National Veterinary Associates (NVA) has appointed Laura Tortorella, chief executive officer of AccentCare, and Dr Tina Hunt, former executive vice president of IDEXX Laboratories, to its board of directors. Tortorella brings over 20 years of experience leading healthcare organisations, including expertise in supply chain, pharmacy, laboratory services and analytics. She currently leads AccentCare, a national provider of post-acute and in-home healthcare services. Dr Hunt spent more than two decades at IDEXX Laboratories, where she scaled the company's diagnostics franchise into a multi-billion dollar revenue engine. She also serves as a director and audit committee member at Veeva Systems. NVA operates approximately 1,300 locations across North America, including general practice, specialty and emergency veterinary hospitals, equine practices and pet resorts.

National Veterinary Associates has appointed Todd S. Young as chief financial officer, effective 1 May 2026. Young will join the executive leadership team and report to chief executive officer John Bruno. Young brings over 25 years of experience in human and animal healthcare, including more than a decade as a public company CFO. He most recently served as CFO of Acadia Healthcare, a behavioral healthcare leader, and previously held the CFO role at Elanco, one of the world's largest independent animal health companies, where he helped establish it as an independent public entity following its separation from Eli Lilly. NVA operates a network of 1,300 care centres across North America, including veterinary hospitals, equine facilities, pet resorts and specialty services through Ethos Veterinary Health.