Our Team
Our team consists of a well rounded and passionate group of people who are dedicated to the overall well-being of others. Our passion is to see the connections that are made from person to person and person to dog, as a result improving the physical and mental health of each person.
Karen Storey
Founder / President
Karen is the founder of 4 Pawz Strong. She also developed the nationally recognized BAS Pack of Social Emotional Learning Dogs. Karen has been a public school educator for the last 25 years as a special education teacher and MTSS facilitator. She has been a part of numerous non-profit and fundraising ventures that have supported a tremendous amount of people. Karen and her husband, Scott, have four sons that attend Brighton Area Schools.
karen@4pawzstrong.com
Stephanie Morley, DVM
Treasurer
Stephanie Morley, DVM is a mom to 5 kids in Livingston County and 1 three-legged rescue dog named Louie Stan McMorLaBarre The Wonder Dog. She has dedicated her career to caring for animals and evangelizing the benefits of the human-animal bond. She is incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to continue this work through the efforts of 4 Pawz Strong and showing the world what miracles a dog in a classroom can do for students and staff.
stephanie@4pawzstrong.com
Crystal Eberly
Vetrinarian
Hello, my name is Crystal Eberly. I graduated from the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, and I also have a Bachelor’s degree from OSU in Animal Nutrition. I really enjoy implementing nutritional health in all the internal medicine I practice. I also have a special interest in senior pet medicine and I think you will find that I always have your pet’s best interests in mind. I pride myself and my staff on our dedication to make your pet as happy and healthy as possible during all of your pet’s life stages. Personally, I love being the mother of my four children, Corrynn, Carrigan, Cameron and Conrad, spending time with my husband, Chad, fishing, gardening, and spending time at the lake with my family and friends.
dreberlypetalliance@gmail.com
Nada Obrenovich
Implementation Specialist
Nada is a retired educator from Brighton area schools. She had the opportunity to be part of the nationally recognized BAS pack of social emotional learning dogs program.
Experiences include having a dog in the classroom for many years as well as being the program evaluator for the pack of dogs. Also, serving as part of a community outreach team that takes the dogs to support other school districts experiencing tragedies.
Being asked to be part of 4pawzstrong is a blessing and its allowing me to continue this wonderful mission of placing dogs in schools.
nada@4pawzstrong.com
Our Roots
The idea to create this non profit organization was based out of the work that many of our TEAM members and volunteers started in Brighton Michigan with the BAS Pack of Social Emotional Learning Dogs. Brighton Area Schools were the first public education district to develop a Social Emotional Support that include one or more dogs at each of their buildings/facilities. This nationally known program is how this vision became what it is today. For this reason, we consider Brighton our TEAM headquarters.