Pets Are Loving Support, Inc. (PALS), an Atlanta-based non-profit that enables pets to remain at home with seriously ill and elderly people, has added two new members to its board of directors for two-year terms.

The new PALS board members are Natalie Sparkman, a digital strategist, and Ann Vitale, a career coach, trainer and group facilitator.

In addition to digital solutions, Sparkman is adept at producing virtual events, including the YWCA of Greater Atlanta's "Salute to Women of Achievement" gala and Covenant House of Georgia's executive sleepout. She is a graduate of the University of South Florida in Tampa.

 In addition to being a career coach, trainer and group facilitator, Vitale is Co-president of the PFLAG Atlanta Board and facilitator for Atlanta Gender Variations: Parents supporting parents of transgender children. She has been an LGBTQ ally for 25-plus years. In addition to an MBA, she holds a master’s in Counseling Psychology.

Other members of the PALS board are: (Treasurer) Mike Anderson, Controller and CPA with Carter Real Estate; (Secretary) Michael Edwards, community volunteer and a retired banker; Joel Feuer, a longtime Realtor; (Vice Chair) Bill Golden, a longtime intown Realtor; David Lile, a community volunteer and former banker; Jim Marks, Office Manager of Lips Atlanta and the alter ego of long-time HIV/AIDS activist BUBBBA D. Licious, who has hosted PALS Drag Queen Bingo since 1997; (Chair) Steve Parker, a semi-retired hospitality professional; and Jeremy Tarlow, a veterinarian and founder of Best Friends Blood Bank, an animal blood resource.

Pets Are Loving Support, Inc. (PALS), an Atlanta-based non-profit, provides ongoing care and support to the pets of Atlantans living with disabilities due to HIV/AIDS and terminal illnesses, and the elderly. It enables pets and owners to remain together to share the healing power of love and companionship from the human-animal bond.