Meet Our Management Team
Vera Lima
Vera Lima, CVHM Hospital Administrator
Vera is our Hospital Administrator at McNeely Animal Hospital. She moved from Brazil to Nova Scotia when her family immigrated to Canada. There she attended Dalhousie University earning her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations in 2008. She is an extremely gifted problem solver and has a unique way of understanding people and their problems. In fact, her communication skills are boosted by her proficiency in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish. Vera enjoys sipping her coffee, especially lattes, baking for her family, attending her weekly women’s study group, and unwinding watching a movie with her husband and two kids. Above all, she loves to help people and work at the clinics!
Amber Pook
Amber Pook, HR Specialist
As the human resources manager for our clinics Amber works hard to help maintain a good work life balance for all our staff members. She is one of the behind-the-scenes people that help our clinics run by keeping the bills paid, and staff training up to date. She is also the “Schedule Queen” and always manages to get all positions covered even when short staffed. Most days you will find her helping around the clinic in anyway she can, or providing coffee and donuts while doing check ins with the staff. The most rewarding part of the job for her is being able to help make someone else’s day better.
When not at work you will find her running between soccer games and gymnastics practice with her two kids, or cuddled up with her dogs reading a good book.
Annie Cox
Annie Cox, Assistant Medical Director
As the assistant medical director for CVS and LVC, Annie manages the big picture medical aspect of the clinics. She can be found setting up continuing education for the team, conducting CPR drills and rolling out updated policies and procedures so our team can best serve our patients and their people. She loves to help her team support the human-animal bond that is so important to all of our clients. She looks forward to new adventures every day, and is always eager to learn.
When she is not in the office or on the floor as a tech, Annie enjoys riding her motorcycle, gardening and spending time with her husband Ken and her cats Tiki and Rose.
Fiona McCarthy
Fiona McCarthy, Marketing Specialist
Fiona is our Marketing Specialist at McNeely Animal Hospital. She is currently working with us part-time while completing her Commerce Degree at the University of Ottawa. During her days spent in the clinic she’s behind the camera snapping photos of our clients and team, or floating around creating social media content for our platforms. In her free time she enjoys travelling with her boyfriend Kade and adventuring with her cat and dog duo, Harvey and Harley.