Ingrid K. Loeffler, DVM, PhD, MRCVS 
HumaneVMA MICHIGAN STATE CO-REPRESENTATIVE

Dr. Loeffler (“Kati”) brings twenty-five years of experience working in developing areas of the world with domestic animals and wildlife. After completing veterinary school, a few years in veterinary practice, then graduate school and post-doctoral work, she began her international career as research veterinarian with the Smithsonian Institution. She continued working in China with giant and red pandas and as on-site veterinarian with the Animals Asia Foundation at that organization’s bile-bear rescue center in Sichuan Province. Fourteen years with the International Fund for Animal Welfare took her around the world working at the juncture of human-animal health and welfare. She returned to clinical veterinary practice in the United States in 2019 with the Access to Care movement that seeks to develop a model for affordable veterinary care for low-income households.

In her veterinary and animal welfare work around the world, Dr. Loeffler works from the deeply-rooted principle of One-Welfare: the interconnected well-being of humans and animals in households, communities, and globally. She now works as the staff veterinarian for Kalamazoo Animal Rescue, and volunteers as the veterinarian for the local municipal animal shelter. 

Dr. Loeffler’s broad interests include the anthropological work of her parents, which has led to publication of a photographic ethnography of tribal pastoralists in the Middle East, co-authored with her father (2022). Dr. Loeffler speaks German and several animal languages and is forever trying to become fluent in Spanish.

Samantha Gamble, DVM, MPH, MBA 
HumaneVMA MICHIGAN STATE CO-REPRESENTATIVE

Dr. Samantha Gamble graduated from Michigan State University with her DVM and MPH with a certificate in applied parasitology. She obtained her MBA from Western Michigan University where she focused on change management and marketing. Her diverse background includes working in casino marketing to traveling internationally working with numerous non-profit organizations on projects focused on animal welfare and public health. Dr. Gamble’s professional interests involve access-to-care, community-based one-health initiatives, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in veterinary medicine.

Dr. Gamble is a member of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians in Harbor Springs, MI and her tribal culture has always been very important in shaping her both personally and professionally. Working with tribal communities across the US on access-to-care and public health initiatives has been an ongoing and never-ending passion. Dr. Gamble currently is a veterinarian for Ingham County Animal Control and Shelter located in Mason, MI whose mission is to serve the community, provide compassionate treatment and care, and strive for the best possible outcome for all.

Dr. Gamble has one dog named Skoden, one cat named Fats Domino, and is looked over by Waabooz. In her spare time, she loves to travel, sleep, and eat. She is also a talker, so small talk with strangers is never off the table. She has been trying to be fluent in Spanish for years, and she is still trying.

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