Our Staff

The small team at WAG works hard to ensure that the animals at WAG receive the highest level of care possible and we support each other in our difficult tasks.

Peta Woolnough

Executive Director

About Peta

Introducing our dynamic new Executive Director, Peta, a seasoned leader with a rich decade-long background in steering teams, community and operations at lululemon. Beyond the boardroom, Peta finds her true joy in the serenity of the woods, accompanied by her faithful companion Raine. A devoted mother, she embraces the thrill of shredding down the mountainside with her two adventurous sons. Peta's addiction to adventure extends beyond the workplace, making her a perfect fit for our team's ethos of pushing boundaries and embracing the thrill of the unknown.

Lindsay Suckling

Director of Animal Behaviour and Welfare

About Lindsay

Lindsay has been an integral part of of the WAG team since 2009. She has over a decade of experience in animal rehabilitation, rescue and welfare! As Director of Animal Behaviour and Welfare she designs all training programs and oversees their implementation with staff, volunteers and adopters, assessing all animals and determining their specific needs. This encompasses many aspects of behaviour knowledge and experience as WAG sees a range of animals suffering from behaviour and welfare challenges.

She started volunteering for WAG in 2009 and fell in love with rescue work and helping homeless animals find their forever homes.

Since then she has worked with thousand of animals with a range of behavioural and health care needs such as aggression, reactivity, fear, anxiety, stranger danger, resource guarding, rehabilitating feral animals, tending to the special care needs of seniors, sick and injured... the list goes on!

Her passion in life is to increase enrichment and happiness while decreasing fear and stress in all animals.

• Graduate of the Academy for Dog Trainers

• Karen Pryor Academy Shelter Training & Enrichment Certificate

• Pet First Aid Certified, Walks 'N' Wags

•BA - Brock University Community Health

• Fear Free Shelter Certificate

• Kathy Sdao, DOG Smart Training

Martha Oliver

Adoptions Coordinator

About Martha

Martha has been living in Whistler for five years now, initially arriving to travel BC, falling in love with Whistler, and never leaving! She started volunteering at WAG in 2019, gradually spending more and more time with the animals until she was offered a job a year later. To develop her skill set, Martha has completed courses such as the Karen Pryor Shelter Enrichment Course and the Fear Free Shelters qualification and continues her education and learning alongside the team to help the animals who need it the most.

Kendall Benbow

Marketing, Events & Fundraising Coordinator

About Kendall

Kendall grew up in Whistler and always dreamed of working at WAG. After completing her Veterinary Assistant Program in Kelowna she moved back to Whistler and began volunteering at WAG. In 2018 she went from volunteer to staff member and hasn't looked back since. She loves all the animals that come to WAG but has enjoyed creating special bonds and working to enrich the lives of the long term animals. She enjoys the new challenges that every day brings and looks forward to helping more animals in the future!

• Veterinary Hospital Assistant Diploma

• Fear Free Shelter Certificate

• Animal First Aid