NAR Judges

Along with her husband Pierre, established Cha-o-P’ya Cattery in 1994 – a small cattery, breeding exclusively Siamese. Due to careful breeding they have improved their Siamese with successful results including two regional winners, seven DM’s and 45 Grand Champion & Premiers.
While successfully breeding Siamese for 13 years, Lorraine moved up the ranks working as a ring clerk and then as a master clerk. She was accepted into the judging program and as a shorthair trainee in 2007. In order to advance in the program, Lorraine knew that she’d have to work with other breeds. Over the next four years, Lorraine worked with and had living with her, a Chartreux, a American Shorthair, a Persians, an Exotic, a Maine Coon as well as agented an Abyssinian, a Japanese Bobtail and a Birman. All of which she showed to their Grand Champion titles.
In May 2008 Lorraine was advanced to shorthair apprentice. After working in that area and becoming an approved shorhair judge, she was accepted as a longhair trainee in 2010. In February 2011 Lorraine was advanced to longhair apprentice which approved her to judge double speciality.
Having retired after 42 years as a financial advisor and mortgage originator in a Montreal bank, Lorraine is free to apply all her energy and dedication to CFA.

I actually started with Siamese cats in 1973 when I purchased a cat from Ms. Jeannie Singer, Singa Cattery. I went to a show in NY and immediately wanted to buy a Siamese, after all there we so many being shown. I was advised to go see a women who lived in Manhasset, LI hoping she would put me on the right path to showing. I asked my Mom to go with me, I had no idea about Manhasset. Making this short and to the point Ms. Singer grilled me for what seemed to be hours on the breed and her expectations. When finally I was told to call her in a few weeks. I did over and over, finally she answered the phone. She had a litter and there was a pet kitten in it and would agree to sell it to me for a fair price ($50) and I accepted. Her contract was like I was buying a house but I agreed. I could never show the kitten that was part of the agreement, but she would permit me to breed it to only one of her cats. If and only if she approved of any of the kittens being show quality would I be able to show it. Unfortunately I was accepted to college and just spayed her, with Jeanne's approval.

I then reappeared to showing CFA with Himalayans and Persians and registered my cattery with my partner Anthony in 1988. Since that time I have bred and shown several breeds to include Persians, Exotics, Norwegian Forest Cats (Breed Counsel Member) Main Coons, Birmans, Russian Blue (Breed Councel Member), Sphynx, Orientals, Abys and Manx. We have produced multiple GC's, RW, DM's and several NW's. I am a member and president of several show producing clubs. I have been a Regional Director and past member of the CFA Board of Directors. To sum it up I am all about breeding and showing pedigree cats in CFA. Entering and being a judge was a challenge and it has become a dream come true. Every day I step behind the judging table I am thrilled and honored to handle those beautiful cats!

When I went to my first cat show at the tender age of 9 years old in 1983 I was hooked from the start. I watched attentively as the judges would pull out the cats, handle them and describe each breed. I said to myself “that would be so cool to be a judge!”, I told my mother that I wanted to be a judge and worked hard in the beginning but as life has its twist and turns I was unable to apply or work on things towards the judging program right away. My mom has always been the best support for me. She was just the guardian signer, chauffeur and financial supporter that’s it, I made the breeding decisions, grooming, picking shows, learning vet cat care, etc.

I started off in HHPs in the beginning and but got my first CFA registered persian in 1986 and start having litters in 1988 breeding whites, brown tabbies, creams and then later silvers. Yet through the early years of teenage life, college and work I had to stop from time to time but once I brought my first home 1995 I got back on track and focus on my requirements. In 2000 I was introduce to the world of Turkish Angoras and the joke was “TAs are like a bag of potato chips, you just can’t have one”. Boy were they right!! They are so rewarding and funny little characters!

I feel a CFA judge is the highest achievement in the cat fancy and a person who encourages growth in the cat fancy by encouraging, help teach and give advice to new exhibitors/breeders about the breeds they are working on. They should also entertain the spectators at the shows and gives those extra special touches towards encouraging young exhibitors to show, since they are the future of the fancy and to continue to maintain our organization. As the newest kid on the block I will set myself to these goals in mind and will continue to put my time, energy and heart into the judging program to achieve my goals as an allbreed CFA judge.

A life long resident of the central Pennsylvania area, living the past 43 years in the states capital Harrisburg. She lives with her husband of 19 years, Dan, and their cats 1 Birman (spay) and 7 Bombays and a rambunctious French Bulldog. Jeri had retired after 31 years of state employment, 20 years with the states parole board dealing with inmates and parolees. She is currently self-employed in a "Girl Friday" position.
Euphoria Cattery was registered with CFA in 1977 when Jeri began breeding Siamese, then Oriental Shorthairs, Bombays and Burmese. In 1994 Jeri got her first Birman. Jeri has also bred Persians (tabby) and Maine Coons, and has exhibited Cornish Rex, American Shorthairs, Japanese Bobtails, Abyssinian and Korats, including numerous Regional and National winners. She no longer breeds Birmans, but has re-entered the world of Bombays, her heart breed. She has a small Bombay breeding program that has done incredibly well.
In 1993 Jeri entered the CFA judging program. She has judged all over the continental United States and has been fortunate to judge throughout Europe, Canada, Russia, China, Hong Kong and Australia. Jeri has been the Bombay Breed Council Secretary for the past 4 terms. She remains active as a judge mentor and instructor at the BAOS (judging school).

Gary has been a CFA Allbreed judge since 1988. Serving as a judge for over 30 years starting out in Michigan and then in 2000, relocating to New Jersey. In the past he has served for four years as a Director at Large for the CFA board. He has service of more than 35 years in the CFA clerking program and currently holds a Master Clerk Instructor license.

Along with his partner Omar Gonzalez with the Cattery names Briar-Mar and Veach, they have produced over forty CFA National winners in the breeds of Persian, Oriental Shorthairs, American Shorthairs. In addition to the previous mentioned breeds, they have also produced many regional wins in the breeds of Cornish Rex, American Wirehairs, Siamese. They have produced many Distinguish Merit award winners in these breeds as well. GRC RW Briar-Mar’s Goldeneye of Veach is the first DM and highest producingAmerican Wirehair male to date. NW GRC Candirand’s Lasting Impression of Briar-Mar was a black Persian male who produced over twenty three CFA Grand Champions, five of which went on to become CFA National winners themselves. Many of their Persians are sires and dams of several cat of theyear in both championship and the premiership classes. Gary and Omar received CFA second best cat in Premiership award for NW GRP Romanxx Rock Star of Briar-Mar, a brown patched tabby and white Manx. They started breeding Manx and continued achieving National winners in that breed. Including Cat of the Year GRC NW BW Briar-Mar Good to be Me. Two Kittens of the Year, GRC NW BW Briar-Mar Absolutely Fabulous and GRC NW BW Briar-Mar Ready Aim Fire. Premiership Cat of the Year GRC GRP NW Briar-Mar Mockingjay. This last show season achieving Cat of the Year again with GRC NW BW Mistysprings Arctic Storm.

Along the way they achieved many National winning kitten awards. Gary is a member of several CFA clubs and was the co-show manager of Garden State Cat Club’s show in July of 2011. He has judged in many countries including Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Mexico, Canada, Russia, Ukraine, Finland, Sweden, Austria, Estonia, Germany Spain, Italy, Malta, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, China, Belgium and the Netherlands. He has guest judged for Fife, Rolandus, and WCF in Russia and Spain.. He has guest judged for CCAin Canada.

He has judged many of CFA most prestigious shows like the CFA International show and CFA’s breed showcase show held in Madison Square Gardens in New York city. He has been the best of the best judge manytimes at both of these highest attended shows.

NARD ~ Acting Regional Director ~

In 1990,Russell Webb registered his first litter of Cornish Rex kittens under the cattery name Whiteweb. Russell continued to breed and show the Cornish Rex but also worked with both Devon Rex and Sphynx. He is a member of the Breed council for Cornish Rex and Sphynx.

Prior to becoming a Judge, Russell was a licensed Clerk and Master Clerk. As a clerk, he admired how the Judges worked with the cats and became interested in learning more about the judging program. Russell applied to the Judging Program in 2008, he got accepted and began his training. His first judging assignment was as a shorthair judge at the Garden State Cat Show. Russell is a member of several CFA clubs and has been involved in show production and has experience in all aspects of show management.

Russell has had invitations to judge the distinguished CFA International
Show, the Food and Water Bowl and Cotton States. As an Allbreed Judge Russell has judged at many shows throughout the U.S. Russell's judging assignments has taken him all over the world. And has also included several guest judging assignments in Australia, Canada and Europe. Russell looks forward to judging CFA shows and also being involved in
other aspects involving CFA functions.

NAR Judges

Lorraine Rivard

Chuck Gradowski

John Adelhoch

Doreann Nasin ~ Regional Director

Jeri Zottoli

Gary Veach

Russell Webb