Donna Sicuranza: Biography, Career at TEAM & Family Facts

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Search for Donna Sicuranza, and the results split in two directions almost immediately. One set of results points to a Connecticut nonprofit leader. She has spent close to three decades running a mobile veterinary clinic for cats. The other points to an obituary for a New York woman with the same name. She died in 2017.

This article is about the first Donna Sicuranza. She’s the one whose name appears in Connecticut nonprofit filings and local news coverage. Her name also appears on the staff page of Tait’s Every Animal Matters (TEAM). It relies solely on verifiable records: the organization’s own website, a local news interview, and IRS nonprofit filings. Where public information stops, this article says so plainly instead of filling the gap with guesswork.

Who Is Donna Sicuranza? The Public Image

Donna Sicuranza is the longtime President and Executive Director of Tait’s Every Animal Matters. Most people know the Connecticut nonprofit by its acronym, TEAM. TEAM operates out of Westbrook, Connecticut, running a mobile feline clinic that travels to towns across the state. The clinic offers low-cost spay/neuter surgery, vaccinations and preventive care for owned, feral and community cats.

TEAM’s own staff page lists her as Donna Sicuranza Marconi, Executive Director. Older organizational materials, news coverage and IRS filings use the name Donna Sicuranza instead. Both names refer to the same person and the same function. She’s not a vet. TEAM’s medical work falls under a separate Medical Director, distinct from Sicuranza’s administrative role. Sicuranza handles administration, fundraising and the organization’s public-facing communication.

Unlike most public figures, Donna Sicuranza’s visibility stems almost entirely from this one role. The public record shows no acting, media, entertainment or elected-office career for her. Her public record is nonprofit leadership in animal welfare.

Family, Relationships and Personal Life

Honesty beats length here: no public record we reviewed names or verifies her parents, siblings, spouse or children. TEAM’s website, local news coverage and nonprofit filings detail her work. None of those sources says anything about her personal or family life, and no reliable source fills that gap.

This name overlap muddies most searches and needs clarifying. Another woman, Donna Marie Sicuranza, died in March 2017 at age 74. A funeral home in Pelham, New York published her obituary. It chronicles a life in suburban New York City and Westchester County. Born to Dominic and Felicia Russillo, she attended local Catholic schools. She worked for decades in banking and married her husband in 1960.

Public records show no connection between this woman and the Connecticut nonprofit executive. They only share an Italian-American first and last name — the kind of coincidence search engines tend to blur together.

There’s one more naming detail worth stating plainly. TEAM’s own staff page lists a second staff member, Dina Sicuranza, as Senior Veterinary Technician. Organizational materials note she has been with the mobile clinic “from the start.” The two women share a last name and have worked at the same small nonprofit for years. TEAM’s public materials don’t suggest any family tie between them. This article won’t make undocumented claims of a family connection.

Careers and Professional Identity

So far as the public record shows, Donna Sicuranza’s career really is the story of one organization. Tait’s Every Animal Matters received its federal tax-exempt status in July 1993. A bequest from Vernon A. Tait, a Connecticut animal lover, funded the new charity, and it bears his name.

According to TEAM’s history page, planning for its signature program — a mobile feline spay/neuter clinic — began in 1996. Veterinarian Dr. John A. Caltabiano, then TEAM’s president, and Executive Director Donna Sicuranza led that effort.

On March 1, 1997, the clinic hit the road for the first time in a 22-foot vehicle. TEAM’s story started small: the mobile unit spayed, neutered and vaccinated ten cats that first day. “The demand skyrocketed,” the organization says. It sterilized 5,000 cats within six months and 8,000 within a year. That pace forced an upgrade to a bigger vehicle.

Since the program began, TEAM says its mobile unit has sterilized and vaccinated more than 225,000 cats statewide. That total includes both domestic and feral cats.

ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer, a database of IRS Form 990 filings, independently confirms her tenure. Every available filing names Donna Sicuranza as President and Executive Director. Filings go back to at least 2011, through the latest return for the fiscal year ending in September 2025.

Nonprofits must file these records by law. They show her reported compensation ranging from about $84,000 in 2017 to about $104,000 most recently. Those are modest amounts for the leader of a small, single-mission charity, not a large institution. The same filings also list her longtime colleague, Dr. Arthur (“Art”) Heller, Treasurer and Head Veterinarian, with similar compensation.

Some secondary profiles mention a background in writing, editing or public relations either before or during her nonprofit work. No primary source — not TEAM, news reporting, or nonprofit filings — confirms that detail. This article treats it as unverified rather than repeating it as fact.

Key Public Mentions and Highlights

From the start, TEAM’s mobile clinic drew national attention. TEAM’s own history page makes a bold claim. If a Guinness World Record existed for most cats a mobile unit sterilizes in a year, TEAM would hold it. It would hold that record twice over. Animal People magazine suggested that in 1998.

TEAM says several veterinarians trained aboard its mobile unit. They went on to start similar low-cost spay/neuter programs in states including California, Colorado, Florida and Massachusetts. Additional programs followed in New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. It’s a ripple effect from a single Connecticut charity’s model.

Most recently, Donna Sicuranza spoke with local news outlet Patch. The April 2021 feature celebrated more than two decades of the mobile clinic’s operation. “It’s really amazing,” she told Patch, about the program’s longevity. She added that clinic days feel just as rewarding for staff now as they did at the beginning.

Key Relationships and Connections of Donna Sicuranza

Connection	Name	Relationship	Employer / Life Work
Organization	Tait’s Every Animal Matters (TEAM)	President and Executive Director	Nonprofit mobile clinic she co-founded at least by the mid-1990s
Early veterinary colleague	Dr. John A. Caltabiano, DVM	Collaborated with Sicuranza to plan and launch the 1997 mobile clinic	TEAM
Present veterinary colleague	Dr. Arthur (“Art”) Heller, DVM	Treasurer and Head Veterinarian/Medical Director	TEAM
Organization’s namesake	Vernon A. Tait	Connecticut animal lover whose bequest created and named the charity	Tait’s Every Animal Matters
Longtime fellow TEAM staff member	Dina Sicuranza	Senior Veterinary Technician; shares a surname with Donna, but nothing documents a familial relationship	TEAM
Spouse, parents or siblings	Not publicly disclosed	The reviewed records show no verified family connection	—
Unrelated same-name individual	Donna Marie Sicuranza (1942–2017)	Another woman from the Mount Vernon/New Rochelle, NY area; no connection to the TEAM executive	Banking / New York area

The Human Side of the Story

Whether that’s by design or just a lack of interest is hard to say. Either way, we know very little about Donna Sicuranza’s personal life. Decades of coverage have focused directly on her professional role.

The only hint of anything more personal comes from her 2021 Patch interview. She said she personally adopted two cats from an abandoned litter she found during one of the mobile clinic’s stops. It’s a small detail, but a telling one. She’s run a program for unwanted and homeless cats for some 25 years. By her own account, she’s ended up caring for some of them directly.

Recent Public Profiles

The most recent records available show Donna Sicuranza remains as the Executive Director of TEAM. Her name still appears in that role on the organization’s own staff page. The nonprofit’s IRS filings through fiscal year 2025 also show payments to her in that same capacity. That’s a sign of an active, ongoing tenure, not a retired or historical one.

TEAM’s mobile clinic continues to travel throughout the state of Connecticut. The organization continues to publicly promote its toll-free line and schedule of clinics for cat owners who are seeking appointments.

No evidence exists of recent media appearances or social media activity under her name. Nothing suggests public activity outside her nonprofit work, either.

FAQs

Who is Donna Sicuranza?
Donna Sicuranza is president and executive director of Every Animal Matters (TEAM). TEAM is a Westbrook-based Connecticut nonprofit that runs a mobile spay/neuter and vaccination clinic for cats.

What is Donna Sicuranza’s role at TEAM?
She manages the organization’s administration, fundraising and public communication. She is not a veterinarian, and TEAM has a separate Medical Director who oversees its clinical work.

Is Donna Sicuranza the same as Donna Sicuranza Marconi?
Yes. TEAM’s current staff page lists her as Donna Sicuranza Marconi. Older materials, news coverage and nonprofit filings use Donna Sicuranza instead. Both names refer to the same executive director.

Is Donna Sicuranza related to Donna Marie Sicuranza who died in 2017?
No known link exists. Donna Marie Sicuranza worked in banking in the New York area and died in 2017. Public records show no connection between her and the Connecticut nonprofit executive beyond a shared name.

Is Donna Sicuranza related to Dina Sicuranza at TEAM?
That’s not on public record. Dina Sicuranza is TEAM’s Senior Veterinary Technician and has worked with Donna Sicuranza for years. No source confirms whether the two are family.

How long has Donna Sicuranza been running TEAM?
IRS filings and TEAM’s own history show her as executive director since 1996, during the mobile clinic’s planning phase. The clinic launched in March 1997, marking a run of nearly three decades.

Does anyone know anything about Donna Sicuranza’s husband or children?
No. This article reviewed public records and other reliable sources, and none offers information about her spouse, children, parents or siblings.

How do I get in touch with TEAM’s mobile clinic?
The organization’s website lists 1-888-FOR-TEAM (1-888-367-8326) for scheduling, appointments or general information.