Joe is VIP Animal Care’s Practice manager and a co-owner along with Dr. Flanders. Joe is a fearless leader to the staff here and is always there when needed for whatever the day throws at us. Joe is also very handy at fixing just about anything that needs fixed from clinic repairs to vehicle maintenance and anything in between! He also takes great pride in the cleanliness and organization of our building!
Receptionist/Social Media Manager/Vet Assistant
Leslie was born and raised in Lapel, IN and grew up farming on her family Angus cattle and crop farm in Noblesville. She also grew up learning from her cousin’s vet clinic in Lapel from a small age. Leslie has 28+ years veterinary experience! She also grew up showing horses and later went on to manage 2 horse farms and showed/trained horses also. She was a 4H member all through childhood and FFA in high school. She has raised chickens her whole life as well. She had a dog training business in Florida at Eglin AFB for 4 years. As well as rescuing reptiles. She has done many things in vet medicine at larger AAHA clinics and small country clinics from technician, assistant, 10+ years management , & reception! She has been with VIP for approximately 8 years and has known Dr. Flanders her whole life!
In her spare time Leslie is a professional Christian/gospel/opera/traditional singer and is currently working on an album and enjoys participating in Behold the Lamb Ministries . She spends time with her husband Andrew of 17yrs and her 5 year old daughter Scarlett! She has a Jack Russell mix name Tango, a cat named Pancake , and 8 hens, and plans to be adding a Doberman Puppy in the future. They enjoy shooting sports, fishing, truck pulling, gardening, and music! Leslie is the face behind VIP Social Media and website as well as helping with other various things in the clinic!
Elysa was born and raised in Noblesville, Indiana. She has been with VIP and in vet medicine for 5yrs. She started as an intern through her high school in 2020 but later changed her mind. Now, she is a full time (human) nursing student at IU Kokomo.
She currently has 2 Great Danes named Maverick & Oakley, 2 Blue heelers named Tater & Tilly and 5 cats Sailor, Rizzo, Lola, Milo & Vinny. In her free time, she prefers to be outside playing with her dogs, hanging out with family, boating, camping, and off roading. Once she graduates, she plans on volunteering her free time to animals in need!
Kailey is from McCordsville, IN and grew up doing 4-H in middle school all the way to high school doing fine arts. Kailey has been with VIP for 5 years and has 5 years veterinary experience ! She has 4 dogs Nala, Kobe, Wrigley & Hank, a tortoise named Flash, fish, 4 frogs, an axolotl, a parrot and a kinkajou! She has a larger varied pet collection!
She graduated from Hamilton Southeastern High School in 2021 and she is currently attending Anderson University. Her major is Biology and Is hoping to pursue vet school and specialize in exotic animals! With her free time she loves listening to country music or napping, fishing, drawing, and reading! She enjoys seeing patients with extensive injuries and surgeries that continually make progress as time goes on.
Vet Assistant/Reception
Nick Grew up in Redlands, CA and has been with VIP for 1year and 5 months. He has been in vet medicine for 7 years off and on and has worked at a couple other small animal clinics. Nick has no pets currently but someday would like to get another dog.
Nick has experience in emergency and walk- in clinic settings with companion animals primarily as a receptionist. He loves working with the animals and new learning opportunities. In his spare time he enjoys reading and riding his bike , painting and Thai Boxing!
Registered Veterinary Technician
Kensie was born and raised in Greenfield, IN. She has been with VIP animal care since May 2024 and has been in veterinary medicine for 6 years! She recently graduated from Purdue University as a Registered Vet Technician!
Kensie has a border collie named Kahlua, a Mini Aussie named Bourbon , an Aussie mix named Sky , another Aussie mix named Bandit, and a cat named Shiloh.
Kensie grew up in 4-H for 9 years in the horse and pony program and grew up on a horse farm. During her time at Purdue she worked nights at the Large animal hospitals logging over 1200hrs there! She enjoys working alongside her coworkers and always tries to make the best out of the worst situations. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with friends and competing in horse shows and riding/training horses and spend time out on the lake.
Vet Assistant
Izzy is from Westfield, IN and has been with VIP animal care for 6 months. This is her first job in veterinary medicine however she has years of experience with sheep and livestock. She has a barn full of sheep and an Australian Shepherd named Paisley!
She currently operates a club lamb operation that helps 4-H members with their projects. Currently they have a little over 20 mature ewes that they lamb every year.
In her free time she enjoys spending it with friends and family, she enjoys traveling especially going out west to Utah or Texas. Her favorite thing is helping all the animals at VIP and cracking jokes with the staff and Doctors!
Vet Assistant/Reception
Dakota is from Kokomo, IN has been with VIP for 7 months. He has 5-7 years veterinary practice experience and has worked at a 3 other clinics in the area. He has a cat named River, a Chiweenie named Maverick and a Chihuahua named Princess. In his spare time he enjoys Fishing, spending time with family, camping and being outside and painting.
Dakota loves the variety of animals we see here and enjoys learning something new everyday! Dakota is also great with helping keep our clinic clean and pretty!
Vet assistant/Reception
Lindsay has been with VIP for 1 year and is from Portage, IN. She has been in veterinary medicine for 4-5yrs now.
Lindsay has worked in small animal clinics and a wildlife rehabilitation center. She would like to eventually work for the DNR and help our native wildlife! Lindsay also just recently got engaged!!!! She has a pit mix named Kane, a cat named Rose, and a hermit crab she attained from the 4H Fair!
In her spare time she enjoys hiking , traveling, napping, reading, binge watch TV shows and play video games such as Animal Crossing. Her favorite part of working here is jokes with Dr. Flanders and working with the best staff around!!
Chloe comes to us from Glenwood City, WI and now lives in Yorktown. Chloe has been with VIP for almost 2 years and has been in vet medicine for 4 years!
Chloe has a Blue heeler named Cash, a Red Heeler named Boone and a newly adopted German Shepherd Puppy named Rona!
Chloe has been working in vet medicine since she was 16yrs old and has always loved working with animals. She loves learning new things from the Doctors everyday. In her spare time she loves showing sheep and spending time with her pets and friends.
Alex was born in Houston, Texas but grew up in Noblesville, IN. Alex has been with VIP for almost 2yrs. She has 3yrs veterinary experience.
She married her husband in 2019 which gained her a stepson, Jacob. She has 2 dogs Havoc and Hurricane which are Pitbulls and 2 snakes Letty and Helios.
She loves animals so much she decided she wanted a job with animals and ended up here! In her spare time she enjoys horseback riding, relaxing with her animals and being outside. She loves hands on learning and the variety of animals! Alex is a happy face always and brings joy to our team and helps keep the day organized by doing our daily rosters and assisting with inventory ordering!
Vet Assistant
Abby was born and raised in Greenfield, IN and has been with VIP for approximately 4 months. She has been in vet medicine for 4 years. She has a horse named Dakota Jax, a mule named Spirit, and 4 cats named Tigger, Jems, Tater Tot and Tony.
Abby has been around horses her whole life and grew up knowing she was going to be in veterinary medicine career field. She loves working with all kinds of animals but especially livestock. She has plans to become and RVT and get a degree in Equine Massage Therapy. She enjoys working with an amazing team and learning new things each day!
In her spare time she enjoys hanging out with friends, working with her horse and mule , reading and going for drives.
Vet Assistant
Maria was born in Venezuela but grew up and lives in Noblesville, IN . She has been with VIP for 6 months as an intern but is now a full time staff member with us! VIP has been her first veterinary experience.
Maria has a beagle named Bella and enjoys reading and hanging out with friends and going outside for walks and music concerts when the weather is nice in her spare time.
Maria pet sits over the summer and works at a boarding and daycare camp for dogs as well.
She loves how her team is supportive and rooting for everyone to be successful and the great working environment here at VIP.
Intern Vet Assistant
Intern Vet Assistant