Board of Directors
Tina and her demondog Zuko
Tina Shakour, Chair
Prince Zuko and Princess Autumn, Demon Dogs
Tina has over 15 years of experience in sales, marketing, and engineering in Silicon Valley and the tech industry. Formerly an engineer, she has had the opportunity to build marketing organizations for startups and top tech companies. She now combines her technical background with creativity to crack the code on social media marketing, and loves strategy, big-picture thinking, and testing new technologies on a daily basis.
As a woman in tech, she advocates for educating boys and girls in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and serves as a delegate with the U.S. State Department in the international TechWomen program. In her free time, she enjoys hiking with her husband and Shibas Zuko and Autumn, and exploring wine country.
Facebook: Prince Zuko and Princess Autumn Twitter: @demondogsports
Prince Zuko and Princess Autumn, Demon Dogs
Tina has over 15 years of experience in sales, marketing, and engineering in Silicon Valley and the tech industry. Formerly an engineer, she has had the opportunity to build marketing organizations for startups and top tech companies. She now combines her technical background with creativity to crack the code on social media marketing, and loves strategy, big-picture thinking, and testing new technologies on a daily basis.
As a woman in tech, she advocates for educating boys and girls in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and serves as a delegate with the U.S. State Department in the international TechWomen program. In her free time, she enjoys hiking with her husband and Shibas Zuko and Autumn, and exploring wine country.
Facebook: Prince Zuko and Princess Autumn Twitter: @demondogsports
Alisa and Zenji, aka “The Noodle”
Alisa Gaylon, Vice Chair
Max Zenji Fuchi ShibaTrio
After graduating from law school and working for the office of the public defender, Alisa Gaylon chose to pursue her true passion at the Le Cordon Bleu College of Cooking and Culinary Arts in Chicago. Today she serves the hospitality industry as a consultant in legal and business affairs, dining room guest services training, operations management, and menu engineering.
Alisa’s experience also includes private chef and catering services as well as the management and co-ownership of a 30-seat French bistro in Chicago. Since 2008, she has been an associate professor of culinary and hotel and restaurant management with The Art Institutes®, focusing on contemporary and sustainable trends in food service. She is the “humom” to three Shibas: Max, Fuchi, and Zenji, and one of the original founders of Shiba Prom in 2012. She continues to volunteer with local rescues.
Facebook: Max Zenji Fuchi ShibaTrio Twitter: @ShibaTrio
Max Zenji Fuchi ShibaTrio
After graduating from law school and working for the office of the public defender, Alisa Gaylon chose to pursue her true passion at the Le Cordon Bleu College of Cooking and Culinary Arts in Chicago. Today she serves the hospitality industry as a consultant in legal and business affairs, dining room guest services training, operations management, and menu engineering.
Alisa’s experience also includes private chef and catering services as well as the management and co-ownership of a 30-seat French bistro in Chicago. Since 2008, she has been an associate professor of culinary and hotel and restaurant management with The Art Institutes®, focusing on contemporary and sustainable trends in food service. She is the “humom” to three Shibas: Max, Fuchi, and Zenji, and one of the original founders of Shiba Prom in 2012. She continues to volunteer with local rescues.
Facebook: Max Zenji Fuchi ShibaTrio Twitter: @ShibaTrio
Yoshi
Ann Lynch, Secretary
Yoshi
Ann is a pharmacist and associate professor of pharmacy practice at MCPHS University in Worcester, Massachusetts, with concentrations in asthma, diabetes, HIV, and veterinary pharmacy. Many years as a community pharmacy manager, supervisor, and director lend professionalism, communication, management and marketing skills to her assistance in Shiba Prom events and success.
For 14 and a half years, Ann was “humom” to Shelby, catching “rescue fever” when she and her husband were rescued by her in 1998. Shelby passed in 2013 and Ann continues to volunteer at local and regional rescues. In 2016, Ann became a proud “foster failure” and added Yoshi to her family. In her free time, she loves to photograph nature and wildlife and hike with her husband and Yoshi.
Facebook: Ann Lynch
Yoshi
Ann is a pharmacist and associate professor of pharmacy practice at MCPHS University in Worcester, Massachusetts, with concentrations in asthma, diabetes, HIV, and veterinary pharmacy. Many years as a community pharmacy manager, supervisor, and director lend professionalism, communication, management and marketing skills to her assistance in Shiba Prom events and success.
For 14 and a half years, Ann was “humom” to Shelby, catching “rescue fever” when she and her husband were rescued by her in 1998. Shelby passed in 2013 and Ann continues to volunteer at local and regional rescues. In 2016, Ann became a proud “foster failure” and added Yoshi to her family. In her free time, she loves to photograph nature and wildlife and hike with her husband and Yoshi.
Facebook: Ann Lynch
The ChiTown3Pak: Teenie, Theo, and Sophia
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Eileen Corliss Jackson, Treasurer
ChiTown3Pak Eileen is a business owner in Chicago and serves on a professional board representing the Midwest. Her business ethics and professionalism are just a few of the skills that help Shiba Prom with its events! Eileen began donating her time to Shiba Prom a few years ago, eventually becoming an official member at large and then treasurer for Shiba Prom in 2017. When she isn’t working, she can be found taking care of her Shibas Sophia, Teenie, and Theo, and “having fun raising funds”! Facebook: ChiTown3Pak Twitter: @ChiTown3Pak |
Volunteers
Zeus (DJ ZPack)
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Jessica King
Zeus, Super-DJ Zeus Ruper (aka DJ ZPack) served as the 2012–2015 Grand Master of Ceremonies and kept the pawty going all night long. He represents the ATL in his free time and can be found with his humom shaking his booty all over town. You can always find him “Under the Bleachers” after his shift. (Note: He mind-controlled his humom into serving as a Shiba Prom volunteer.) Facebook: Zeus Ruper Twitter: @ShibaZPack |
Katsumi and Kuri Firefox
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Niki Libarios
Katsumi and Kuri Firefox, DJs (aka the Firefox Fly Girls) When they are not busy working on their EVIL plans for Shiba World Domination, the Firefox Girls also serve as pawficial taste testers for Hawaii Doggie Bakery in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Firefox Girls served as emcees and Mistresses of Ceremonies for Proms 2012–2016, and Katsu was even voted best dancer in the Shiba Shake Video for 2012! Facebook: The Firefox Girls Twitter: @shibainuhawaii |
Tofu, Riley, and Kuma
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Jillian Smiley, Facebook and Grants
Riley Annabelle, Kuma, and Tofu Jillian Smiley has a background as an executive assistant, actress, bartender, and blogger. She likes to learn about everything that she can, especially when it can help Shiba rescue! Jillian is owned by three Shibas: Kuma, Riley, and Tofu. They all came from rescue, and she is passionate about doing all that she can to help other rescue Shibas and humans find each other. Every dog deserves good health care and a loving home. Facebook: riley.annabelle.3 |
Buttons the Service Shiba
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Regina Lizik, Social Media
Buttons the Service Shiba Regina Lizik is a writer and editor who currently serves as the content editor for Animal Farm Foundation. She has written for outlets such as the Daily Beast and was the viral editor at BarkPost. Regina and her Shiba, Buttons, run the Facebook page Buttons the Shiba, where they share what it’s like to be an unconventional guide dog team. They also work to raise awareness about accessibility and public access for people with disabilities. Instagram: @scarletandbuttons |
Lucy Rose and Endeavour, aka “Dev”
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Bibi and Higgs
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Marize Pommot, Web Geek
Bibi and Higgs When Marize is not serving her two Shibas, she works as a software developer. In her spare time, they go for long walks exploring parks in NYC. She has been involved in rescue for awhile, volunteering with both NYC Shiba Rescue and National Shiba Inu Rescue. Twitter: @NiShibaInNYC |
