Lauren graduated from The University of Melbourne in 2008.  She started at Camperdown Veterinary Centre in 2011 after a two-year stint at Deniliquin Vets, NSW.

Lauren grew up on a sheep and cropping family farm at Willaura and her passion for animals came from helping her Great Grandfather with sheep husbandry.  Residing now in Camperdown, she has a young family with Annabel and Georgie and two Hungarian Vizslas, Wal and Peggy.  Lauren and her husband Scott have a crop and sheep farm at Vite Vite.

Lauren became the sole owner of the CVC in January 2017 after being in partnership the previous 5 years.  She enjoys small animal surgery and has a keen interest in small ruminants such as sheep and goats, but also loves getting out on farm for a good prolapse or calving.  In 2020 she undertook a course on ruminant nutrition.

As a practice owner her focus is on making the vet industry a more sustainable workplace environment.  She takes pride in looking after her staff’s mental health and wellbeing whilst providing great patient advocacy and assisting farmers to having greater economical benefits whilst supporting their animals welfare.

In her spare time, she loves to spend time with her family and socialise with friends, especially at her monthly book club, eat good food, drink yummy wine, as well as support her beloved Melbourne Demons.  You may see her having a hit of tennis or more recently trying her hand at golf!

Kathy graduated with a veterinary degree from the University of Queensland in 1997 and commenced work at the Camperdown Veterinary Centre in January 1998.

Initially, Kathy performed both large and small animal work but now focuses on working part time in the companion animal side of the practice. She has completed further studies in Emergency and Small Animal Medicine and Ultrasonography, and is currently studying her Post Grad in Abdominal Ultrasound. Kathy’s favourite part of the job is getting to know both you and your pets and being part of your life journey.

Kathy married Malcolm, a local dairy farmer in 2001, and they have 4 children: Kayla, James, Alice and Nathan.

Outside of the CVC, Kathy has a lot of involvement in the local community and her childrens sporting activities.

Gemma has come to Camperdown Veterinary Centre after working predominantly across south-western Victoria in mixed practice, with experience also gained in Tasmania and New Zealand. She is passionate about developing relationships with farmers and pet owners, with the focus on preventative healthcare. Gemma enjoys being on-farm with livestock producers, with an interest in reproduction and nutrition. In the clinic, Gemma has a broad skill-set that comes from treating small companion animals in regional areas. Outside of veterinary work, Gemma is often out in nature, bush-walking, exercising, or spending time with her dog Tia and cat Henry.

Maddy grew up in Central West NSW working on a wool and lamb farm. After completing placement at CVC in 2020, Maddy decided that this was where she was going to return to when she graduated from Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga in 2021.

After working on a large dairy farm for 5 years, Maddy is very passionate about all aspects of dairy medicine and surgery. She also loves caring for all small animals including cats, dogs, birds and exotics.

During her free time, Maddy loves running and hiking with friends as well as hanging out with her (energetic and slightly crazy) cat, Flora.

Caitlin grew up on a small farm on the south coast of NSW. She moved to Wagga after year 12 to start her Veterinary degree at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga.

After completing two placements at CVC Caitlin is happy to be starting her Veterinary career here. Caitlin, although just starting her journey as a Vet, has a passion for cattle medicine and surgery, but also enjoys small animal surgery.

She has moved to Camperdown with her partner Riley and their two dogs (a Greyhound Bilby and a Labrador named Theodore). In her free time Caitlin enjoys running, taking the dogs on adventures and loves a Sunday afternoon nap.

Sarah is a UK import. After 12 years travelling around the world as a Polo groom, she ended up in Australia and the rest, as they say, is history!

After having children, she commenced working at CVC in 2007 in a reception role. After a stint working for another local business, Sarah saw sense and returned to CVC in 2018.

Sarah’s two daughters, Eve and Pippa share her passion in horses and her commitment to volunteering in the community. If you see Sarah and her partner, Pete out walking their 3 dogs down the rail trail, be sure to stop and say hello!

Jennifer (Jenn) is our resident Canadian.  Before coming to Camperdown, Jenn worked in a “full on” corporate finance role in Melbourne for 28 years before retiring in 2009 to a small farm just out of Camperdown with her husband Philip and son, Kirk, so that Philip could persue his interest in his beloved Hereford cattle.

In 2010, realising that retirement wasn’t all it was cracked up to be, Jenn joined the ranks of CVC, leaving again in 2015 to do some extensive travel and have a lifestyle readjustment.  Jenn re-joined the team in 2018 in a casual role, because she could, and just loves working with the team and helping the others in the practice concentrate on what hey do best…. “being great vets”

When not in the office, Jenn loves to travel and spend time with friends and family (including 3 dogs), and is likely to be seen at the gym or shopping in town.

Jacqui, the youngest member of our team, is a Terang girl who has grown up in an animal-loving home environment.  Her farrier father instilled in Jacqui a knowledge of horses and a hard working drive which led her initially into the harness racing industry. 

After two years, a career change was imminent – this led her to investigating a future in vet nursing which brought Jacqui to our doorstep! She started at CVC in March 2019 as a trainee vet nurse and completed her studies in 2021. 

Jacqui is our gun netballer, playing for Terang-Mortlake, but in her spare time she still helps her dad work the horses and loves spending time with Murph, her border collie.

Rhianna spent most of her childhood helping her Dad and Grandad on their family dairy farm in Boorcan. Her passion for animals came from being surrounded by cows, cats and dogs as far back as she can remember.

Rhianna moved back to Camperdown in 2018 after living in Geelong for the previous three years working in Beauty Therapy. When she realised Beauty was no longer her passion she enrolled in Certificate IV Veterinary Nursing. After a stint of volunteering at CVC, she jumped at the opportunity of a full time position starting in August 2018, and hasn’t looked back. Rhi’s personality compliments our strong team work-ethic and she is thriving in our industry.

Her other interests include her beautiful dogs Tevez and Blitz. She also helps look after her brother’s dogs Nacho and Benson. Rhi now has the travel bug after visiting the USA and hopes to continue with further overseas adventures. Closer to home, she loves taking Tev and Blitz for walks up Mt. Leura, being an awesome auntie and spending time with her family and friends. 

Nikita grew up on a sheep and cropping farm just North of Lismore, Victoria.

Since she was very young, Nikita has always loved animals. After a few years of working on the family farm in 2020, Nikita decided to follow her passion and completed her certificate in Animal Studies. After undertaking placement at CVC as part of her certificate IV in Vet Nursing, she found the practice and team to be extremely supportive, engaging and loved the variety in tasks and clientele. Nikita completed her studies and began her Vet Nursing career here at CVC in July of 2022.

Outside of work, you’ll find Nikita attempting to become a green thumb in she and her partner Tom’s garden at their new home (even though it mostly entails pulling things out.) You will also find Nikita, Tom and their fat cat Sammy travelling the countryside exploring, visiting family spending time at her favourite place on earth, the farm.

Charlie is the youngest member of our team, who started working as our Saturday morning helper in 2021.  This lead him to a part time position in 2022 after he completed year 12.

Outside of work, Charlie enjoys travelling, spending time with his family and friends as well as running his own Miniature goat stud.

Jessica is from Kongorong, South Australia, and has grown up on her family’s beef and sheep farm. Being surrounded by animals her whole life and riding horses before she could walk, this started her love for working with animals of all sizes. Jess joined the CVC team in June 2023 as a Veterinary Nurse, she has been involved in the industry for 5 years and enjoys all aspects of working at CVC including getting outdoors with the vets. Her main interests are small animal surgery and is also keen to focus on livestock in the future. When Jess is not working, she spends most of her time riding her horses, walking her dog Max, and getting back to her favourite place, the farm to help.

Ange joined the team at CVC in August and comes to us with 12years experience working as a Veterinary Nurse in a mixed practice clinic.

Having grown up with pets and riding horses, working with animals was always going to be a career path. Completing school work-experience at CVC many years ago was actually the catalyst for her to pursue Veterinary Nursing.

Enjoying working with animals both large and small, Ange lives on a sheep and cattle property with her partner Damien.

Outside of work Ange competes with her horses in Showjumping, Dressage and Campdrafting and is also learning the ropes of yard dog trialling with Damo’s team of kelpies.

Jess is also a Camperdown local. Growing up on a beef farm fuelled her love of all animals, big and small throughout her childhood. 

Jess started working as our Saturday helper at Camperdown Veterinary Centre in 2011 which led to a full time position in 2013 after finishing school. In 2016, Jess completed her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing and since then has been a powerhouse of our experienced nursing team. During her career, Jess has developed a passion for surgical and medical nursing and enjoys nothing more than a brilliant anaesthetic and recovery.

Jess has been working in a part-time role within the clinic since having her daughter Oakley in 2019.  Jess and her husband now have 2 more children.

When not on ‘Mum duty’ Jess enjoys singing, playing guitar and spending time with her cats (Fergus and Franklin) and her goofy dog, Ike.