The Lake Tahoe Humane Society has a completely new board, with the three who had been at the helm during the alleged embezzlement scheme by the former executive director having all resigned.

In their place are: Michael Dalton, president; Sandra DeLeon, vice president of governance and compliance; Chantale Hansen, vice president of operations; Mariel Berei, secretary; and Elizabeth Naylor, treasurer.

Per the bylaws, it was the former members who picked their successors.

The phrase the new board has embraced is — Restart, Rebuild, Restore, and Re-engage.

In a press release, Dalton said, “Unfortunately we were welcomed by a significant amount of debt that we will need to reduce through changes that we will need to make. The intended outcome of the new plan is to re-engage the community, through transparency clear and regular communications, new operating principles, checks and balances, and reducing the operating overhead, while increasing services to the Lake Tahoe community that have been compromised by the actions of the past executive director.”

Questions, recommendations, or concerns may be sent to feedback@laketahoehumanesociety.org.

Anyone wanting to be added to the volunteer list should download the form from the website and send it to: volunteer@laketahoehumanesociety.org.

There are no longer regular office hours.

Food pick up will be available on Fridays from 9am-noon.