
​Meet the raisers
12th Generation
Carly MacCormack
Dog Raised: Zuri III
Hometown: Watertown, MA
Major(s): Pre-Med Public Health
Graduating Class: 2026
Diana Chavez
Dog Raised: Tula III
Hometowns: Los Angeles CA
Major(s): Political Science/Environmental Studies
Graduating Class: 2027
Payton Norman
Dog Raised: Zucchini III
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Major(s): Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Graduating Class: 2027
Reaves Hogg
Dog Raised: Winston X
Hometown: Natchitoches, LA
Major(s): Biomedical Engineering
Graduating Class: 2027
Sidney Burak
Dog Raised: Wynn II
Hometown: Scarsdale, NY
Major(s): Cell and Molecular Biology
Graduating Class: 2027
2024-2025 Repeat Generation
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Grace Mirabile
Dog Raised: Wicket III
Hometown: Provincetown, MA
Major(s): Psychology
Public Health & Social Work
Graduating Class: Dec 2024
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Macy Millspaugh
Dogs Raised: Esperanza
Hometown: Noblesville, IN
Major(s): Evolutionary Biology/Pre-Vet Track
Graduating Class: 2025
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Victoria Lesiczka
Dog Raised: August V
Hometown: Queens, NY
Major(s): Psychology on Pre-Med Track
Graduating Class: Dec 2024
11th Generation
Anisa Stone
Dog Raised: Bubbie
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Major(s): Environmental Studies
Graduating Class: 2026
Chesney Wolf
Dog Raised: Tilly IV
Hometown: Whitesboro, TX
Major(s): Public Health/Neuroscience
Graduating Class: 2025
Ella Box
Dog Raised: Parker VIII
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Major(s): Neuroscience
Graduating Class: 2026
Haley Hamilton & Neha Chand
Dog Raised: Judy V
Hometown: Bossier City, LA
and Frisco, TX
Major(s): Political Science and Cellular & Molecular Biology
Graduating Class: 2026
Samara Patruznick
Dog Started: Soloman IV
Hometown: Albuquerque, NM
Major(s): Marketing/Management
Graduating Class: 2025
10th Generation
Cally Crane
Dog Raised: Vader
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Major(s): Management
Graduating Class: 2024
Grace Mirabile
Dog(s) Raised: Joelle V
Hometown: Provincetown, MA
Major(s): Psychology/Public Health
Graduating Class: Dec 2024
Haley Harris and Victoria Lesiczka
Dog(s) Raised: Newton VII
Hometown: Westchester, NY and Queens, NY
Major(s): Psychology on Pre-Med Track
Graduating Class: 2025 & Dec 2024
Jessie Hensel
Dog Raised: Jetta IV
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Major(s): Political Science/History
Graduating Class: Dec 2023
Macy Millspaugh
Dogs Raised: Sunshine IV
Hometown: Noblesville, IN
Major(s): Evolutionary Biology/Pre-Vet Track
Graduating Class: 2025
Olivia Fish
Dog Raised: Lily IV
Hometown: Austin, TX
Major(s): Political Science/Pre-Vet Track
Graduating Class: 2024
Zadie McConaughey
Dog Raised: Nola VI
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Major(s): Public Health/Psychology
Graduating Class: 2024
9th Generation
Anna Wood
Dog Raised: Agnes
Hometown: Princeton, NJ
Major(s): Psychology/French
Graduating Class: 2023
Bella Akerson
Dog Raised: Pluto
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Major(s): Public Health/
International Relations
Graduating Class: 2023
Bridget Weldon
Dog Raised: Yogi
Hometown: Memphis, TN
Major(s): Anthropology
Graduating Class: 2023
Caroline Benoit
Dog Raised: Zelda
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Major(s): Economics/Social Policy and Practice/SLAM Minor
Graduating Class: 2023
Eric Stein
Dogs Raised: Yeti and Lucky*
Hometown: Leesville, LA
Major(s): Psychology
Graduating Class: 2023
Jen Holz
Dog Raised: Willow
Hometown: Weston, FL
Major(s): Psychology
Graduating Class: 2024
Kaitlin Ervin
Dog Raised: Arlo
Hometown: Chelmsford, MA
Major(s): Cell and Molecular Biology
Graduating Class: 2024
Kelly Tammen and Meredith Rosenberg
Dog Raised: Apollo
Hometown: Fairfax, VA
and Leawood, KS
Major(s): Biomedical Engineering /Neuroscience and Neuroscience
Graduating Class: 2024
8th Generation
Amanda Schaller
Dog Raised: Valentino
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Major(s): Neuroscience/Psychology
Graduating Class: 2023
Caroline Drell
Dog Raised: Sutton
Hometown: Alexandria, LA
Major(s): Cell and Molecular Biology
Graduating Class: 2023
Emmy Roebuck, Sarah Randall and Kara Johnson
Dog Raised: Sarge
Hometown: Salem, MA; Broomfield, CO & Norfolk, VA
Major(s): Political Science/History, Public Health and Neuroscience/Sociology
Graduating Class: 2022, 2020, 2020
Mary Ellen Owings
Dog Raised: Scout
Hometown: Columbus, MI
Major(s): Public Health
Graduating Class: 2022
Mary Elizabeth Barrow
Dog Raised: Tulane
Hometown: St. Francisville, LA
Major(s): Public Health/Ecology/Evolutionary Biology
Graduating Class: 2023
Meghan Lackner & Sarah Lemark
Dog Raised: Sailor
Hometown: Mandeville, LA
and Birmingham, AL
Major(s): Public Health/Environmental Studies and Psychology/Gender
and Sexuality
Graduating Class: 2022
Morgan Allen
Dog Raised: Vera
Hometown: Silver Spring, MD
Major(s): Public Health
Graduating Class: 2023
Sarah Panitch
Dog Raised: Ursa
Hometown: Northbrook, IL
Major(s): Public Healthy/Sociology
Graduating Class: 2022
7th Generation
Bethany Gleiser
Dog Raised: Forest VIII
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Major(s): Architecture
Graduating Class: 2022
Gaelen Carroll
Dogs Raised: Glamour II
and Misha IV*
Hometown: West Hartford, CT
Major(s): Biomedical Engineering
Graduating Class: 2022
Hannah Hubbard and Shelby Chandler
Dog Raised: Lara IV
Hometown: Little Rock, AR
and Ponchatoula, LA
Major(s): Psychology/Neuroscience
and Psychology/Sociology
Graduating Class: 2021
Judy Bolton
Dog Raised: Dutch III
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Major(s): Psychology and Early Childhood Education
Graduating Class: 2022
Leigh Winkelhake
Dog Raised: Bracken
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Major(s): Anthropology
Graduating Class: 2022
Meagan Shinker
Dog Raised: Fulton V
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Major(s): Computer Science/Sociology
Graduating Class: 2022
6th Generation
Connor Malark
Dog Raised: Warrior IV
Hometown: Charleston, SC
Major(s): Neuroscience
Graduating Class: 2021
Ilana Baker
Dog Raised: Wailor
Hometown: Evanston, IL
Major(s): Cell and Molecular Biology/Public Health
Graduating Class: 2021
Kai Pamir
Dog Raised: Atticus IV
Hometown: Sudbury, MA
Major(s): Cell and Molecular Biology
Graduating Class: 2021
Kara Johnson
Dog Raised: Ramsey V
Hometown: Norfolk, VA
Major(s): Neuroscience/Sociology
Graduating Class: 2020
Katie Rapley
Dog Raised: Kermit V
Hometown: Savage, MN
Major(s): Entrepreneurial Management/English
Graduating Class: 2021
5th Generation
Jessica Altman and Liv Evans
Dog Raised: Future II
Hometown: Park Ridge, IL and Downington, PA
Major(s): Public Health and Public Health/International Development
Graduating Class: 2020 and 2019
Josie Larkin
Dog Raised: Yowser
Hometown: Radnor, PA
Major(s): Ecology/Evolutionary Biology
Graduating Class: 2020
Nic Kummer
Dog Raised: Wonka II
Hometown: Huntsville, AL
Major(s): Biochemistry/Spanish
Graduating Class: 2020
Ryan McNamara
Dog Raised: Austin VII
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Major(s): Finance/Homeland
Security Studies
Graduating Class: 2020
Sarah Randall
Dog Raised: Colin VII
Hometown: Broomfield, CO
Major(s): Public Health
Graduating Class: 2020
4th Generation
Alex Lahm
Dog Raised: Bryce III
Hometown: Hong Kong
Major(s): Political Science/Homeland Security Studies
Graduating Class: 2019
Ava Lambert and Xiao Zheng
Dog Raised: Rey
Hometown: New York, NY and
New York, NY
Major(s): Public Health and Neuroscience
Graduating Class: 2019
Bryce Montalbano
Dog Raised: Woodstock
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Major(s): Ecology/Evolutionary Biology
Graduating Class: 2019
Claudia Barnett
Dog Raised: Penzey
Hometown: Potomac, MD
Major(s): Dance/Homeland
Security Studies
Graduating Class: 2018
Lexi Kahn
Dog Raised: Dorne
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Major(s): Psychology and Early Childhood Education
Graduating Class: 2019
3rd Generation
Jacob Borenstein
Dog Raised: Lancaster
Hometown: Rockville, MD
Major(s): Neuroscience
Graduating Class: 2018
Kiersten Rankel
Dog Raised: Bodie II
Hometown: Long Island, NY
Major(s): Ecology/Evolutionary Biology
Graduating Class: 2018
Luis Ortega
Dog Raised: Sartori
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Major(s): Management
Graduating Class: 2018
Monica Holler
Dog Raised: Trixie VII
Hometown: Shelton, CT
Major(s): Neuroscience/Psychology
Graduating Class: 2018
Sabrina Smith
Dog Raised: Galaxy IV
Hometown: Wellesley, MA
Major(s): Entrepreneurial Management
Graduating Class: 2018
Sergio Alaniz and Paul Castedo
Dog Raised: Diesel IV
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA and
New Orleans, LA
Major(s): Legal Studies/Political Economy and Business
Graduating Class: 2018
Ted Hagens
Dog Raised: Laser II
Hometown: Boulder, CO
Major(s): Neuroscience
Graduating Class: 2018
2nd Generation
Darian Hummel
Dog Raised: Archer III
Hometown: Mandeville, LA
Major(s):Classical Studies/
Digital Design
Graduating Class: 2016
Leslie Howton
Dog Raised: Ava IV
Hometown: Lafayette, LA
Major(s): Psychology/Early
Childhood Education
Graduating Class: 2016
Michelle Kreutzberg and Jess Knierim
Dog Raised: Dane
Hometown: Scottsdale, AZ and Randolph NJ
Major(s): Public Health Epidemiology and Marketing
Graduating Class: 2015 and 2016
1st Generation
Adam Kline
TUSTEP FOUNDER
Dog Raised: Kipper
Hometown: Lexington, KY
Major(s): Public Health
Graduating Class: 2016
Nick Meloro
Dog Raised: Pindell
Hometown: Harleysville, PA
Major(s): Marketing
Graduating Class: 2016