Our Team

With over 32 years of experience as a pharmacist, Jesse graduated from South Dakota State University and Midwestern University – Glendale AZ. He previously worked at Walgreens, Banner Thunderbird Hospital, and Lakeview Compounding Pharmacy before joining the Pet Health team. He has been a member of the Arizona Pharmacy Association for more than 30 years. He is also involved in the Pharmacy Veterinary Certification Program for Pharmacists.

Jesse enjoys working in all the areas of Pet Health, and likes the variety of tasks as well as helping veterinary staff with ideas for unique drug forms for pets. One of his favorite topics relating to the field of veterinary pharmacy is veterinary drug therapy and exploring Valley Fever treatment options for pets.

Kari Anne graduated from Mississippi State University with a BS in Microbiology and received her Doctorate of Pharmacy at Harding University in Searcy, AR in 2017. She is a member of the Society of Veterinary Hospital Pharmacists (SVHP) and the Arizona Pharmacy Association (AzPA). As Pet Health’s laboratory supervisor, she focuses on pharmacy compounding in general; she loves testing and implementing new procedures to produce esthetically pleasing medications while upholding their therapeutic function.

Animals have always been an important part of Kari Anne’s life. She currently has two Siberian Huskies: Lexi and Jackson. When she was younger, she volunteered at the Jackson Zoo in Mississippi by educating children on various small animals. Her friends and family expected her to become a veterinarian, but pharmacy compounding caught her interest in college, offering the best of both worlds in helping animals receive individualized medications.

After graduating from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Laura moved across the country to fulfill her passion for working in veterinary pharmacy. She fell in love with the field while on a veterinary pharmacy rotation at North Carolina State University and has been with Pet Health since 2014.

Laura enjoys helping owners find the best ways to help their pets. She loves all kinds of animals and has quite a menagerie – including cats, dogs, a parakeet, a rabbit, a ferret, a bearded dragon, a small flock of chickens, ducks, turkeys, and two horses (one’s a mini). She is a member of the Society of Veterinary Hospital Pharmacists (SVHP) and contributes the PHP Pete article to our quarterly newsletter.

Mike attended the University of Michigan’s College of Pharmacy in Ann Arbor. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. He has worked as a pharmacist for over 30 years, mostly in retail but also in some hospital settings. Mike enjoys working at Pet Health, helping the veterinarians and clinics support the needs of our pets and animal friends.

Rich is the Managing Pharmacist at Pet Health. A graduate of South Dakota State University, he started his career working at retail pharmacies before devoting the majority of his 34+ years of experience to compounding pharmacy. Rich holds a Pharmacist Certificate Program in Veterinary Pharmacy, precepts for students from various colleges of pharmacy, and attends various veterinary conferences. He also belongs to the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) and the American College of Veterinary Pharmacists (ACVP). Having grown up on a farm, Rich has always enjoyed animals and working with them, and currently has two dogs of his own.