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TESTIMONIALS

  • Dr. Rick DeBowes, WSU Professor and local VBMA Chapter Advisor

    I believe the Veterinary Business Management Association (VBMA) presents students with one of the best opportunities they will ever experience, while preparing for their chosen career as a veterinary professional.

    The VBMA is a program that encourages and equips students for financial and interpersonal success in their post DVM professional lives.

    One of the real joys of being a veterinary educator has been to encounter former students who are now out in veterinary practices, health care companies, research labs and related health enterprises, changing the face and impact of our profession.

    I can’t help but notice that amongst the population of highly successful colleagues I have encountered in recent years, VBMA alums are over represented.

    I would encourage every veterinary student to become a VBMA member. It will add to and enhance, your future capacity"

    – Dr. Rick DeBowes, WSU Professor and local VBMA Chapter Advisor

  • Jim Mahan, Director of Marketing of Live Oak Bank

    When writing a testimonial you truly care about it’s a much easier process. Talking about the importance of the VBMA and the trust I have in this organization is easy. And it should be easy for all who are researching it to understand.

    The mission of this organization is clearly valuable and clearly needed. I would pose the question to anyone, “ Do you think, especially in today’s economic environment, that better understanding the business of Veterinary medicine will be more or less important over the next 10 years?”

    It’s an easy answer. It will be more important, it will be, in fact, vital.

    Whether you plan to own or simply work in a practice, the issues the VBMA trains veterinarians on are of the utmost importance. It affects your salary, your income, your ethics, EVERYTHING that ensures the continued practice of good medicine.

    A poorly run business, or poorly educated veterinarian will not survive in these times.

    The VBMA does more than address this, they equip. The VBMA prepares, empowers, and motivates. It’s leadership is rock solid and I trust them implicitly.

    In short, this organization, all it stands for, and all it does for veterinarians is vital. Any exposure to what it offers will be beneficial. I give it my highest recommendation.”

    -Jim Mahan, Director of Marketing of Live Oak Bank

  • Kate Hellner-Burris

    "The VBMA has offered me a way to supplement my veterinary medical education with practical skills such as communication, negotiation and business management. These are skills that I can use from my first day as an associate--no matter what kind of practice I enter! It also provides me with a way to network and colaborate with my future colleagues at other veterinary schools across the country--which is a unique and valuable opportunity!"

    Kate Hellner-Burris
    U of Penn 2013

  • Kelly McDaniel

    "Last year, as a first year student I was skeptical about VBMA. I wondered if it was going to be the same old boring business club. However, it didn't take long for me to realize the invaluable knowledge Iwas gaining and lifelong connections I was making! Everyone can benefit from VBMA; every single person regardless of their future veterinary career interest. I've heard people say I'm going to do ______(shelter medicine, government, etc) so I don't need to know about business! Wrong! Business is everywhere and being part of the VBMA helps veterinary students realize how important business is to their futures as successfulveterinarians."

    Kelly S. McDaniel
    Mississippi State University 2013

  • Dr. Colin Burrows, NAVC Executive Director

    “These young people will be the successful veterinarians of tomorrow who understand what it takes to create a practice or program of excellence.”
    -Dr. Colin Burrows,NAVC Executive Director.