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Sherry Sheldon
President
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Sherry passionately advocates, fundraises and pursues pulling the most vulnerable shelter dogs into foster care. She takes time orienting our new volunteers and making sure they have what they need to care for our foster dogs. She's more than likely one of the faces you've met at our adoption events!
Jennifer Robinson
Vice President
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Jenny is a patient and loving foster who is committed to making sure her dogs find the absolute best homes, even if it takes a little extra time! She helps organize fundraisers and events, coordinates taking our dogs on 107.9 WNCT for Wet Nose Wednesday, and manages our Instagram page!
Kim Chambers
Treasurer
Kim loves to plan events and do creative fundraising - two things that are essential to the rescue work we do! She also keeps track of all of our donations and expenses. She is a Pitt Friends adopter and helps provide respite to full-time fosters!
Amanda Grice
Secretary
Amanda works as one of our special needs fosters, in particular caring for ferals and dogs with skin issues. She has spearheaded fundraising and outreach events throughout Pitt County.
Tabitha Joyner
Data Manager
Tabitha loves fostering moms, puppies, and dogs with medical needs. She also helps manage foster and adoption records, maintains our website, and answers emails. If you receive a reply back from our Pitt Friends email, it's probably from Tabitha. She also creates all of the content for our TikTok!
Joy Hill
Member-At-Large
Joy will take in any foster, regardless of age, breed or condition. She manages our medications and preventions to help keep the dogs as healthy as possible! Joy also takes her fosters with her to work where she is a school media coordinator!
Debra and Joe Butler
Members-At-Large
Debra and Joe are dedicated puppy fosters and also help in any other ways they can - from picking up new fosters from the shelter to setting up events and collecting and organizing supplies. They are also the official Pitt Friends cheerleaders!
Bobbie Parsons
Founder
April 13, 1933 - May 21, 2023
Bobbie Parsons was a pioneering animal welfare advocate whose compassion and dedication helped transform the landscape of animal rescue in Pitt County, North Carolina. Her lifelong commitment to saving animals laid the foundation for much of the organized rescue work that continues in the region today.
In 1978, Bobbie founded the Pitt County Humane Society out of her home, driven by a simple but powerful belief: every animal deserves a chance at life, safety, and love. Long before formal rescue networks and widespread foster programs existed locally, she was actively working to connect abandoned and unwanted animals with caring homes.
In 2002, she expanded her mission by founding Friends of the Pitt County Animal Shelter (Pitt Friends). Through this organization, Bobbie helped build a structured foster-based rescue system that worked closely with Pitt County Animal Services to increase adoptions, improve animal care, and reduce euthanasia rates for adoptable pets.
Bobbie was known throughout the community for her hands-on advocacy. She regularly promoted shelter animals through local media appearances, community outreach, and personal networking—often advocating for animals others had overlooked. Her work helped inspire a strong volunteer network and foster community awareness around adoption, spay/neuter, and responsible pet ownership.
Over the course of more than four decades of service, Bobbie Parsons helped save and improve the lives of countless animals, leaving a lasting legacy of compassion, action, and community-driven rescue work. Her vision continues to guide Pitt Friends today.
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Her legacy lives on in every adoption, every foster home, and every second chance given to an animal in need.
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Pitt Friends runs solely on the dedication and time of its volunteers. They brave harsh weather and other difficulties in trying to achieve their goal of reducing the number of homeless pets. Let's give them a round of applause!!