10 veterinary consultants
Behind these veterinary consultants are careers as practice managers, hospital-owning veterinarians, animal health company executives and veterinary group staff; three have owned veterinary practices, two worked as a practice manager or practice administrator, and nine hold consulting roles today. They suit a practice owner working on margins and staffing, preparing a practice for valuation or sale, or opening a new practice.
Professionals to explore
Blake Deckard DVM
LinkedInExperience: Veterinary Practice Consultant · KSM (Katz, Sapper & Miller)
Both a practicing veterinarian's and a practice consultant's view come from Blake Deckard DVM, a Veterinarian at VCA Animal Hospitals since 2016 and Veterinary Practice Consultant at KSM (Katz, Sapper & Miller) since 2019 and at Blake, LLC since 2016. Deckard has also been a Facilitator at Veterinary Management Groups - VMG since 2018, so questions that need both views fit well.
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Brianne Sleasman
LinkedInExperience: Senior Practice Consultant · Synergie Veterinary Consulting Group
At Synergie Veterinary Consulting Group, which takes a client-first approach to helping veterinary practices meet their strategic goals, Brianne Sleasman has been Senior Practice Consultant since 2023, after serving as Strategic Operations Leader at Encore Vet Group (2018-2023). With a strategic operations role behind the consulting work, Sleasman fits practice operations questions.
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Clayton MacKay
LinkedInExperience: President · Clayton Mackay Veterinary Consulting
A career veterinarian who owned a multi-doctor generalist/specialty practice for 22 years, Clayton MacKay has been President of Clayton Mackay Veterinary Consulting since 2009. MacKay was Director of Veterinary Affairs at Hill's Pet Nutrition (1997-2009), Director Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the University of Guelph (1993-1997) and a past President of the American Animal Hospital Association.
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David Bennett
LinkedInExperience: Founder · Veterinary Practice Consulting, LLC
Starting new practices is one of David Bennett's stated specialties, along with practice management, team development and leadership consulting. Bennett has been Founder of Veterinary Practice Consulting, LLC since 2018, after serving as President of Veterinary Consulting Services at Practice Coach (2016-2018) and Senior Consultant there (2014-2016). A fit for new practice and team questions.
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Dawn Burdette
LinkedInExperience: Veterinary Business Consultant · Zebral Consulting LLC
Practice revenue growth and team training are the natural questions for Dawn Burdette, Veterinary Business Consultant at Zebral Consulting LLC since 2018, identifying and capturing veterinary practice performance growth opportunities and developing strategic training programs. Burdette was Executive Director Sales Leadership and Development Consultant at Henry Schein Animal Health (2012-2018).
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Hugh White
LinkedInExperience: Advisor to proactive Veterinary Practices · Veterinary Valuation Consultants
Hugh White has been Advisor to proactive Veterinary Practices at Veterinary Valuation Consultants since 2008 and was a Consultant at Valuvet (2007-2019). White works with veterinary practice owners to build profitable practices by effectively engaging with their clients and staff, and the valuation firm titles make White a fit for practice value questions.
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Janet Talbot
LinkedInExperience: Business Consultant Owner · Animalia Resources, Inc.
Janet Talbot has been Business Consultant Owner at Animalia Resources, Inc. since 2008, after serving as Practice Administrator at Hidden Spring Veterinary Clinic (1988-2008). Talbot has contracted with more than 70 Michigan veterinary practice owners to help improve all aspects of their business, which makes Talbot a fit for practice administration and business improvement questions.
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Meghan S. Bingham, BA, CVPM
LinkedInExperience: Director of Client Advisory Services · Granite Peak Veterinary Advisors
Director of Client Advisory Services at Granite Peak Veterinary Advisors since 2024, Meghan S. Bingham, BA, CVPM took that role after serving as Senior Operations Manager at Valley Veterinary Care (2022-2023) and Practice Manager at West Alabama Animal Clinic (1996-2022). Bingham says programs implemented in the first 90 days with a small veterinary buying group more than doubled profit margins in targeted areas, and that their first practice grew from one doctor to 12.
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Tim Davies
LinkedInExperience: Veterinary Managment Consultant and Advisor · Tim Davies Veterinary Management Consultancy.
From 2016 to 2021, Tim Davies was Veterinary Managment Consultant and Advisor at Tim Davies Veterinary Management Consultancy., advising private equity and consulting groups on veterinary sector strategy and acquisition, and private practices on structure, profitability and sale to corporate groups. Davies was Chief Veterinary Officer at Guide Dogs (2021-2023), Veterinary Director at CVS Group UK (2009-2016) and Owner of Nine Mile Veterinary Group (1986-2007).
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Wendy Hauser, DVM
LinkedInExperience: Founder and President · Peak Veterinary Consulting
Hospital ownership, clinical practice and animal health industry roles as a pet health insurance executive and professional services veterinarian make up the experience Wendy Hauser, DVM brings as Founder and President of Peak Veterinary Consulting, founded in 2015. Hauser was Assistant Vice President at ASPCA Pet Health Insurance (2017-2021) and Technical Services Veterinarian at Merial (2013-2015).
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Choose the right perspective
For day-to-day operations, staffing and margins, Meghan S. Bingham, Janet Talbot, David Bennett and Brianne Sleasman are closest to the work. Owners thinking about valuation or a sale to a corporate group should talk to Tim Davies or Hugh White, and Wendy Hauser, Clayton MacKay, Blake Deckard and Dawn Burdette bring the veterinarian, industry and practice growth view.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which monthly numbers should a veterinary practice owner track to catch a margin problem early?
- 02How should an independent veterinary practice prepare its books and team before selling to a corporate group?
- 03What does it take to grow a single-doctor practice into a multi-doctor hospital without losing staff along the way?
About this directory
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