Dr. Earl Rippie, Jr. is a small animal practitioner and owner/director of the Pennsauken Animal Hospital in Pennsauken, New Jersey. Dr. Rippie, a 1967 graduate of Tuskegee University, is a past president of the New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association, and represented New Jersey for 9 years in the House of Delegates of the American Veterinary Medical Association. In addition to being a member of the NJVM A, AVMA, AAHA, Dr. Rippie is also a member of the American Association of Feline Practitioners, Veterinary Dental Society, The Emergency and Critical Care Society, and the American Society of Association Executives. Dr. Rippie was elected President of NAVC in 1999 and is now serving as Secretary-Treasurer.