OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM

Meet Our Pack

Say hello to the dedicated hearts behind our mission! Our leadership team is a passionate, pittie-obsessed group of individuals working (and playing) hard to rescue pit bull-type dogs. We’re here for the snuggles, the zoomies, and giving every pup the love they deserve.

Board of Directors

Woman sitting next to a dog in front of a Christmas tree.

President

Woman holding a small pitbull puppy in her arms.

Vice-President & Treasurer

Young woman sitting behind a black and white dog that is wearing a red bandana

Secretary

Leadership Chairs

Woman kneeling in a house with two dogs in front of her.

Adoption Coordinator

A young woman hugging a black and white pit bull dog wearing a green and black striped bandana

Merchandise Coordinator

Woman kneeling in the grass with two pitbull dogs in front of her.

Social Media Chair

Woman kneeling in the grass with two pitbull dogs in front of her.

Events Chair

Young woman holding two brown puppies

Puppy Foster Coordinator

Woman sitting on a couch with a pitbull dog.

Website/E-mail Chair

Young woman sitting with a brown pitbull dog

Volunteer Coordinator

A young woman sitting with a small brown dog in her lap

Medical Coordinator

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Adoption Coordinator

Love-A-Bull's Co-Founders & Previous Leadership

Lydia Zaidman and Meghan Wells

In 2005, Meghan Wells took over leadership of the American Pit Bull Terrier Meetup group in Austin, a small gathering of pit bull advocates who took monthly “fun walks” around downtown. Later, Meghan joined forces with Lydia Zaidman, another one of the active Meetup members, to transform the group into a vehicle to change minds and fight negative stereotypes surrounding pit bull-type dogs. Together, they founded Love-A-Bull.

In 2008, with a huge dream and a lot of hard work, Lydia and Meghan turned Love-A-Bull into a 501(c)3 not for profit organization. Meghan along with her pittie, May, and Lydia along with her pitties, Mocha and Lucy, worked tirelessly to help educate the public on the truths about pit bull-type dogs and to advocate for just how amazing these dogs can be. Since its inception, Meghan and Lydia helped to shape Love-A-Bull into what it has become today: a thriving education, advocacy, and rescue organization whose primary mission is to promote responsible guardianship and improve the image and lives of pit bull-type dogs.

Collage of co-founders Meghan and Lydia with love-a-bulls dogs.

While serving the organization, Lydia helped found the Pit Crew Therapy Dog Program of which she and Mocha served in until Mocha’s passing. While serving Love-A-Bull, Meghan spearheaded multiple education and outreach efforts, including conference workshops, community resource fairs, interviews, and research projects, and partnerships to spread awareness of our mission and goals. She led countless free spay/neuter clinics and helped co-found the low-cost training program still offered to the Austin community to this day. Both Lydia and Meghan served tirelessly on the Board of Directors before ending their tenure in 2014. They remain active as volunteers, relentless supporters, adopters and fosters for the organization.

Love-A-Bull would not be the amazing organization that it is without their dedication and hard work. A huge thank you goes out to these amazing women and all they have accomplished for pit bull-type dogs everywhere!