Leah Ann Tibbitts is the Chief Operating Officer of the Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation (TVMF) and serves as the organization’s chief administrative staff. She is responsible for promoting Foundation events and programs, growing Foundation donations and developing new revenue streams. A Houston native, Leah Ann originally set out to become a veterinarian, but found professionally that event coordination and communications were more her forte. Since joining TVMF in 2011, she has helped implement a number of programs and events to achieve the Foundation’s goal of celebrating and enriching the human-animal bond. Leah Ann helped establish TVMF’s LEAP program which provides much needed veterinary care, free of charge to animals belonging to economically disadvantaged community members. Leah Ann lives in Austin with her husband and son where the three of them enjoy biking, golfing and embarking on traveling adventures.