Board of Directors

Ms. Barbara Greene

Barbara Greene brings over ten years of animal welfare management experience to Rescuegroups.org. Serving as the Executive Director of FOCAS (Friends of County Animal Shelters) in San Diego for seven of those years Barbara has worked with all issues involving animal rescue, adoptions, and animal program management. Prior to being the ED she was on the FOCAS Board; one of those years as president. In addition to FOCAS Barbara served on the Board of SNAP (Spay/Neuter Action Project) in San Diego and was involved with the humane education programs created by that organization. Barbara lives in the San Diego area with her FOCAS cat, Allie.

Mr. Joshua Jeffries

Joshua is the founder of IHR Advisors, Inc. which focuses on a holistic solution to client needs in the areas of human resources, employee benefits and technology. He is currently an active board member for the Montgomery County Society for Human Resource Management and the Rotary of Potomac in addition to RescueGroups.org. Joshua is also a member of the Greater Washington Board of Trade (BOT) and The University Club DC where he sits on the Sports Committee. Josh currently resides in the Willows of Potomac community with his wife Golda, their wonderful rescue dog Cosmo and rescued cat Oreo.

Ms. Linda Junkins

Linda Junkins began her involvement with animal rescue in 1995 after becoming a volunteer for Howard County Animal Control in Columbia MD.  In 2001, she became a part-time employee there.  She also took on the job of Volunteer Coordinator at the Howard County facility from 1999-2001 where she helped put together the new volunteer program and assisted with writing the volunteer manual and conducted orientations and trainings for new volunteers.  Linda was a member of Animal Advocates of Howard County from 1994-2004 and served as the Vice-President from 1998-2004.  As a member of the Howard County Animal Matters Hearing Board from 1996-2001, Linda helped to mediate animal-related issues involving the citizens of Howard County.  She was the Vice-Chair of this Board from 1997-1998.  Linda currently serves as the Vice-Chairperson on CAWAC (Companion Animal Welfare Advisory Committee) for Frederick County, MD.

Her main job and focus has been serving as the Executive Director of Tails of Hope since August 2000.  Tails of Hope has rescued and placed over 1860 animals as well as implemented a spay/neuter program "Spay Today", and a variety of educational programs for children including a Dog Bite Prevention class. Linda and her husband, Stewart, share their home with six dogs...Barnaby, Sparks, Milo, Tucker, Iris and Topsy!

Mr. Steve Miller

Steve is a technical lead/senior software engineer living in Glenn Dale, MD. Steve holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Maryland at College Park and is pursuing an MBA from University of Maryland University College. Steve is married and has 2 dogs (Merle and Shadow).