Before moving to Memphis, Ranise was involved in rescue in Chicago for a little over 5 years. She started out doing events and raising money, then moved on to volunteering with handling and dog walking, and eventually became a board member for another rescue for more than 2 years. She then became a foster coordinator for ALIVE. Ranise took what she learned in Chicago and has started our very first “branch” to help reduce the extensive overpopulation problem in Memphis. Ranise shares her home with Zelda, the very first dog rescued by ALIVE Rescue Memphis, and has two other foster failures from the program in Memphis, Patty and Sprout. Ranise’s previous dog, Anita Riot, was her inspiration for getting into rescue.

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Jessica Clark,
Social Media Coordinator

Jessica was introduced to Alive Rescue Memphis by a mutual friend in 2017. She had always been an advocate for animal rescue and Alive's mission fit with her perfectly.  From there she started volunteering, fostered Gia and for the past year and half focused on Alive's social media presence.  Jessica shares her house with two dogs and two cats, all from local shelters or rescued from the streets.