Make A Stand Bully Rescue Staff
MASBR Leadership Team

Stephanie Kotick, MS, MPA
Executive Director
Stephanie Kotick serves as Make A Stand Bully Rescue’s Executive Director. She is an experienced nonprofit development professional, holding an MPA from Texas A&M University and proudly employed as the Director of Development for the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio. Stephanie oversees our agency’s IRS compliance, manages all fundraising efforts and ensures fiscal responsibility, and assists in the successful coordination of our core programs. Stephanie and her fiancé Travis are mom and dad to MASBR Alums, Gandhi (rescue class of 2011) and Maple (rescue class of 2016), and two rescue kitties, Oakley and Cleo!

Amanda Dowell
Director of Operations
Amanda Dowell serves as Make A Stand Bully Rescue’s Director of Operations. She is a seasoned and organized people-manager, currently employed as the Client Services Manager for Tabor Road Veterinary Hospital. For MASBR, Amanda oversees the daily operations and ensures successful implementation of our agency’s core programs. She maintains the responsibility of growing and developing a sustainable foster program, including the training and certifying of volunteer K9 Foster Custodians. Amanda is the proud mama to MASBR Alums, Casanova (rescue class of 2011), Bronx (rescue class of 2014), Brooklyn (rescue class of 2017), and Kingston (rescue class of 2019), and a senior, rescue catahoula mix Lilly!

Maddie Murphy
Director of Supplies & Merchandising
Maddie Murphy serves as Make A Stand Bully Rescue’s Director of Supplies & Merchandising. She is a patient and articulate educator, currently employed as a Special Education Teacher in Klein ISD. Maddie oversees the collection, management, and distribution of all agency donated supplies, and coordinates the creation and selling of all custom company merchandise. She works closely with our volunteer K9 Foster Custodians and the community to ensure programmatic supply needs are met and distributed accordingly, ensuring all foster families have the essential materials in caring for our rescued pit bulls. Maddie is the proud mom to MASBR Alums, Violet (rescue class of 2014) and Vincent (rescue class of 2017)!
MASBR Staff

Mandi Miliron
Data Entry Clerk

Tara O’Sullivan
Records Reviewer
MASBR Board of Directors

Holly Kasperbauer
Board President
Assistant Director, Public Service Leadership Program
Texas A&M University - Bush School of Government & Public Service
