Hi, I’m Jenni — an introverted veterinarian, or an IntroVet, too

Her Story

From the ER floor to founding IntroVet

I graduated from Kansas State University in 2012 and moved to Texas the day after graduation. Since then, I’ve practiced emergency, primary care, and shelter medicine in both Texas and Florida. I’ve also served on the Board of the American Heartworm Society since 2016, and I am the most recent past President.

I founded IntroVet because I was never satisfied with the continuing education events I attended as a vet. It bothered me to get stuck in an overflow room, to wait in line behind hundreds of people for every activity, or to walk a marathon just to get from one lecture to the next. As an introvert — or should I say, an IntroVet — the thought of scooting down a narrow aisle in a packed lecture hall can be genuinely overwhelming. My goal was to create a comfortable community for other IntroVets like me. (And we love when extroverts join too, to take some of the question-asking pressure off the rest of us!)

It’s my hope that we’re creating an experience that’s more productive, less stressful, and actually helps the material stick. Several years in, I’m humbled by how our team and our community have grown — and we still LOVE making events that are as fun and cozy as they are educational.

Learn more about the whole Leadership Team here.

A Note from Jenni

Chances are you consider yourself an introvert, like me.

Researchers estimate that 70–80% of veterinarians and technicians have introverted qualities. And nearly 80% of new-graduate veterinarians identify as female. So are most of us introverted people, socialized as women, just trying our best to help animals without totally draining our social batteries? It sure seems that way.

If that’s the case, how do we do a better job honoring our needs as introverts? I don’t have all the answers — but it’s a question I find myself asking all the time. It’s what drove me to start IntroVet, to build stronger boundaries in my own clinical practice, and to discover a real passion for supporting the many vet professionals out there who also sometimes feel exhausted by a field they love.