Denise has worked at Brown Animal Hospital since 1987, starting in the kennel, and from there has worked throughout the hospital, including a few years as groomer. She eventually earned the position of receptionist supervisor as well as purchaser. Denise's family includes her high school sweetheart of 25 years, Bill, son, Andrew, and daughter, Sarah. Her beloved pets include four dogs, Magoo, Meggie, and Mylie who are pugs, Baja, a pit bull, and Kiwi, the family cat. Denise is a true Vermonter born and raised. Her heart, however, belongs to Northern New York where she and her husband spends almost every weekend at a little cabin in the woods.