About Us

Amy Crum is a veterinarian with sixteen years of experience in the field of companion animal welfare. Dr. Crum led the Houston SPCA veterinary team as the medical director for five years  during which she spearheaded the expansion and creation of a wide variety of programs, participated in large scale animal cruelty seizures and natural disaster responses, and taught every senior veterinary student in Texas A&M’s College of Veterinary Medicine in their mandatory Animal Welfare rotation. Dr. Crum was also an associate adjunct professor at the TAMU CVM teaching shelter medicine to first and second year veterinary students. As a member and current chair of the Texas Veterinary Medical Association’s Shelter Medicine Committee since 2015, Crum has aided in the organization and administration of continuing education programs for fellow shelter veterinarians, has assisted with drafting proposed legislation, and has joined TVMA leadership with lobbying efforts.

Kymberly Free graduated from the Veterinary Tech Institute in 2014 and is a licensed veterinary technician. She worked at the Houston SPCA both as a veterinary technician and as a manager in the community coordinator position which entailed planning large-scale adoption events and coordinating transfer of animals among various organizations. Kym has also worked in private practice emergency facilities and with private rescue groups gaining a broad perspective on the pressing animal welfare issues in the Houston community,