Our Team

Sherri Oleniczak

Customer Service Representative

Sherri was born and raised in Ludington and has worked at VMC since June 2002. She married her high school sweetheart Tim in 1990 and they have 2 beautiful daughters, Shelby(and son-in-law Ase Personette) and Rylie (who still lives at home) and 2 adorable granddaughters, who totally have nana wrapped around their fingers!

She has 1 spoiled Rottweiler named Rubee who thinks she is a lap dog and weighs about 100lbs.

In her spare time away from the clinic she enjoys spending time with her family and friends kayaking down the river or floating out in Hamlin Lake on the pontoon. She also enjoys camping, baking, hanging around a campfire, reading, shopping, crafting and trying to make more time for travel.

Jyl Miller

Customer Service Representative

Jyl has always had a deep love for animals. After attending an Explorers class at VMC through Ludington High School, Jyl was hired into her dream job, February 15th of 1988. In the 30 plus years that Jyl has worked here, she has done many different tasks. Currently she is one of our Receptionists. Jyl works part-time so that she can be an involved parent of her 17 year old daughter Chesna, 19 year old son Torin, many indoor cats, one dog and to care for her elderly parents.

Some of Jyl's favorite things are water activities, nature hikes, camping, visiting friends around a fire, the 4th of July, Christmas, traveling to Southern Florida and attending car meets with her AMO or Mopa muscle cars.

Kathy Christmas

Customer Service Representative/Veterinary Technician

Holli Gregory

Lead Veterinary Technician

Michelle

Veterinary Technician

Michelle grew up in Ludington after moving from Buffalo, NY when she was five years old. She's been with VMC since April 2014. Her cats, Hamilton, Kennedy, Wilson and Ruthie and her dogs, Scooby and Sophie are all patients here! Currently she is working towards becoming a licensed veterinary technician through Penn Foster. When she's not at VMC she likes to spend her free time reading, running and watching the latest movies with her family and friends.

Carol Bush

Veterinary Technician

Carol is married with three children and is a native to the great state of Michigan. She has had a love for animals that started at an early age and materialized into an accumulation of pets from dogs to rabbits to canaries. This love motivated her to pursue a degree in Biology from Calvin College in Grand Rapids. It was here that she met and married her college sweetheart, Todd. Carol, along with her husband and three daughters have lived throughout the state of Michigan, starting as far south as Kalamazoo and inching further north until arriving in Ludington in the fall of 2014. It was shortly after arriving in Ludington that Carol began working at VMC.

Carol's love for the sciences and animals has definitely been passed down to each of her daughters. Her oldest has graduated from Lake Superior State University with a degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Management and is currently working on her Masters at Grand Valley State University in the field of Biology. Her middle daughter, also with a love for science, is finishing up a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Calvin University. Finally, her youngest is pursuing a path that will hopefully lead to a future degree in Veterinary Medicine.

Erika Jacobson

Veterinary Technician

Erika joined our team in July of 2019 as one of our team members. 

She loves coming to work and helping with getting animals the help they need.

She was born in California and raised in Michigan. On her off days she likes to spend time with her 4 kitties: Maybell, Autumn, Jax and Cheeto. She also enjoys working and training with horses.

Brandi Caloia

Certified Veterinary Technician

Brandi moved here from down state Michigan and joined our team in July of 2021. She loves taking care of all animals, but horses and large animals are her favorite. Her dream is to become a veterinarian, but for now she is working on becoming a licensed veterinary technician. 

Her daughter is her life and takes up all of her spare time. They love learning about animals and having all sorts of fun with them!

Katy Thacker

Veterinary Technician

Katy moved to Michigan from Texas in the fall of 2018. She began her career working with animals when she was 15 where she cared for boarding animals and learned to train dogs. She worked in sheltering and animal rescue for 10 years before relocating to Ludington. She joined our team in the Spring of 2021 and is passionate about animal rescue. She has a dog and a cat that she adopted and loves snakes. 

She enjoys spending time with her kids. She also enjoys PC, consol and table-top gamins as well as watching movies.

Jennifer Pomeroy

Licensed Veterinary Technician

Meghan Gillies

Office Manager

Meghan joined the VMC team in January of 2020. She was born and raised in Ludington and a graduate of Michigan State University. She and her husband have 2 daughters, Clara and Lily. Her family also has a Mini Schnauzer named Belle, an inside cat named Gabby, an outside cat named Gus, a horse named Gunner and the newest addition is a Lab/Golden mix named Anna.

Meghan has always enjoyed being around animals and can usually be found at the barn, at a horse show or down at the fairgrounds coaching for the Ludington Equestrian Team. Her newest venture is being a show mom for her oldest daughter who also has a love for horses.

She also enjoys being outdoors, spending time with her family and friends and sewing.