Dr. Claudia Sonder, Board Emeritus

Dr. Claudia Sonder is a 1995 graduate of the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, and an owner at Napa Valley Equine in Napa, California. Dr. Sonder served as the Director of the UC Davis Center for Equine Health from 2012-2016. She has specific interest in Disaster education and preparedness and has assisted large animal shelter and evacuation efforts regionally in Northern California over the past 8 years. Dr. Sonder serves as the president of the Napa Community Animal Response Team (CART) and assists the disaster coordinator of the Northern California Association of Equine Practitioners. Dr. Sonder is a founding member of Cal CARTs, which was established in 2019 to unite animal response stakeholders and bolster options for mutual aid across the state.