Lucie' Barkingham Palace is a family owned and operated business, fully committed to offering superior pet services. Our core strenghts in grooming, boarding, and daycare allow us to provide quality, friendly and reliable service to our ultimate customer... YOUR PET!
Our Team
Grooming
Lucie Greco | Owner
Specialty: Hand Stripping
Lucie Greco earned a City and Guilds degree from the London Academy of Pet Grooming in London, England. Over the next 27 years, she has held Grooming positions in several English shops and opened her first operation in the U.K. in 1994.
Lucie relocated to the United States in 2000, operating as an Independent Contractor, where she was responsible for all grooming operations at Brooks Bed and Biscuit in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
In 2005, she moved to Pennsylvania, opening “Lucie’s Pet Grooming Shop” in Devon, Pennsylvania. In 2011, she relocated once again to our larger, and more accommodating 5,000 square foot facility in Malvern Pennsylvania, which has become Lucie’s Barkingham Palace!
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​Lucie currently resides in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with her husband Jeff, their daughter Bella, and their 8 wonderful furry friends!
Nicole Steinberg
Nicole’s career with animals started 20 years ago at age 12, when her first job was in a kennel bathing dogs. In 2012, she joined Lucie’s grooming team. Nicole loves working with the animals, especially in terms of grooming. Nicole does not own any pets but loves the clients and her coworkers dogs as if they were her own. She loves working for Lucie’s because of the all the love and compassion Lucie shows for all the animals in her care.
Judi Dixon
Specialty: Hand Stripping
Judi is one of the most veteran groomers at Lucie’s Barkingham Palace. She has been working with dogs since she was fourteen years old, and has been grooming dogs for over forty years! Judi specializes in hand stripping terriers, and grooming smaller dogs. She has also spent much of her career grooming her own Airedales, whom she also had participating in shows for over twenty years.
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Marissa Johnson
​Marissa has been with the Lucie’s team for the last seven years, having begun her time with us in 2017. Since joining the team, Marissa has served in a variety of capacities with Lucie’s. The include Kennel Staff, a tenure as Kennel Manager, Daycare Staff, and for the past two years has been on the grooming side of the business, learning from Lucie herself! Marissa has two dogs, and some cats as well. Her dogs Harley (an Old English Sheepdog), and Connor (a Chihuahua Mix), are her babies!​​​​​​​
Kate Broussard
Kate worked as a phlebotomist for over five years before meeting Lucie during an appointment. After some time, she decided that she wanted to make the jump and join the Palace team! She was so nervous to officially ask for a job, that instead of calling to submit an application, she booked a bathing appointment for her dog! Her husband refused to leave until Kate asked for the job, though. Seven years later, Kate is still a wonderful member of the bathing team! Everything she has learned since being here she has learned from Lucie and the amazing staff at the Palace. Her favorite dogs to bathe are the puppies, because she loves to build a rapport with the newcomers. When Kate is not working, she is home with her three kids, Leah, McKayla, and Jackson, her two fur babies, Cosmo and Nelson, and her husband, John.
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Amanda Stephens
Amanda started her grooming career at PetSmart in 2013 as a bather. After PetSmart, in 2014, she started in a kennel facility as a bather where she trained other people for bathing and worked in the kennel there. In 2016 one of the groomers there took Amanda under her wing and started training Amanda as a groomer. In 2017 Amanda started with Lucie's as a bather and continued her grooming education with Lucie. Amanda has also worked at Petco and another private grooming facility, but always finds herself coming back to work at the Palace. Amanda lives in Paoli with her two cats, two kids, and her husband.
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K.C. Reid
K.C. is one of the bathers at Lucie’s Barkingham Palace! She has been working in the palace for three years. The palace is her first job ever, and she could not have asked for a better starting point in the work force. Her grooming skills have excelled greatly, and outside of bathing, she is now beginning her full grooming education! She believes Lucie’s is unique in that, the employees working here are fun, professional, and have opened new opportunities for her to grow. Even her own fur-babies join in on the fun in daycare occasionally come for spa-days!
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Sammi Bright
Sammi Bright is one of the newest additions to the grooming team at Lucie’s! Though she is newer to the Lucie’s team, she has plenty of experience in the pet care field. Sammi graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Science. She has held a passion for working with animals since she was young. Sammi resides with her daughter and two dogs, Doodle and Jack.
Kennel & Daycare
Justin Grassey | Kennel Manager
Justin joined the team at Lucie’s Barkingham Palace in September of 2022. After spending 17 years working with children and adolescents with social, behavioral, and emotional needs he was burned out and looking for a change. When asked what he wanted to do next, the answer was clear-work with dogs! Justin’s niece, whose dogs frequent Lucie’s for grooming, daycare, and boarding, suggested he check out Lucie’s, and he fit right into the team. Justin enjoys building a rapport with each animal, pairing dogs with similar playstyles, and working with high-energy and temperamental animals. Justin graduated from Immaculata University in 2009 with his Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology.
Nick Zehren | Daycare Manager
Nick is the daycare manager at Lucie’s, and is a longtime veteran, having joined the team seven years ago! Nick has a certification in Animal Behavior from Animal Behavior College. He is the proud dog dad of his sweet little girl, Berkley. Nick enjoys building relationships with all of the dogs that come though daycare, and especially loves helping our more anxious friends socialize, and learn to play in group settings. He is also our resident Santa Clause every year! Outside Lucie’s, Nick is a dedicated Philadelphia Sports fan, and an avid reader.
Jake Mullen
Jake has been on the Daycare and Kennel team at Lucie's for the past two years. He likes to keep busy, maintaining his other job of nine years at a Community Supported Agriculture Farm in Downingtown PA. Jake has worked with animals for his entire life, and is a natural at interacting with dogs, cats, and horses. He spent his younger days at 4 H Club working with breeding sheep and market lambs. At one time, Jake even owned his own sheep named Anna Bell. Jake also loves horseback riding, and can be found weekly horseback riding at a stable in Coatesville PA. Even with how busy he keeps himself, Jake loves to come to work and take care of every pet that comes through Lucie's doors. He understands how important it is that every pet has a fun and safe place to relax.
Kimbery Fitzcharles
Kimberly Fitzcharles has been a part of the Lucie’s team since 2018. She met Lucie when she was picking up a bonded pair of labs to foster. She was so amazed by Lucie and the business, that she decided she needed to join the team! She currently has five dogs of her own that visit doggie daycare on occasion. Lucie’s, to her, stands out for the personal touch the employees provide every day to every animal that stays!
Max Haly
Max Haly is a longtime daycare team member, working on the Lucie’s team for nine years! His passion for animals began when he was a baby, as he’s spent his whole life around dogs. He has two dogs named Largo and Samson. Lucie’s Barkingham Palace is unique to him in that, apart from other pet care places, employees at Lucie’s try to give all the animals in our care the same love and affection we would give to our own pets and make sure they are happy and comfortable during their time staying with us!
Hunter Davis
Hunter joined the Palace Kennel Staff in June of 2024. He is currently finishing his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science at West Chester University. Hunter’s love for animals came about through being surrounded by animals and pets from a young age. He currently has a 2 year old Boxer mix named Moose who is his pride and joy! Hunter loves coming to work at the Palace because he gets to spend every day building bonds with every pet that comes through the doors!
Reception
Kelsey Raser | General Manager
Kelsey is the General Manager at Lucie’s, and has been with the team since May of 2021. She graduated with her Bachelors of Psychology in fall of 2023. Kelsey loves to spend her time with her dog Rocky, a little Chihuahua mix, whom she adopted from Lucie in September 2022, after building a close relationship with him through the previous summer. She is so grateful he chose her as his person! Her love and passion for animals began early in her childhood. Growing up, she was always around dogs and cats of her own, or family members. She was always interested in all kinds of animals, from household pets to farm animals. What sets Lucie’s apart to her, is our ability to create intimate bonds with the pets that come through our doors. Because we are a smaller facility, we are able to spend more time with, and create more deep and meaningful connections with the pets!
Grace Kerr | Assistant General Manager
Grace joined the reception team at Lucie’s in February 2024. She graduated from West Chester University in May of 2024 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education. Grace stumbled upon Lucie’s while seeking a change from working in retail customer service for many years. It is her experience in retail though that makes her essential in providing exceptional service to our clients and their pets. She loves coming into work every day to handle all clients’ and pets’ needs. Lucie’s stands out to Grace for the one on one connections that the staff builds with every pet that comes through the doors! Grace resides in West Chester Pennsylvania with her cat, Mr. Peach!
Elsa Keller
Elsa earned a BA in Communications from Wheaton College. She has always been passionate about art, animals and the outdoors. After adopting a puppy, she came to Lucie’s as a client looking for a highly recommended venue for puppy socialization. Once there, she never left, quickly signing up to work the front desk where she enjoys petting ALL the dogs daily; their unconditional love and joy is contagious. When not at the Palace, she can be found indulging in her other passions—being a mom to her two adult boys (from afar while they’re in college), working on a watercolor painting for an upcoming show, or celebrating the outdoors on her mountain bike in the woods.
Michael Antonacci
Michael joined the Palace reception team in August of 2023. He is a Music Education Major at West Chester University, where he also studies French horn and conducting. He has held numerous principal chair, and leadership positions in his musical career, including Drum Major of West Chester University’s Marching Band, as well as the Reading Buccaneers Drum and Bugle Corps. Michael specializes in effective leadership, and team-building within business and musical organizations, to help them reach their best working potential. Michael’s love for animals is rooted in spending time with the furry friends of his youth, who helped him foster a deep appreciation for the companionship of animals. Lucie’s, to him, is unlike anywhere because the leadership here naturally makes every team member feel safe, respected, and meaningful in their roles. This directly translates to the exceptional service we are able to provide our clients and their pets!
Paige Durham
Paige has been a part of the team at Lucie’s for almost six years, as a receptionist. She started at Lucie’s in her freshman year of high school and is currently in her sophomore year of college, studying English and Business at Villanova University. She started working at Lucie’s to hang out with a bunch of her favorite animals, but as she grew older, the uplifting environment at the Palace was just what she needed to get her through high school and the beginning of college. She had grown up with animals all her life, with her childhood dogs named Max and Ruby and her family's horses Frosty and Cash.