About Me

 I’m a certified cat behavior specialist, a Fear Free Elite professional, and one of the few pet-sitting consultants in the U.S. with a formal background in Environmental, Health & Safety (AAS, Tri-C) and NASA decommissioning/industrial safety experience.

What Safety Leadership Actually Is
In many regulated industries, professionals in Occupational Safety and Health (sometimes called EHS or OSH practitioners) don’t sit in courts or write checklists — they work before something goes wrong. Their job is to:

• notice hazards in real work environments
   
• help leaders design systems that reduce risk
   
• support consistent decision-making under pressure
   
• integrate risk controls into everyday operations
   

This work helps organizations prevent injuries, protect people, and promote sustainable business practices — not by being reactive, but proactive. OSHA and professional safety frameworks guide this thinking in sectors like construction, healthcare, manufacturing, and more, where they’re often called the “competent person” responsible for safety processes long before a serious incident.

In pet care, most businesses don’t yet have a name for this function — and that’s where Field Notes comes in. Here, we adapt those same safety leadership principles to the realities of pet sitters, dog walkers, and in-home teams so leaders can see risk earlier, make clearer field decisions, and build systems that hold up as they grow.

For the last decade, I’ve blended those two worlds — cat behavior and OSHA-style safety systems — to elevate how pet sitters work, train, and protect themselves in the field.

I’m the founder of Finicky Cat Sitting & Behavior, LLC, a specialized cat-sitting service in the Cleveland/Berea region, and the writer behind Field Notes for Pet Pros, a weekly presence-based, outcome-driven professional development resource for pet sitters.

I have been featured several times on Pet Sitter Confessional podcasts 

 Episode 132: Finicky Cat Care with Beth Pasek — A deep dive into feline-focused care, why Fear Free matters, environmental programs for cats, and lessons from long-term cat-only pet sitting. 

 Episode 437: The New Era of Tech-Savvy Pet Care with Beth Pasek — A conversation on how technology is changing the way pet sitters operate and how to balance tech tools with personalized care. 

In 2026, I’ll be speaking at the Pet Sitters International Conference (Albuquerque) on how OSHA tools, hazard controls, and margin-based scheduling can transform safety culture across the industry.