If anyone who knows her was asked to describe her in 2 words they would say “animal lover”. As a little girl she either wanted to be a Veterinarian or a Marine Biologist. While life took her in a different direction, she served as a veterinary technician at an animal shelter while attending Florida State University for Accounting & Finance. This is where Whitney first gained experience in the medical treatment for animals. 15 years later she furthered her education while volunteering for 2 other wildlife rescues in Charlotte and she began caring for wildlife independently in 2019. She founded WRoC in 2020 and runs the majority of operations from her home in East Charlotte. In addition to the many wildlife patients at any given time, Whitney shares her home with many rescued pets including Brooklyn the English Bulldog, Fiddy the cat, Honey Bun the rabbit, a leopard gecko, Limon the Quaker Parrot and a few chickens.

With 20 years of clinical social work and therapy experience, Tressy has focused her career on helping children and families in need.  Getting her wildlife license has given her the opportunity to expand her love of helping others to include rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing native wildlife back to their natural habitat.  Caring for a special young squirrel with dwarfism has led her to this work and she looks forward to helping WRoC in any way she can.  Tressy lives with her husband, two young sons, and chihuahua in Noda.

For as long as she can remember, Kaylee has always loved animals. However, it wasn't until the release of the series Planet Earth that Kaylees fascination and love for animals grew exponentially. Kaylee gained a desire to go beyond being a devoted rescue cat & dog mom and to begin working with native wildlife. After graduating from the University of South Florida business school in 2020, she relocated to Charlotte. Kaylee found her way to joining our team when she rescued an Opossum that had been hit by a car who still had babies in her pouch. She now plays a crucial role in helping us raise and release Cottontails and Opossums.

Never a time where she wasn’t fascinated by wildlife, Bri’s true passion was turned all the way up as a pre-teen at a summer camp at The Humane Society. Bri met an education opossum named “Blossom” and her love blossomed for opossums. She found a baby squirrel soon after (and surrendered it to a rehabber) and learned more about the opportunities in wildlife rehab. Volunteering as a teen, she dipped her toes into rehab.

After slight deviation from the path + gaining 11 years in the beauty and customer service education industry, Bri joined as an apprentice. She lives in East Charlotte with two cats. Her favorite part of her day is checking her backyard camera to see what wildlife wandered through the night.

Nichole grew up in a family that always involved animals of many kinds. She would often visit her mother at work who was a Vet tech in Charlotte, NC so learning to love and care for animals like her mother became her dream. In 2013 she made that dream a reality and went onto school to become a Vet Tech in El Paso, Texas. Since then she has explored volunteer work at her local zoo, veterinary emergency, specialty and ICU. She enjoys spending her free time with nature, and is happiest when she is at home relaxing with her fur babies.