Our Team

Kelley Banks

Kelley has worked with Beaches Animal Clinic for 17 years. She started as a veterinary technician and was promoted to practice manager in February 2001. She has always had a deep passion and understanding of animals since she was a very young child, and can’t imagine doing anything else. She says, “I intend to work with animals in some capacity for the rest of my life.” She currently lives with three cats, two birds, and a recently released juvenile squirrel that doesn’t want to leave her backyard.  In her spare time she likes to spend time with her pets, organic gardening and reading.

Kristie Toloudis - Front Desk Supervisor

Kristie joined our team in 2005. She was promoted to Front Desk Supervisor in June of 2007. She has eight years of experience in this field and can’t imagine working in an environment not surrounded by animals. She enjoys knowing that she makes a difference in the lives of our patients. She has 2 dogs; Nala a 3-year-old bulldog mix, and Pebbles a 2-½ year old pit bull mix and Meka, a kitty.  In her spare time, she enjoys sports, watching movies, and spending time with her friends. She is always up for learning new things, which makes her a great asset to our team.

Keersten Kettrey - Receptionist

Keersten graduated from the University of Maine in 1992 with an associates degree in Animal Science and soon after became involved in animal shelter work. She worked with the same animal shelter for 10 years before moving back to Jacksonville in 2000. She started working  with us in June of 2000 as a veterinary technician. She moved to reception in 2002 and excelled as a client relations specialist.  She has 2 dogs, Gigi and Faith, a Shih Tzu and a Poodle, and a cat named Indugoo. In her very precious spare time, she likes to read, work out, or go to the beach. 

Connie Smith -Receptionist

Connie joined our team in January of 2008 as a receptionist. She hails from South Carolina where she worked as a receptionist at a veterinary hospital. She really enjoys working with animals and loves to learn as much about veterinary medicine as possible especially observing surgical procedures. She has two, 19 year old cats named Cleo and Zero. In her spare time, she likes to hike in the Great Smokey Mountains, walk along the beach, and reading.

Maegan Hatman

Maegan joined us in April 2010 as a receptionist. She first became interested in veterinary medicine after she lost her first poodle after an unfortunate incident only after having him 3 months. Four months later, she started working in a clinic and was a technician for five years before joining our team. She didn't want to feel helpless when it came to her "babies" ever again. Maegan likes helping clients and feels like she ican be a voice for them. She wants to make sure each of our patients feel the same love and devotion she gives her animals everyday. She has two toy poodles, PJ and Petey, a rottie/lab mix named Baby, a red nosed pit bull named Brandy and five cats, Lulu, Sissy, Kitty, Seven, and Littlefoot. She likes to travel, reading, white water rafting, biking, eating, and anything NFL.

Frances Hyde - Lead Technician

Frances began working at Beaches in April of 2004, and accepted the position of Lead Technician in 2005. She started working, as a kennel attendant in high school and later became a technician. She graduated from St. Petersburg College Veterinary Technology program and anticipates getting her certification in the fall of 2010. After that, she plans on continuing her education to become specialized in veterinary behavior and physical therapy. She currently lives with her loveable misfits: an 11 year old blind husky mix named Oreo, a 5 year old anxiety-prone lab named Tucker, and a one-eyed cat named SamWise. Her spare time activities include kayaking, camping, reading, and watching movies.

Constance Collie - Lab Technician & Grief Counselor 

Constance has been working at Beaches since 1999. She has always loved animals and that love brought her into this field. In April of 2007, she became our laboratory technician and now is responsible for all of our sample handling and interpretations. In addition to being our lab technician Constance also holds the title of Grief Counselor. In times of grief, she will be there to offer support and counseling, or just a kind hug. She has a menagerie of pets that includes cats, turtles, doves, and fish, as well as a possum or two that try and pretend that they are cats so they can get a free meal! In her spare time, she likes to show her cats, many of which are ribbon winners. She also likes to bowl, listen to music, and collects stamps and anything that is cat related. She is lovingly called our Resident Cat Expert.

Eva Broomfield 

Eva began working with us in March of 2001, and later left to pursue veterinary emergency medicine later in 2005. She recently came back to work with us again in January of 2007 much to our delight. Her positive attitude and friendly face make her an invaluable member of our team. She has always loved animals and has a deep respect for the human-animal bond. She has 8 years of experience being a technician. She is pursuing her education with hopes of becoming a veterinarian one day. She lives with Bird, a 16 year old Double Yellow Headed Amazon, Corky her cat, and two dogs, Bebe the lab, and Porshe, “the youngster” a Border Collie. In her spare time she enjoys playing the piano or saxophone for her four legged audience, practicing a new Frisbee routine with BeBe, or enjoying free entertainment when Porshe herds Corky around the house…what an obsession.

Izzel Downey

Izzel has been with us since December of 2004. In the past she has worked as our Kennel Manager, before becoming a technician in 2006. She has always loved animals since she was a kid and finds her job very rewarding. She has two dogs, Bones and Piper, and a cat named Maxine. In her spare time she likes to do “outdoors” types of activities such as kayaking and fishing.

Amber Katada

Amber started working with us in May of 2004. She has been in the veterinary field for 5 years, and before that she worked with a rescue organization. She is currently attending school full time for a degree in engineering. She has two cats that she adopted from Beaches Animal Clinic: a 10-year-old Persian named Zack, and a 1-year-old DSH named Tomax. She likes to cook, where she tries a new recipe every week and has been practicing yoga for over 10 years.

Bradley Baldwin

Brad has been with us since October of 2006. He is currently enrolled in the St. Petersburg Veterinary Technology program. He has two dogs named CatDog and Bubby, and in his spare time likes to ride on his Harley, and donate his hair to Locks of Love.

Carol Morris

Kasey Solomon 

Kasey started working with us in February of 2010. She has always wanted to work in the veterinary field and wants to continue her studies to become a veterinarian. She first started working as a kennel attendant in Dallas, TX, her hometown. She also worked in Guam as a vet tech before moving to Florida. She likes helping animals in need because, as she says "they have so much unconditional love to give and are so helpless". She has two boxers named Hope and Hercules, a chihuahua named Izzy, and a "Guamanian boonie" named Darby. In her spare time she likes to garden, shop, play with her dogs and spend time with her family.

 Carleen Mylonas

Patrick Russell

Tara Junck

Rebecca Woodyard

Midnight

Midnight is our other resident cat who spends most of the day in treatment supervising our hospitalized and surgery patients. While she usually spends the day lying in her bed on Frances' desk, she will occasionally get down to stretch her legs and check on things in the back. When she's ready to get back on her bed, she demands to be picked up instead of jumping up herself. She blames it on her diabetes, but she knows she really has us wrapped around her little paw. Update: Midnight has found a permanent home with Frances, but occasionally visits to keep everyone in line.

Sox

Sox is one of our resident clinic cats. He wanders around and makes sure that everyone is working hard. He is a staunch defender of cats, and if he hears that one is upset, he gets very upset and wants to protect them. He is incredibly loving and likes to spend time up in our reception area when it's not busy. Otherwise he likes to spend time in the sun while lazing around in Kelley's office. Although, he for the most part loves cats, he has on occasion warmed up to a few dogs and will even give them a chin rub. We love Sox, but ultimately realize that he would be much happier in a home enviornment so if you are interested in adopting Sox, give us a call.

Update: We are pleased to say that Sox has found his forever home. We will miss him terribly but are extremely happy that he has free roam of his own house with his feline and canine friend.  Of course, Sox is still taking question from everyone, so if you are stumped over general dog or cat question, he will gladly answer. Just email him at asksox@beachesanimalclinic.com If you are interested in adopting a dog or a cat, please visit our adoptables section of the website.