Mistress of Procurement
So what exactly do you call a Lady Bear? – Mistress of course . . .
Liza Sibley is the Mistress of Procurement at The Complete Bear. Along with her business partner - Mike Doherty – she scours the forest for cool stuff for all of our friendly wooded creatures – bears, cubs, otters . . .
Whether it’s Ornaments for the Tree or a Denali throw for the Den – it has to get past the Mistress – no easy task. She recently sailed the high seas – OK, it was Puerto Vallarta! – with over 200 bears on the Lazy Bear at Sea Cruise. She was the one with the T-Shirts.
Liza brings a unique blend of professional and life experience. She spent 20 years being a homemaker, raising two children and three Guide Dogs for the Blind puppies. Most recently, Liza had been working in both the medium and maximum security county jails as a literary outreach and high school teacher.
Liza met her business partner when they were both volunteers for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network – a group that challenges the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policies.
Born in Rochester, New York, Liza attended Skidmore College and the University of South Carolina where she received a B.S. in Chemistry with a math minor. She moved to California (where she always knew she should be) in 1975 to attend graduate school at UC Berkeley. She graduated with a Master’s of Science studying organo-actinide chemistry.
Liza lives in San Francisco with her partner, Jody and career change guide dog - Espresso. She enjoys riding her retired racehorse, Utah Beach.