Meet the Groomers

Leah Coyne – Director of Grooming / Salon Manager (Middleton & Cross Plains)

Leah is the Director of Grooming at Tabby & Jack’s and the Salon Manager at both our Middleton and Cross Plains locations. She began grooming in 2011 after graduating from Diamond Cut Grooming School in Ohio and joined our team in 2014. Leah leads with compassion and experience, mentoring grooming managers across all locations. She enjoys grooming all breeds and takes pride in each “before and after” transformation. 

Leah and her husband live on a cute hobby farm with their two kids, four goats, chickens, three cats, a horse, and two dogs—Smokey the Bernese Mountain Dog and Timber the Leonberger. Smokey is a longtime greeter at Tabby & Jack’s and one of our certified shop dogs. If he’s not out front making friends, he’s probably snoozing at home on his couch. Timber is currently in training to become the next great greeter. 

Outside of grooming, Leah loves trail riding with her Welsh pony, Aspen, and spending time with her family and farm animals.

Becky Plum – Fitchburg Salon Manager

Becky is the Fitchburg Salon Manager. Becky and her twin sister, Brittney, grew up on a dairy farm where her love for animals began. She worked at a vet clinic when she realized she wanted to go to school to be a groomer. She attended the Wi School of Professional Pet Groomers and joined Tabby & Jack's grooming team in 2012. She loves doing breed cuts and loves making dogs and cats look their best! Becky and her husband have 2 kids and a German Shepard mix named Chevelle.

Krystal Siedschlag – Monona Salon Manager

Krystal is the Monona Salon Manager. She got her start grooming career as a bather/grooming assistant in a boarding facility and completed her training at TJs in 2016. Krystal loves grooming all breeds of dogs and cats. Krystal and her husband share a certified shop dog, Lydia, a French Bulldog, 2 cats Derby and Meatball, and a bearded dragon.

Kari McGrath – Stoughton Salon Manager

Kari is the Stoughton Salon Manager and loves grooming dogs of all kinds! After graduating with her Biology degree from Montana State University, Kari became the first graduate of Tabby & Jack's groomer training program in 2013. Whether your dog is excited to visit the groomer or is feeling a bit shy, she is excited to make each pet feel safe & comfortable during their time at Tabby & Jack's. Kari especially enjoys working with poodles and de-shedding large double-coated dogs, but any happy dog is a fun dog to groom! When she's not grooming, you can usually find her running around with her Vizsla, Nacho!

Brianna Stearns – Sun Prairie Salon Manager

Brianna is the Sun Prairie Salon Manager. Bri started working with dogs in a boarding facility and then attended Animal Behavior College, before joining TJ's groom team in 2014. Brianna is loved by her small-dog clients for creating cute, fluffy faces. You can find her wading in a creek or her ice shanty fishing when she's not grooming. Bri is owned by a Havanese mix, Talon, and cats Gilly and Tator.

Ken Lonetree – East Washington Salon Manager

Ken is the East Washington Store Manager. Ken started in Doggy Daycare where he realized that he had to work with animals for the rest of his life. He graduated from the Tabby & Jacks grooming program in 2018 and has been happily styling dogs ever since. He was born and raised in the Madison area and grew up around all sorts of small animals like cats, birds, and gerbils. Professionally he finds nothing more satisfying than a good de-shedding as well as freshening up a cute Terrier. In his free time you can frequently find Ken urban hiking all over Madison with his 6 year old Shiba Inu named “Chief”.