Board Member at Large, Chela Grey - Director:

Chela has been in love with llamas since 1988, when she purchased her first (and what she thought would be her ONLY) two llamas to use as packers. In 1990, after extensively studying the gentler philosophy of llama care and training exemplified by the TTEAM method, she began helping to educate llamas and alpacas and their people in the “arts” of handling and training.

She and her husband, Mark Kuehn, were married in July of 2005. Mark is an initially reluctant, but now “llama-smitten-city-guy”. They recently purchased 17.5 acres in Seabeck, where they are building a home for themselves and all the llamas, alpacas, dogs, cats, goats, chickens and ducks housed at their StillPointe Sanctuary, the non-profit llama rescue organization and educational retreat founded by Chela in 2000.

Chela has been a professional dancer, office manager for a Lake Union marina, Trust Officer at a bank, Administrative Assistant in the design division of a major hotel chain, manager of a health food store, and owner of a housekeeping business...to name just a few pursuits. Her final careers are: days caring for StillPointe’s family of animals, training and handling llamas and alpacas and performing herd management chores for others to earn funds for StillPointe, and evenings teaching Classical Ballet, Modern Dance and Musical Theater Jazz to students ranging in age from 8 to 60. She looks forward to being more involved in LOWS and its projects. Mark is a retired Navy Submarine Senior Chief and when he isn’t scooping poo, owns and manages a wholesale chai (“The Chai Guy”) and gourmet teas business in Bremerton.

Email me: lamadncr@earthlink.net