Community Outreach

Valerie volunteers with a number of local and regional non-profit organizations. She has been a board member for others, providing support, expertise, and hands-on assistance.

• Advisor to the Prosecuting Attorney for Pend O' Reille County in connection with multiple animal cruelty charges concerning the State's then most notorious puppy mill operation. The high-profile case, State v. Bergman, was the subject of lengthy coverage on Court T.V. (1997).
• Advisor to Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants.
• Member of Legislative Advisory Committee formulating landmark revisions to Washington's animal anti-cruelty statutes. (Fall 1994).
• Board Member, Homeward Pets
• Advisor to the Progressive Animal Welfare Society
• Advisor to the Northern Idaho Wolf Alliance
• Advisor to Trapfree Oregon