MAS Bully Rescue Staff

Save a Life. Change Yours.

MASBR Leadership Team

Here at Make A Stand Bully Rescue (MASBR), we are working towards a society where bully breeds are accepted and responsible dog ownership is the expectation. Through our foster and adoption programming, we provide safe havens and second chances to the country’s most misrepresented, underserved, and euthanized breed of dog.

Stephanie Mendiola, MS, MPA

Executive Director

stephanie@masbullyrescue.org

Stephanie Mendiola 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 Grants and Philanthropy for the SAMMinistries in 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 husband Travis are mom and dad to late MASBR Alums, Gandhi (rescue class of 2011) and Maple (rescue class of 2016)!

Amanda Dowell

Director of Operations

amanda@masbullyrescue.org

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, Bronx (rescue class of 2014), Brooklyn (rescue class of 2017), Shylah (rescue class of 2022), Tito (rescue class of 2022), and Shortstack (rescue class of 2025), and late MASBR Alums, Casanova (rescue class of 2011) and Kingston (rescue class of 2019)!

Ember Rios

Bully Boutique Manager

store@masbullyrescue.org

Ember Rios serves as the Manager for Make A Stand Bully Rescue’s Bully Boutique – an online store with MASBR branded merchandise and your favorite pet products! Ember is a seasoned public sector team member, presently serving as the Senior Volunteer Programs Coordinator for Alamo Area Council of Governments! In her capacity for the rescue, Ember organizes and coordinates the selling of all custom company merchandise and wholesale pet products, and routinely seeks out opportunities for merchandise partnerships and vendor markets. Ember and her husband Andres are the proud mom and dad to MASBR Alum, Stitch (rescue class of 2022)!

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