our Team

staff

Lisa Tatsuko Prince-Fishler

Founder and Executive Director

Lisa has always shared her life with a colorful collection of animal friends. An artist, professional photographer, and tireless advocate for animals, HeARTs Speak was inspired by her soul dog, Iggy, and is the embodiment of all she believes in. Lisa feels passion is the spark that can ignite change, and she strives to create a work culture that always considers and acts on this. An alliance builder, Lisa believes in empowering stakeholders to shape their shared vision for the future, together and for this reason, collaboration has always been a core value of HeARTs Speak.

Caitlin Quinn

Director Of Operations

Caitlin is passionate about working with shelters and rescues to reimagine the way they tell their stories and connect with new audiences. She has served in the animal welfare field since 2008 and early on had the honor of working closely with diverse organizations across the U.S. to maximize resources, redesign policies, & find life-changing marketing solutions. In 2015 she got her MPA with a concentration in nonprofit management and in 2021 she began teaching shelter marketing for the University of Florida Master’s in Shelter Medicine program. She currently shares her life with a petite brindle pit bull named Sally.

Volunteers

Susan Schmitz

Mollie McPhee

Liz Senteney

Kelly Russo

Cindy Chow

Board Of Directors

Sarah Tomolonius is Vice President of Investor Relations at M13, a consumer tech-focused full-service venture capital engine. Sarah is also co-founder and serves as the Vice Chairman of the Sustainability Investment Leadership Council, served as VP, Marketing and Investor Relations for Arlon Group, a food and agriculture investment firm from 2012 to 2018, served as Senior Professional, Management Reporting & Analytics from 2010 to 2012. Between 2008 and 2010, Sarah was an Associate, Investor Relations for Citi Private Equity, a private equity group that was acquired by StepStone Group in October 2010. Between 2005 and 2007, Sarah served as Research Analyst, Corporate & Public Affairs Group of Edelman, a global public relations firm. Prior to that, Sarah was a Program Assistant for a Water & Coastal Program of Natural Resources Defense Council, a non-profit international environmental advocacy group, from 2002 to 2005. Sarah also serves as Chair of the Sustainability Committee for the New York Alternative Investment Roundtable. Sarah was HeARTs Speak’s Board President between 2014 and 2017 and is currently its Treasurer.

Sarah likes to hike with her 8-year-old daughter, Ava, and they happily live with a growing menagerie of animals at home, including their very sweet cat, two tiny but loud dogs and a sublime leopard gecko.

Linda Cobarrubias founded and currently runs an accounting business for the past 40+ years. In addition, she began developing her pet photography business just over 4 years ago. This new venture is the result of discovering her passion during more than six years of volunteer pet photography for various animal welfare organizations. Linda brings 30+ years of volunteer experience ranging from Board level to events, projects and the daily tasks of nonprofit work, along with her advocacy for the protection and adoption of animals in need.

Linda lives in Palm Springs with her husband and three dogs (a maltipoo named Porsche, a morkie named Sally Carrera and a Pomeranian named Murphy Brown.) She is currently volunteering at three shelters locally. She enjoys travel, especially to San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico where she has a home and volunteers at two shelters. Linda also has a passion for Porsches and continues to be an active board member in the Porsche Club of America after more than two decades although at this point in her life animals take precedence in her HeArt.

Lisa is an artist, a profound lover of animals and leader who sought a solution to the problem of animal homelessness through an artistic, holistic lens. An alliance builder, Lisa believes in collaboration that empowers all stakeholders to shape their shared vision for the future together.

A New York based professional photographer, Lisa founded HeARTs Speak in 2010. She is currently the Executive Director and Vice President of the Board of Directors. Lisa earned her BA from Vassar College, and an MA from Goddard.

Lisa lives on a small farm in the beautiful Hudson Valley area of New York with her family, which includes her dog, (aka House Pony), Halle, 5 cats, Jengo, Frank, Alfie, Vega + Leonard, 3 goats, Mama, William + Iggy Pop, and 25 happy chickens.

Will Anzenberger is the Development Manager at Valley Humane Society in Pleasanton, California. Will has been fortunate to have worked for the San Francisco SPCA, the Kauai Humane Society and Dane County Humane Society (Madison, WI). With over 10 years of animal shelter experience in both administrative and fundraising roles, Will was drawn to Hearts Speak from seeing, first-hand, the importance of quality images and storytelling in saving animal lives.

Will received his BA from Boston College and his JD/MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has worked as a general counsel for a professional sports league as well as licensing in the entertainment industry. He is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) as well as the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners (CGP). Will shares his home and office with two rescued French bulldogs, Dexter and Pi. All three have volunteered with local hospices performing pet visits, and hope to participate in similar activities in the Tri-Valley.

Rebecca (Becca) Gobeille is a transactional real estate attorney living in Seattle, Washington. Currently an attorney at Jameson Babbitt Stites & Lombard in downtown Seattle, Becca was previously an associate at Hirschen Singer & Epstein in New York, NY (2007-2013) and Stoel Rives LLP in Seattle, WA (2013-2017). Becca received her BA in Urban Studies from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and her JD/Masters in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan.

Becca moved from New York City to Seattle almost 7 years ago and now lives south of the city with her husband, three sons, two rescue dogs, one cat and two enormous rescue rabbits. She enjoys gardening, raising mason bees, cooking, herding children, reading and traveling. Becca is a vociferous advocate for buying locally and sustainably, public education, pit bull rescue, women’s rugby and affordable fair housing in her community and across the country. She was, once upon a time, a budding photographer and so holds a special place in her heart for the artists of HeARTs Speak. Becca was one of the attorneys that originally helped form HeARTs Speak and obtain its tax exempt status. She is incredibly proud to now be able to serve the organization as the President of its Board of Directors.