American Lhasa Apso Club Approved Breed Mentors
2007-2008


The following list of ALAC approved breed mentors includes both licensed breeder-judges and ALAC members who have met AKC’s mentor criteria and have volunteered to serve as approved breed mentors. IF you are applying to judge Lhasa Apsos, please feel free to contact the most local person to you for ringside mentoring or kennel visits. (ALAC members: Please contact the Judges Education Chairman for any additions or corrections to this list: shotru@comcast.net)

DIVISION 1
CT, ME, MA, NH,
NY, RI, & VT

Stephanie Kodis mokiema@aol.com
Joyce Hadden  tnhijoy@hvi.net
Etta Orenstein 718 225-2279

DIVISION 2
DE, NJ & PA

Catherine Marley, M.D. kailasha@lhasa-apso.org
Nancy Plunkett jmp@innernet.net
Barbara Wood Anbara@comcast.net

DIVISION 3
DC, KY, MD, NC,
TN, VA, & WV

Sandra Barker sbbarker@vcu.org
Don Evans SecAttorney@msn.com
Susan Giles ssgiles@aol.com
Peggy Huffman tarahuff@worldnet.att.net
Eileen MacLennan maclenn@comcast.net
Ray Sledizk Skyelha@aol.com

DIVISION 4
AL, AR, FL, GA,
LA, MS, & SC

Steve Campbell steve4213@aol.com
Betty Chidley tatisu@bellsouth.net
Keke Kahn kekekahn@comcast.net
Dana Read otakalhasa@aol.com

DIVISION 5
IL, IN, MI, OH
DIVISION 6
IA, KS, MN,
MO, NE, & WI
DIVISION 7
AZ, NM, OK, & TX

Marie Allman wjallman@hal-pc.org
Lynette Clooney sin.sa@verizon.net

DIVISION 8
CO, ID, NV, OR, UT,WA,& WY

Jan Bruton jandlbruton@hotmail.com
Nancy Damberg 503 663-2551
Cassandra de la Rosa dlrcas@msn.com
Don Hanson zhantor@comcast.net
Marianne Nixon Mlnixon@aol.com
Fran Strayer fmstrayer@aol.com
Barbara Schwartz desvmd@aol.com

DIVISION 9
CA

Bud Brockway Budwsipack@comcast.net
Pat Keen Fernandes shotru@comcast.net
Wendy Harper WendyAHarper@aol.com
Darby McSorley darbymcs@aol.com
Sherry Swanson Shoyulhasa@aol.com

DIVISION 10
AK

Don Hanson zhantor@comcast.net

DIVISION 11
HI

Kathy Bogatin 808 261-2694
Pat Keen Fernandes shotru@comcast.net

DIVISION 12
PR

DIVISION 13
MT, ND, SD

Leslie Baumann Ltbaumann@comcast.net
Barbara Schwartz desvmd@aol.com


CANADA

ONTARIO

If you an ALAC member who meets the criteria and you are interested in becoming a breed mentor, please contact the Judges Education Chairman to volunteer: shotru@comcast.net

Criteria for ALAC approved mentors:
1.  Must be a member in good standing of ALAC at least 10 years.
2.  Will sign a statement agreeing not to contradict the AKC Lhasa Apso Standard by inserting personal opinion.
3.  Must agree that ringside mentoring or kennel visits should be positive, private and confidential; and discussion should not be shared publicly after the mentoring session.
4.  Is willing to travel at their own expense to specialty shows, group, or all-breed shows that have entries large enough to qualify for mentoring under AKC guidelines. .
5.  All members who meet the American Kennel Club's 12-5-4 requirements may apply to mentor. 12 years owning Lhasa’s plus 5 years breeding and producing at least 4 champions.
6.  All ALAC member who are AKC licensed breeder-judges will be invited to be official mentors and are expected to be familiar with all AKC's ringside observations/mentoring guidelines and forms distributed by the Judging Operations Dept which must be signed by the mentor..
7.  Should be willing to participate in meetings, in person or by teleconference, for the purpose of training and familiarizing themselves with the Judges Educations & mentoring program.
8.  Agrees to have AKC and/or ALAC provide his/her name and contact information to prospective judges.

Additional recommended criteria:
A.  Has attended one or more ALAC national specialties within the past five years.
B.  Has attended one or more ALAC judge’s education program within the past five years.
C.  Has presented one or more official JEC Lhasa Apso breed seminar(s) using ALAC educational materials.

General guidelines for ringside mentors:
Each ALAC approved mentor must have a copy of the Illustrated Guide to the Lhasa Apso and the program approved by the Judges Education Committee. ALAC mentors will send a report of each ringside mentoring experience or kennel visit to the Judges Education Chairman who will forward these to the AKC Judges Department upon request.