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Kelly Foltz, CVT, LVT, RVT, VTS (ECC)

Regional Nursing Partner
BluePearl/Mars Veterinary Health

Kelly Foltz is a 1999 graduate of Mercer University with a bachelor’s degree in English and a 2006 graduate of Athens Technical College with an associate of applied technology degree in Veterinary Technology. She joined the Academy of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Technicians and Nurses in 2012 with successful recertifications in 2017 and 2022.
From 2012-2020, Kelly was employed by Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine as an inpatient/urgent care technician and supervisor. In August of 2020, she relocated to Gainesville, FL to accept a position as an ICU shift lead at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. In 2022, Kelly joined BluePearl as their Mid-Atlantic Regional Nursing Partner, where she serves as a technician advocate and administrator for hospitals in MD, VA, KY, TN, NC, SC, and GA.
In addition to her clinical work, Kelly is an author, educator, and volunteer. She served on the AVMA Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities from 2017-23, serving as Vice Chair in 2021-2022 and as Chair in 2022-2023 and has represented technicians on the AVMA Task Force on Veterinary Technician Utilization in 2019 and the Working Group on Veterinary Technician Utilization in 2020-21. She is currently serving on the VECCS Task Force on Veterinary Technicians.
Her professional interests include technician engagement and education, feline medicine, neonatal and pediatric nursing, medically futile care and its impact on caregivers, trauma, and vascular access. Kelly maintains active credentials in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. In an alternate universe, she is a flower farmer, pickle entrepreneur, and full-time beekeeper who gets paid to read. In this universe, she enjoys renovating her vintage farmhouse in rural Alabama and spending time with her 3 pit bull terriers, leopard tortoise, and senior Quarter Horse gelding.

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