AmeriVet Veterinary Partners Inc.

AmeriVet Veterinary Partners Inc.

AmeriVet Veterinary Partners was founded in 2017, based in San Antonio, Texas. CEO Jason Heffelfinger and his leadership team, which includes CFO Trevor Adams and Chief Growth Officer Jackie Laird, have built the firm by acquiring veterinary practices across the United States. The company does not publicly disclose its underlying wealth origin or asset ownership. The firm targets independent veterinary hospitals through two partnership structures: a joint venture model where AmeriVet takes a majority share and the veterinarian retains ongoing ownership, and a Topco structure where the seller fully exits in exchange for equity in AmeriVet's shared future. Confirmed partner practices include Tarzana Pet Clinic in California (Dr. Debra Hoffman) and Gardner Animal Care Center (Dr. Brian Hurley), AmeriVet's first partner practice. The firm provides operational support in HR, payroll, recruitment, marketing, and business management while giving practices clinical freedom over medical protocols. AmeriVet operates 213 clinics across 37 states, concentrated in the United States. The firm's leadership team counts eight named executives, including Chief Medical Officer Dr. Whitney Miller (DVM, MBA, DACVPM), Chief Operating Officer Joe Willey, and Chief Information Officer John Zavada. The firm runs a veterinary student program and an internship pipeline but does not disclose affiliated philanthropic structures or adjacent vehicles. AmeriVet's structural differentiator lies in its dual-path partnership offering—joint venture and Topco—which lets veterinary practice owners choose between retaining equity or fully exiting. This flexibility, combined with a stated commitment to leaving clinical decisions with the operating doctors, sets the firm apart from larger consolidators that impose centralized medical protocols.