Meet Our Team
It takes a group of dedicated and compassionate people to run a nonprofit rescue animal organization. We're very proud of our volunteer Board of Directors, as well as our tireless "sanctuary grounds" and various "behind the scenes" volunteers that assist us in many different aspects. We couldn't do our important, life-saving work without them!
We're always looking for additional support, so please refer to our Volunteer page to learn more about the various ways you can help us and our mission. We'd LOVE to work with you!
Our Board of Directors:
Lisa Crawford
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Lisa has been involved in animal rescue, with a focus on cats, for over 30 years while living in Texas and in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is passionate about improving the lives of ALL animals in need, and has provided TNR, medical care, outdoor shelter, daily food & water, and her devotion to the hundreds of homeless cats she's cared for.
She strives to educate the public regarding the plight of homeless cats in the hopes that positive initiatives will soon be implemented by all communities, ultimately creating positive outcomes all around.
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Lisa currently resides in rural east Texas and is focused on managing and maintaining Mission Possible's 2-acre cat sanctuary and its MANY furry residents. She shares her loving home with some of them she had rescued as kittens.
Marie Schultz
Organizational Development Dir.
Marie has a great love for cats and has 3 of her own, Oscar, Nola, and Simon; all of which are rescued strays. Before becoming a Board Member, she spent many hours with the cats at Mission Possible and grew to care for them a great deal. Throughout her life, she spent an innumerable number of days volunteering for various local projects and businesses in her community.
She has a background and degrees in human resources and business managementeg; and currently works full-time for Partners for Rural Impact, a non-profit invested in the welfare of small communities.
She is passionate about service in her community and believes the best work begins with thoughtful & strategic business decisions allowing the most amount of care get to those with the greatest need.
Mariana Williams Tarragó
Secretary
Mariana has over 30+ years of industry and non-profit executive administrative experience. Being a lifelong cat lover, she excitedly jumped at the chance when offered the opportunity to help homeless cats and educating the public of their plight and how to prevent needless suffering by joining Mission Possible. She firmly believes that we ALL need to be advocates for the animals and strives to live by this belief at all times.
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While working a full time job, running a household, and helping with Mission Possible, she managed to carve out time to obtain her Associate Degree in Interior Design and is now enjoying a fulfilling career in that exciting and creative field.
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Mariana lives in the south San Francisco Bay Area with her husband Shane, and their two fur-kids, Ollie & Lexi.
Laura Squiers
Treasurer
Laura Squiers has over 36 years of executive experience in public relations, legislative affairs, and nonprofit management, as well as served on the board of directors for many large Texas nonprofit health, human services, and children advocacy agencies. Serving others in need is what motivates and inspires her to help facilitate beneficial change to ALL societal stakeholders.
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Laura joined Mission Possible in 2023 because not only is she is a strong believer of our mission, but she can personally relate to what we do. She has rescued several abandoned cats & dogs throughout the years, welcoming some of them to join her family, and suitably rehoming the others.
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Laura and her husband live in Lufkin, TX and are pet-parents to their rescues Georgie, Mora, Buddy, and Salem.
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