Technician Speakers

Danny Walker is the Professor of Veterinary Science and Technology at the University of Tennessee at Martin and has taught there for 12 years. Danny graduated with his B.S. degree in Animal Science from UTM in 1975 and received his D.V.M. from Auburn University in 1979. Danny and his wife of 49 years, Susie, resided in Jackson, Tennessee for 32 years while practicing at the Jackson Animal Clinic and North Madison Animal Hospital. He has 2 children, Matthew married to Valerie Morse in Destin, Florida, and Lee Taylor and his wife Erin who reside in Fort Worth, Texas. Danny enjoys sporting events, church activities, playing with five grandchildren and travel.

Barbie teaches clinical pathology and laboratory animal courses in the veterinary technology program at Murray State University where she has been employed for nearly 28 years.  In 2020 she received the Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award.  Prior to full -time teaching, she worked in the clinical pathology department of Breathitt Veterinary Center.  She served on the organizing committee of the Academy of Veterinary Clinical Pathology Technicians and currently serves as the secretary and the as the academy’s representative to NAVTA’s CVTS committee.  She is the past- secretary of the Kentucky Veterinary Technician Association.  In addition to her instruction for Murray State, she offers continuing education in clinical pathology related topics to veterinary technicians through in-person and online CE opportunities.  She resides in Western Kentucky to, near LBL, where she loves to hike with her faithful canine companion, Daphne, a lab/shepherd mix.  Occasionally her two teenage sons and husband join her on these treks.  She shares her home with 2 dogs, 5 cats, and an assortment of rabbits, backyard birds, fish, and reptiles.

Meg Harrington BS, CVT is a Certified Veterinary Technologist that specializes in Livestock Consulting and Production Animal Care for Nashville Animal Hospital located in Nashville, Arkansas. Meg is a 2022 Applicant with the Academy of Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians seeking a Veterinary Technician Specialty in Production Animal Internal Medicine. Growing up on a cow/calf operation in southern Indiana she has always had a passion for the cattle industry. She graduated from Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine with a degree in Veterinary Technology in 2009 with an emphasis on Herd Health & Production Medicine. Her previous experience includes working for the Purdue University Animal Science Beef Research Center and as a Large Animal Veterinary Technologist in veterinary practice. In 2013 Meg relocated to Arkansas, became a Veterinary Technology Program Director, and built a curriculum for a two-year program seeking AVMA accreditation. Within one year Meg was hired at Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health where she spent 8 years educating producers and veterinary professionals about cattle health, collecting diagnostic samples, participating in research projects, and consulting with herd veterinarians on unique medicine cases alongside her technical services veterinarian. Meg currently resides on a ranch in Sheridan, Arkansas where she runs a registered cow herd with her husband Cody and 4-year-old daughter Hadley. Meg has a strong desire to educate and develop herd health programs specific to the needs of her producers through risk assessment and disease surveillance in addition to helping them see the economic benefit of utilizing certain products to boost production through weight gain, increased reproductive performance, and facilitate ways to decrease morbidity and mortality in high-risk cattle. Meg advocates for keeping our production animals healthy, keeping our food supply safe, and keeping America fed. One of Meg’s most recent contributions to supporting her clients is the facilitation and development of an autogenous mastitis vaccine after identifying an increased number of clinical mastitis cases in dairy herds when commercially available mastitis vaccines were permanently discontinued.

With over 19 years of veterinary experience, Yvonne Brandenburg, RVT, VTS (Internal Medicine – Small Animal) was the 2021 President of the Academy of Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians, and founder and co-host of Internal Medicine For Vet Techs Membership and Podcast. She works as a Clinical Trainer for a specialty practice and loves to teach about a variety of medicine topics. Yvonne is passionate about elevating our profession and veterinary technicians and nurses around the world. To find out more about her, visit the Internal Medicine For Vet Techs website.

With over 19 years of veterinary experience, Yvonne Brandenburg, RVT, VTS (Internal Medicine – Small Animal) was the 2021 President of the Academy of Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians, and founder and co-host of Internal Medicine For Vet Techs Membership and Podcast. She works as a Clinical Trainer for a specialty practice and loves to teach about a variety of medicine topics. Yvonne is passionate about elevating our profession and veterinary technicians and nurses around the world. To find out more about her, visit the Internal Medicine For Vet Techs website.

April is a CVT with more than 22 years of experience, she became a Veterinary Technician Specialist in Emergency and Critical Care in 2013, and a Veterinary Cannabis Counselor in 2021. She enjoys teaching emergency topics and the art of critical care and critical thinking. She created Elevative Veterinary Training Solutions in 2020 to share her passion for excellence and emphasize technician empowerment and utilization. When she’s not eliminating pain or writing proceedings, you can find her supporting the many local breweries, backpacking, and getting lost in the wilderness.

Dr. Reinemeyer is a native of Ohio and graduated cum laude from the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1976. After 5 years in mixed animal practice in Kent, Ohio, he returned to OSU to pursue PhD studies on the epidemiology of parasitic nematodes of horses. Dr. Reinemeyer joined the faculty of the University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine in 1984 and taught veterinary parasitology there for 14 years. Dr. Reinemeyer left academia in 1998 to found East Tennessee Clinical Research, a privately-held contract research organization that conducts pharmaceutical development studies for commercial sponsors. Dr. Reinemeyer is a member of numerous professional organizations and served as the President of the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists from 2003 to 2004.