Board

Christine A. Dorchak, President and General Counsel

A co-founder of GREY2K USA Worldwide, Christine Dorchak has extensive professional experience in the animal protection movement. Before obtaining her law degree, she worked as Research Director for the New England Anti-Vivisection Society and was the manager of the Ellen Gifford Sheltering Home for Cats in Boston. Christine specializes in pari-mutuel law and has drafted laws to successfully prohibit dog racing in several states and countries. She has been featured in several national publications including the Huffington Post, Forbes, American Dog, Fido Friendly and Bostonia and provided commentary pieces for news outlets such as the Miami Herald, Lowell Sun, Chicago Examiner and Lawyer's Weekly. Christine is the co-author with Carey Theil of Brooklyn Goes Home. Their new TED Talk "How to Be an Activist Who Creates Real Change" dicusses 25 years of advocacy for the greyhounds. A long-distance runner all of her life, she has completed in seven Boston Marathons to date. Email christine@grey2kusaedu.org.

• TED Talk - How to be an activist who creates real change

• Boston University, Bostonia Magazine - One Good Deed: Christine Dorchak (COM’90)

• The Snout - Dogs are family friends, not racing machines, says anti-race activist Dorchak

• Connecticut for Animals - Connecticut for Animals Education Fund Partner Profile

• ABA Journal - A love for canines influenced this lawyer's work to outlaw greyhound racing

• Connecticut Insider - Dog racing is legal, but CT could be one of the last states to ban it

• The Herald - Christine Dorchak: Time to end dog racing in Scotland

• New York Lifestyles Magazine - Greyhound Crusader - A Dog's Best Friend

• New England Law Boston - Asked/Answered: Championing and Protecting Dogs

• E Magazine - New Book Details The Rise & Fall Of American Greyhound Racing

• Innovation & Tech Today Magazine - Is Technology Breathing New Life Into Inhumane Greyhound Racing?

Carey M. Theil, Vice President

Since co-founding GREY2K USA Worldwide in 2001, Carey has been sourced in hundreds of news articles about greyhound racing, and has authored guest columns about the industry published in the Orlando Sentinel, Charleston Daily Mail, Sun-Sentinel, Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, Tallahassee Democrat, Mobile Press-Register, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Pensacola News Journal, Boston Globe, Providence Journal, Rocky Mountain News, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Lowell Sun and Lynn Daily Item. He has extensive legislative experience, and has testified in favor of stronger greyhound protection laws before legislative committees in Alabama, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Oregon. Carey is the co-author with Christine Dorchak of Brooklyn Goes Home. Their new TED Talk "How to Be an Activist Who Creates Real Change" discusses 25 years of advocacy for the greyhounds. In his free time, Carey volunteers for various non-profit organizations and is a National Master in chess. Email carey@grey2kusaedu.org.

Paula Blanchard, Secretary

Paula is a retired writer, the author of critically acclaimed biographies of Margaret Fuller, Emily Carr and Sarah Orne Jewett. Having lived among animals all her life, she became an activist after she and her husband adopted their first greyhound in 2000. She has performed writing and research projects for both GREY2KUSA Worldwide and the GREY2K USA Education Fund. Email paula@grey2kusaedu.org.

Lorraine Nicotera

Lorraine is a volunteer for many animal protection organizations and is a Certified Wildlife Rehabilitator, specializing in eastern cottontails. She has a small sanctuary for parakeets and domestic rabbits and also is involved in animal rescue. She was the long-time Vice President of the South Shore Humane Society and holds a degree in biology and has experience in Humane Education. Email lorraine@grey2kusaedu.org.