United States Eventing Association

Chris grew up in England and learned to ride at the age of 8. Growing up with horses and ponies in his family Chris started his British Horse Society training at the prestigious Gleneagles Equestrian Center in Perthshire Scotland. In 1994 Chris moved to the United States and continued his equestrian career at the Millbrook Equestrian Center in Millbrook, N.Y. as a trainer and rider. Taking his love of riding into many equestrian disciplines including successfully showing on the “A” show circuit in the jumper ring, eventing through the Preliminary level, fox hunting with the Millbrook Hunt, and competing in the dressage arena. Chris is a USEF “R” licensed show jumping course designer. He continues to design courses for numerous FEI events including The Event at Rebecca Farm CCI4*, The Fork CCI4*, Morven Park CCI4*, Red Hills CCI4*, Great Meadow International CCI4*, The Virginia Horse Trials CCI3*, Woodside4*, among many others. He has designed for The North American Young Rider Championships in 2016,2017, and 2018 as well as the 2017 USEA American Eventing Championships. Chris assisted British FEI course designer Richard Jeffery at the National Horse Show and also at the Winter Equestrian Festival, FEI course designer Danny Foster at numerous top-level “A” rated horse shows, and more recently Portugal’s FEI course designer Bernado Costa Cabral at some of the top international jumper shows in the USA. Now a US citizen, Chris bases full time in Florida with his show jumping girlfriend Justine Dutton at their farm in Reddick. Chris is busy course designing and also designing, constructing, and selling his own line of show jumps.

Max Corcoran grew up in Manchester, Massachusetts. She started foxhunting with Myopia Hunt out of Pine Grove Stables in South Hamilton, Mass. While attending Proctor Academy and Northeastern University, she competed at the Novice and training levels. Max then started managing Jim Stamets’ farm in Massachusetts. She began working at the O’Connor Event Team after Jim’s untimely death. Max managed Karen’s competition horses and youngsters for over 10 years. Max enjoyed the opportunity for exposure to the sport’s top vets and farriers, as well as the opportunity for continuing education that being an OCET groom afforded her. Max gives back to the sport by serving on many committees for USEF and USEA and volunteers around the country and various events. She continues to freelance groom and organizes Middleburg Horse Trails and helps run Great Meadow International, The Fork, WEG 2018, Old Tavern Horse Trials, and many others.

Cindy Deporter has been a member of the USEA since 1977. She is an FEI Level 3 Technical Delegate and has fulfilled the requirements for an FEI Level 2 Judge. She is an amateur rider and competes at the Novice level on her horse, Ana D. She has a full-time job with the State of North Carolina as the State Agency Director. Cindy has a Master’s Degree in Social Work and is a member of the Competitions Scheduling Committee, the Area III Organizer Representative, and co-organizer of the Heart of Carolinas Three-Day Event!

Tim Murray grew up fox hunting in Hamilton, Mass. and began eventing in 1970. He has competed through the Intermediate level, but for the last 10 years has focused his riding efforts on buying and retraining off-the-track Thoroughbreds. As his interest in competing diminished, Murray became involved as an eventing official. He obtained his “r” Technical Delegate (TD) license in 2013 and his “R” TD license in 2016. He recently passed his examination to become an FEI TD. Murray has also been active in the administrative side of the sport, serving six years on the USEA Board of Governors and six years as a trustee of the USEA Endowment Trust (now USEA Foundation). For 10 years he co-chaired the USEA Young Riders Committee and is currently a member of the USEA Eventing Licensed Officials Committee. In his non-horse time, Murray is a Trust & Estates lawyer in Boston, Mass.

Yvonne is a trial lawyer, transactions attorney, and certified mediator who practices in the areas of equine law, employment law, and commercial litigation. Yvonne’s equine law experience includes handling litigation and transactions involving the Equine Activity Liability Act and various other state and federal laws affecting equine industry activities. She assists individual horse owners, trainers, breeders, facilities, veterinarians, and others in the equine industry litigate and resolve claims for personal injury, property damage, and other losses caused by allegations of negligence, breach of contract, fraud, misrepresentation, and other legal issues. She also drafts contracts for horse purchases, sales, and leases, assists with negotiating and drafting employment and independent contractor agreements for equine industry workers, and creates equine liability releases for horse owners, trainers, breeders, facilities, veterinarians, transporters, and other individuals and entities sponsoring or participating in equine activities. She also has extensive experience developing multi-owner syndicates for horses in numerous disciplines, including eventing, dressage, and jumpers, as well as creating stallion and mare breeding syndicates. The syndicates completed to date range from several owners to multiple owners, range in value from $5,000 to $850,000 in value, and vary from very young horses beginning their training to mature horses competing at the highest levels of their sport. Yvonne speaks extensively on the topic of equine law to national and local organizations and competes in eventing for Area III.

Sue Dyson is a veterinarian who has specialized in the investigation of lameness and poor performance throughout her career. After graduating in 1980 Sue was awarded a Thouron Scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, completing an internship in Large Animal Medicine and Surgery at New Bolton Center. After a year in private equine practice in Pennsylvania, she returned to Great Britain to take a position in clinical orthopedics at the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket. Sue ran a clinical referral service for lameness and poor performance, attracting clients from all over the United Kingdom, Ireland, and continental Europe for 37 years. From 2019 she has worked as an independent consultant.

Sue’s particular passion is in improving equine performance, and thus both horse and rider comfort and safety, through early recognition and management of musculoskeletal discomfort, understanding the complex triad between the horse, the tack, and the rider. Her experiences as a rider at upper national level in eventing and show jumping have had a huge influence on Sue’s career, which has involved considerable retrospective data analysis, and prospective innovative research for the benefit of equine performance and welfare.

Cindy Deporter has been a member of the USEA since 1977. She is an FEI Level 3 Technical Delegate and has fulfilled the requirements for an FEI Level 2 Judge. She is an amateur rider and competes at the Novice level on her horse, Ana D. She has a full-time job with the State of North Carolina as the State Agency Director. Cindy has a Master’s Degree in Social Work and is a member of the Competitions Scheduling Committee, the Area III Organizer Representative, and co-organizer of the Heart of Carolinas Three-Day Event!

Tim Murray grew up fox hunting in Hamilton, Mass. and began eventing in 1970. He has competed through the Intermediate level, but for the last 10 years has focused his riding efforts on buying and retraining off-the-track Thoroughbreds. As his interest in competing diminished, Murray became involved as an eventing official. He obtained his “r” Technical Delegate (TD) license in 2013 and his “R” TD license in 2016. He recently passed his examination to become an FEI TD. Murray has also been active in the administrative side of the sport, serving six years on the USEA Board of Governors and six years as a trustee of the USEA Endowment Trust (now USEA Foundation). For 10 years he co-chaired the USEA Young Riders Committee and is currently a member of the USEA Eventing Licensed Officials Committee. In his non-horse time, Murray is a Trust & Estates lawyer in Boston, Mass.

Bobby was born and raised in Big Horn, Wyoming. After graduating from the University of Wyoming he went to work for the Federal Reserve Bank in Denver, Colorado as a bank regulator. After many years in the corporate world, Bobby moved to Southern Pines, North Carolina, and began an active eventing barn competing, training, and teaching for the last 25 years. He currently splits his time between Wyoming and North Carolina officiating full-time. Bobby is an “S” Event Judge and TD, as well as an FEI Level 3 Judge and TD.

John Michael Durr has been competing successfully in three-day eventing, show jumping, and hunters for over a decade, developing horses to the upper levels and achieving top results. As an ICP Certified Instructor, John Michael enjoys training riders and horses of all levels. On top of all of that, John Michael is also an FEI Eventing Level II Course Designer. This expands his reach into so many different aspects of the sport.

Rusty Lowe, NRP (AL) is the safety coordinator/medical officer for several events in the U.S. and was medical safety officer for the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon. As a past member and Chair/Vice-Chair of the USEA and USEF Safety Committees, he worked with other committees and organizations to improve safety within the sport such as improved rider safety equipment, increased medical care requirements for events, concussion management, and ICP first aid/CPR training standards. Rusty has been a Firefighter/Nationally Registered Paramedic for 39 years including 30 at the Hoover, Ala. Fire Department where he retired in 2018 as EMS Captain and Public Information Officer and EMS Instructor at Jefferson State Community College. He works now as an ALS Specialist for Go Rescue Brands, Paramedic for Tide EMS at Bryant-Denny Stadium (Roll Tide!), and resides in Birmingham, Ala.

Sarah Broussard lives at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Montana, and is the organizer of The Event at Rebecca Farm. She also serves as show manager for numerous local hunter/jumper shows held at Rebecca Farm throughout the summer. Sarah’s mother, Becky Broussard, introduced her to eventing on the island of Jamaica when she was a small child. When the family moved to Montana, Sarah continued to compete under the guidance of Area VII’s Cindy Burge. Sarah competed through the Intermediate level and represented Area VII at the North American Young Rider Championships. As a busy mother of two children, Sarah now enjoys competing mostly at the Novice and Training levels. She is the Chair of the USEA Safety and Equine Welfare Committee and a member of the USEA Classic Three-Day Task Force.

Gretchen Butts has a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Nursing, as well as a Master of Arts in Management/Human Resources, and spent 25 years as an Adult/Internal Medicine Nurse Practitioner while gaining her vast experience in eventing. Gretchen's equestrian experience is broad – she is an eventing competitor through the international five-star level, event organizer at Waredaca since 1979, three- and four-star FEI Technical Delegate and Eventing Judge, USEF Equestrian Eventing “S” Technical Delegate and Eventing Judge, FEI Level 2 Steward, past member of the USEA Board of Governors and Vice President of Education, Chief Jump Judge for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, International Technical Official at the 2008 Olympic Games, Assistant Technical Delegate for the 2010 World Equestrian Games, contributing author to Eventing USA, and past educational consultant to the Association. Gretchen is also a Level III ICP certified instructor and sits on several key U.S. Equestrian Federation and U.S. Eventing Association committees. In her spare time, she is a long-distance runner and avid sailor with husband, Robert, on the Chesapeake. They have two daughters. Steph is an ICP Level II instructor and graduate ‘A’ Pony Clubber with experience through the four-star level, a part of the Waredaca staff and business team, and co-owner of the Waredaca Brewing Company. Her younger sister, Devon, is a licensed Doctor of Physical Therapy currently practicing in Asheville, North Carolina.

Cindy Deporter has been a member of the USEA since 1977. She is an FEI Level 3 Technical Delegate and has fulfilled the requirements for an FEI Level 2 Judge. She is an amateur rider and competes at the Novice level on her horse, Ana D. She has a full-time job with the State of North Carolina as the State Agency Director. Cindy has a Master’s Degree in Social Work and is a member of the Competitions Scheduling Committee, the Area III Organizer Representative, and co-organizer of the Heart of Carolinas Three-Day Event!

Jonathan Holling is a wearer of many hast in this world of three-day eventing. He is an accomplished upper level three-day event competitor having first competed at the Kentucky Three-Day Event in 1998. Since this first experience at the top level of his sport, Jonathan has competed at numerous four- and five-star events throughout the United States and Europe. He has competed regularly at the Kentucky Three-Day Event and at Burghley, and was the top placed American on the U.S. Nations Cup team at Boekelo in 2013.

For many years Jo teamed up with Peter Gray, forming Equiventures. In this role Jon was the organizer of four horse trials a year including a CCI* and CCI2* held at the Florida Horse Park. Jon sold Equiventures so that he could focus more on his competitive goals but he is still passionate about maintaining a leadership role in the sport.

Jon is a Level IV ICP Certified Instructor. He has served on the USEA Board of Governors, the Nominating Committee, the Executive Committee, and is currently a co-chair of the Cross-Country Design and Fence Construction Safety Task Force for the USEA. He is also the USEF National Safety Officer for eventing to the FEI, a member of the USEF safety committee, a member of the USEF Competitions Committee, and sits on the Active Athlete Committee. This list goes on and on.

With all of his other responsibilities Jon still prioritizes time with his son, Caiden. He is a veteran of marriage to Jennifer. Jonathan is a huge Green Bay Packers fan, a lover of teenage girl dance music, and a glutton for punishment at his crossfit classes.

In December of 2015, Rob Burk took over as the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Eventing Association (USEA). Prior to his appointment as CEO, he served as the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Director of Programs for the USEA. Rob draws much of his experience from previous roles as an Executive Director and Senior Adviser within the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and as the Executive Director of a Governor-appointed statewide equine industry advisory board and stable inspection/licensing program within the Maryland Department of Agriculture. He has provided advice and guidance to four Secretaries of Agriculture and two Governors. Rob has evented throughout his life with notable success as a Young Rider in California. He graduated from Otterbein University with a Bachelor of Science in Pre-Veterinary Medicine/Pre-Graduate Equine Studies and earned a Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Rob, a graduate ‘H-A’ Pony Clubber, attributes his successes to his upbringing through Pony Club and his trainers and mentors based in California, Ohio, Maryland, and Ireland as well as his family.

Tim Murray grew up fox hunting in Hamilton, Mass. and began eventing in 1970. He has competed through the Intermediate level, but for the last 10 years has focused his riding efforts on buying and retraining off-the-track Thoroughbreds. As his interest in competing diminished, Murray became involved as an eventing official. He obtained his “r” Technical Delegate (TD) license in 2013 and his “R” TD license in 2016. He recently passed his examination to become an FEI TD. Murray has also been active in the administrative side of the sport, serving six years on the USEA Board of Governors and six years as a trustee of the USEA Endowment Trust (now USEA Foundation). For 10 years he co-chaired the USEA Young Riders Committee and is currently a member of the USEA Eventing Licensed Officials Committee. In his non-horse time, Murray is a Trust & Estates lawyer in Boston, Mass.

After graduating Summa Cum Laude with a BA in English and theater from Rutgers University, Ashley Johnson has competed at the international level in three-day event riding for over 20 years. She has competed throughout North America at competitions such as Morven Park, The Ocala Jockey Club, Jersey Fresh, Bromont, Fair Hill International, and the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. Ashley has participated in the United States Equestrian Team’s Developing Rider Program and is a Graduate ‘A’ of the United States Pony Club as well as holding her United States Equestrian Federation ‘r’ judge’s license and technical delegate’s license. A USEA ICP Level III instructor, she has spent five years as the coach for the University of Florida Eventing Team. In 2021 Ashley graduated from the Harvard Extension School with a master’s degree in psychology and is using this degree to coach mental performance skills. Ashley is based in Ocala, Fla. and can be found at www.ashlandeventing.com.

William (Bill) Moroney has served as Chief Executive Officer of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) since January of 2016. Under his leadership, USEF has implemented an ambitious Strategic Plan leading to significant growth in membership, horse and human safety, and welfare initiatives including Safe Sport, sponsorship, member benefits and value, athlete and horse development, governance, and sport regulation.

Moroney spent over 38 years in the sport of hunters and jumpers as an owner, trainer, rider, and clinician, and 21 years as a Federation licensed official. He has over 20 years of experience in the governance of equestrian sport, serving as a member or chair of several USEF committees and as the founding president of the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA), the largest Affiliate of the USEF.

Janet Gunn is a founding member of Commonwealth Dressage and Combined Training Association (CDCTA) in Northern Virginia, serving on the Board of Directors as Treasurer, Budget Chair, and Secretary. She was organizer of the original CDCTA Spring Horse Trials at Commonwealth Park and has been involved as rider, volunteer, coordinator, or official in almost every CDCTA horse trial. Janet has been CDCTA’s Affiliate Representative to USEA since 2004, and is also the Affiliate Coordinator for both Area II and USEA, where she is also co-chair of the Membership Committee. A licensed “r” Eventing TD, Janet keeps her horses at home and has retired from a career in IT/Telephony.

Liz Hoskinson of Bronxville, New York, is a lifelong horseperson, starting out as a youngster in the U.S. Pony Club and showing in the hunter world. When time allowed a return to active riding, she immediately turned to eventing and competing several horses at the lower levels in Area I as well as spent time competing over the winter months in Aiken, South Carolina. She has also coached students to success in their own eventing. Prior to re-starting her riding career, Liz was employed at USEF (then the AHSA), beginning in the Marketing and Communications department and finishing her decade of service as an Assistant Executive Director. Currently, she is the co-chair with Janet Gunn of the USEA's Membership Development Committee; is a member of the USEA's Intercollegiate Eventing Committee; serves as co-Chief Dressage Steward at the Millbrook Horse Trials, and volunteers at additional horse trials throughout the season. She manages and teaches at a medium-sized facility in Connecticut and also works as a freelance writer and editor.

Bonnie Kibbie, VMD is the current chair of the USEA Volunteer Committee. She helped found the committee in memory of a beloved member of the eventing community, Seema Sonnad, whose vision it was to see volunteers recognized, organized, and rewarded at the national level for their contributions to the sport. She has enjoyed serving on the committee since its inception in 2015 and hopes to continue to improve the resources available to volunteers in the U.S. for years to come. Bonnie is an equine veterinarian in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband, fellow eventer and course designer Jeff Kibbie, their feisty toddler, Elias, and their newborn son, Samuel. She has evented through the Preliminary level but is currently helping her and Jeff’s former competition horse, Loki, enjoy semi-retirement with the occasional trail ride and dressage lesson. Bonnie serves as a Volunteer Coordinator for the Plantation Field International Horse Trials and loves living in the heart of event country.

Jonathan Elliott has been in the sport of eventing for over 20 years. He competed at the North American Junior/Young Rider Championships three times, placing eighth in 1992 and winning a silver medal in 1995. Elliott was also the 1996 recipient of the Lionel Guerrand-Hermes Memorial Award, a United States Equestrian Team award for a young rider who has best represented the Team’s ideals of horsemanship and sportsmanship across all three disciplines. He continued in the sport, competing at the Burghley Horse Trials and Kentucky Three-Day Event. Currently, Elliott and his wife, Suzy, and their three children, Avery, Quinn, and Landon, run Aspen Farms in Washington, where they host two USEA recognized events offering Beginner Novice through Advanced. Elliott is an ICP Certified Instructor; chair of the USEA Organizers Committee and the USEF Calendar Working Group; a member of the USEF Eventing Sport Committee and USEF Emerging Athletes Working Group; a member of the USEA Competitions, Rules, and Calendar Committee; has coached the Area VII Young Rider Team; is the Area VII Organizer Representative; and has served as the chair of the Professional Horseman's Council.

Marilyn Payne, FEI Eventing Judge and USEF Senior Dressage Judge, is a distinguished breeder of horses for eventing and dressage, as well as a trainer, competitor, and international judge. She judges eventing around the country and abroad, and was a member of the Ground Jury for the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong and 2010 WEG. She also judges dressage competitions through the Grand Prix level throughout the U.S. Marilyn is leading the USEA program for educating judges about evaluating young horses. Marilyn resides with her husband Dick at their Applewood Farm in Califon, New Jersey. Their children, Doug and Holly, have followed in their mother’s footsteps and are successful competitors and trainers in their own right.

John Staples is a USEA ICP Certified Level III Instructor as well as an Advanced level competitor. Staples was long-listed for the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Teams and was named as an alternate for the 1988 Olympic Team. Staples' training focuses on establishing rhythm, relaxation, and straightness to develop a horse who is responsive to the aids, adjustable, balanced, and confident. He uses these principles of dressage in all phases of developing the event horse. Staples helped initiate the Cross-Country Speed Study, which is investigating the rate at which horse/rider pairs negotiate cross-country obstacles and the impact on safety. Staples has also served on the USEF Safety Committee.

Marilyn Payne, FEI Eventing Judge and USEF Senior Dressage Judge, is a distinguished breeder of horses for eventing and dressage, as well as a trainer, competitor, and international judge. She judges eventing around the country and abroad, and was a member of the Ground Jury for the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong and 2010 WEG. She also judges dressage competitions through the Grand Prix level throughout the U.S. Marilyn is leading the USEA program for educating judges about evaluating young horses. Marilyn resides with her husband Dick at their Applewood Farm in Califon, New Jersey. Their children, Doug and Holly, have followed in their mother’s footsteps and are successful competitors and trainers in their own right.

Marilyn Payne, FEI Eventing Judge and USEF Senior Dressage Judge, is a distinguished breeder of horses for eventing and dressage, as well as a trainer, competitor, and international judge. She judges eventing around the country and abroad, and was a member of the Ground Jury for the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong and 2010 WEG. She also judges dressage competitions through the Grand Prix level throughout the U.S. Marilyn is leading the USEA program for educating judges about evaluating young horses. Marilyn resides with her husband Dick at their Applewood Farm in Califon, New Jersey. Their children, Doug and Holly, have followed in their mother’s footsteps and are successful competitors and trainers in their own right.

Tim Holekamp is a retired ophthalmologist who specialized in retina surgery. He has been around horses all his life, and together with his wife Cheryl, who is an “S” dressage judge and Grand Prix rider, has been breeding Trakehner sporthorses for 37 years on their New Spring Farm, first in Columbia, Missouri and now Ocala. They have stood eight stallions, all of whom themselves competed successfully through at least three-star eventing or FEI-level dressage, including one currently eventing in Europe at the four-star level. Perhaps the best known is the elite stallion Windfall, Olympic team bronze and Pan-Am individual gold medal winner. Their homebred Tsetserleg is currently in the limelight along with his half-brother by Windfall, Vandiver.

Tim is an amateur photographer and a devoted fan of eventing. He completed the training program for breed inspector and presently is the facilitator of the American Trakehner Association’s inspection committee, after a recent four-year term as president of that Association. His focus now is on US Three-Day Eventing team development through co-chairing the USEA YEH Committee with Marilyn Payne and working on the USEF's Eventing Owners Task Force.

Morgan is a leading licensed cross-country course designer and builder. He currently works with some of the most important U.S. events and equestrian training facilities. Morgan began his career working for – and then alongside – many of the most respected names in the cross-country world, including John Williams, Capt. Mark Phillips, Mike Etherington- Smith, Tommy Brennan, and Tremaine Cooper. Having learned the ropes from the best, Morgan went on to complete the rigorous intellectual and practical accreditations necessary to becoming an independent designer. Now successful in his own right, his experience includes projects in the U.S., Ireland, and Latin America. Morgan is also an experienced equestrian, who enjoys eventing, fox hunting, polo, and show jumping. He is married to Virginia Jenkins Rowsell, an Advanced Rider and former United States Equestrian Team (USET) competitor. They live with their two children in New Jersey.

Dr. Mark Revenaugh is the owner of Northwest Equine Performance. He is a renowned expert in the diagnosis and treatment of lameness and performance issues, attracting clients from all over the northwest. His fascination with equine medicine and competitive performance began long before opening his specialty clinic in Oregon.

Though he studied riding under eventing icon Bruce Davidson and spent several years in human medical research, his passion was always focused on helping owners and horses maximize their performance potential.

He pursued that passion at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, graduating in 1991. Dr. Revenaugh worked with some of the leading sport horse veterinarians in the world, including Dr. Kent Allen, Dr. Haynes Stevens, and Dr. Brendon Furlong. During this time, Dr. Revenaugh authored the first license for use of scintigraphy (bone scan) in the state of New Jersey in 1996. In 1997, Dr. Revenaugh took his first trip as official USET Team Veterinarian, traveling to Germany for a pairs Driving World Championship. Dr. Revenaugh has been honored to serve as a Team Veterinarian or Assistant Team Veterinarian since that time. Duties have included selecting, treating, and advising elite level professionals in the equine industry, maintaining health, and maximizing performance.

Dr. Revenaugh moved to the Pacific Northwest in 2002 where he intended to create a small and unique practice to work exclusively with equine performance issues and lameness. The clinic quickly grew into one of the premier equine sports medicine practices in the western United States reflecting Dr. Revenaugh's investment in advanced technologies, imaging modalities, and leading-edge therapies. Dr. Revenaugh has also served as the Director of the High Performance Sports Group since 2013 in an effort to help further not only the sport, but the profession as well.

His greatest professional joy remains being part of a winning team; helping horses and owners make good decisions to advance equine health and maximize performance.

Dr. Revenaugh lives on a farm in Mulino with his wife and two children. They enjoy outdoor activities including bicycling, camping, and exploring this beautiful region.

Shannon Lilley, originally from Portola Valley, started riding with Dayna Lynd-Pugh when she was 9 years old. Shannon pony-clubbed in her earlier years of riding and since has become a serious competitor in three-day eventing. She has competed through the Advanced / Three Star level of eventing and won many accolades along the way. Shannon was the recipient of the 2007 Developing Rider grant and is currently the Young Rider Coordinator and Chef d'Equip for Area VI. She led the Area VI CCI2* team to win two consecutive gold medals at NAJYRC in 2008 and 2009. In 2011 Shannon was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the Pan American Games aboard Ballingowan Pizzaz. Shannon also graduated from Santa Clara University in 2001 with a degree in Marketing.

Margaret Marcus joined the USEA in September of 2019 as a team member of the USEA’s IT Department. Margaret provides customer support for Xentry and ShowConnect, the USEA’s new event management system. She is very excited about working with the eventing community and The Jockey Club Technology Services to support the testing and rollout of ShowConnect. Please stop by ShowConnect booth for more information!

Robert Winter has been working at the USEA as the lead Web Developer and IT Project Manager since 2005, and then as the Director of Information Technology since 2008. He has been responsible for directing the technology efforts in transitioning the USEA’s core business services to the web over the last 10 years. This transition includes the development of USEA Online Services website platform for delivering services such as member, horse, competition, and education management, Xentry, and Eventing USA online. Robert prides himself on staying up-to-date on development, security, and system trends in preparation for implementing the next generation of technology at the USEA.

Jennifer is an equine veterinarian from Arizona. She has bred, trained, and evented her own horses and is an active competitor at the Training/ Preliminary level. She officiates as an Eventing FEI Veterinarian and annually volunteers as a veterinarian at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. She has been Canada’s Team Veterinarian for eventing and dressage at Olympic Games and Pan American Games. Jennifer now works as Team Veterinarian for Para Dressage Canada.

Jonathan Holling is a wearer of many hast in this world of three-day eventing. He is an accomplished upper level three-day event competitor having first competed at the Kentucky Three-Day Event in 1998. Since this first experience at the top level of his sport, Jonathan has competed at numerous four- and five-star events throughout the United States and Europe. He has competed regularly at the Kentucky Three-Day Event and at Burghley, and was the top placed American on the U.S. Nations Cup team at Boekelo in 2013.

For many years Jo teamed up with Peter Gray, forming Equiventures. In this role Jon was the organizer of four horse trials a year including a CCI* and CCI2* held at the Florida Horse Park. Jon sold Equiventures so that he could focus more on his competitive goals but he is still passionate about maintaining a leadership role in the sport.

Jon is a Level IV ICP Certified Instructor. He has served on the USEA Board of Governors, the Nominating Committee, the Executive Committee, and is currently a co-chair of the Cross-Country Design and Fence Construction Safety Task Force for the USEA. He is also the USEF National Safety Officer for eventing to the FEI, a member of the USEF safety committee, a member of the USEF Competitions Committee, and sits on the Active Athlete Committee. This list goes on and on.

With all of his other responsibilities Jon still prioritizes time with his son, Caiden. He is a veteran of marriage to Jennifer. Jonathan is a huge Green Bay Packers fan, a lover of teenage girl dance music, and a glutton for punishment at his crossfit classes.

Mary Coldren’s equestrian career began in the Western disciplines. She enrolled in the pre-vet program at Penn State University, but decided after one semester that she did not want to be a vet. Switching to Harcum College in Bryn Mawr she entered a breeding and business management degree program which was to stand her in good stead for the business she runs today. She discovered eventing and began volunteering at the Radnor Hunt Three-day Event as the barn manager. When the event switched to a horse trials Mary was asked to be the secretary which she did willingly. That was the beginning of her new business as an event secretary to numerous events in Area II. She now handles events of all levels including the Fair Hill CCI3*. Her expertise scheduling ride times has become sought after by everyone. A licensed Technical Delegate Mary is in great demand and now has a more than full-time business as an official and event secretary. Her attention to detail and depth of knowledge of the rules and of the sport are great assets as a governor of the USEA.

Sarah Broussard lives at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Montana, and is the organizer of The Event at Rebecca Farm. She also serves as show manager for numerous local hunter/jumper shows held at Rebecca Farm throughout the summer. Sarah’s mother, Becky Broussard, introduced her to eventing on the island of Jamaica when she was a small child. When the family moved to Montana, Sarah continued to compete under the guidance of Area VII’s Cindy Burge. Sarah competed through the Intermediate level and represented Area VII at the North American Young Rider Championships. As a busy mother of two children, Sarah now enjoys competing mostly at the Novice and Training levels. She is the Chair of the USEA Safety and Equine Welfare Committee and a member of the USEA Classic Three-Day Task Force.

Yvonne is a trial lawyer, transactions attorney, and certified mediator who practices in the areas of equine law, employment law, and commercial litigation. Yvonne’s equine law experience includes handling litigation and transactions involving the Equine Activity Liability Act and various other state and federal laws affecting equine industry activities. She assists individual horse owners, trainers, breeders, facilities, veterinarians, and others in the equine industry litigate and resolve claims for personal injury, property damage, and other losses caused by allegations of negligence, breach of contract, fraud, misrepresentation, and other legal issues. She also drafts contracts for horse purchases, sales, and leases, assists with negotiating and drafting employment and independent contractor agreements for equine industry workers, and creates equine liability releases for horse owners, trainers, breeders, facilities, veterinarians, transporters, and other individuals and entities sponsoring or participating in equine activities. She also has extensive experience developing multi-owner syndicates for horses in numerous disciplines, including eventing, dressage, and jumpers, as well as creating stallion and mare breeding syndicates. The syndicates completed to date range from several owners to multiple owners, range in value from $5,000 to $850,000 in value, and vary from very young horses beginning their training to mature horses competing at the highest levels of their sport. Yvonne speaks extensively on the topic of equine law to national and local organizations and competes in eventing for Area III.

Anastasia (“Stacy”) Curwood grew up in Cambridge, Mass., and started riding at age 9. She has competed at Training Level eventing and Fourth Level dressage as an adult amateur. Stacy received a Ph.D. in U.S. History from Princeton with a specialty in African American History in 2003. She writes about Black women’s intellectual and political work in the 20th century. She published one book in 2010 and has another one on the pathbreaking congresswoman Shirley Chisholm forthcoming. She is a professor at the University of Kentucky. In 2021 she competed her own OTTB Rock Hard Attitude and Kelsie Bricker’s Loughan Glen, a former Team USA event horse, in dressage.

Heather Gillette is a lifelong eventer, teacher, and trainer who owns and runs Heron's Landing Eventing in Tewksbury, NJ. She has been a USEF Licensed Eventing Dressage Judge & Technical Delegate since 2019 and very much enjoys it. A graduate 'A' Pony Clubber from Spring Valley Hounds PC in NJ, Heather has competed primarily OTTBs from Beginner Novice to five-star level. She had a successful 2021 season with her current partner Vincent Chase, capping it off by completing the Maryland CCI 3*-L.

David O’Connor grew up spending most of his life on horseback. In 1996 he and wife, Karen, became the first couple to compete on the same Olympic team and win a medal when they helped the U.S. to win the team silver at the Atlanta Games. The next year David won Badminton, becoming only the second American to win the coveted title. In 2000, with an Olympic record-breaking score, he won the individual gold medal and was a member of the bronze medal-winning team. He has since followed that up with a win at the Kentucky Three-Day Event in 2001, wins at Radnor, and Foxhall Cup, team gold from the 2002 World Equestrian Games, a win at Jersey Fresh in 2003, and in 2004 a win at Foxhall. In 2004, he officially retired from international competition to focus on the training of riders and horses. He has always been involved in the administrative side of the sport and held the position of President of the United States Equestrian Federation from 2004 to 2012. He was the coach of the Canadian Eventing Team and the Technical Advisor for the U.S. Eventing Team from 2013-2016. In addition, David is a much sought-after course designer for many venues across the country. Together with his wife, he operates a successful teaching and training business at their facilities in The Plains, Virginia and Ocala, Florida.

A career equestrian, Jennifer began riding at age 5 just outside of Montreal, Canada. Her first experiences with horses included competing at Nationally rated hunter/jumper shows, fox hunting, and ultimately achieving her “A” Pony Club rating. It was through Pony Club that she was first introduced to the sport of eventing at age 13.

Jennifer’s early career included working for a top hunter/jumper trainer, riding competitively for a big dressage training barn, and starting young Thoroughbreds for the track. Along with these varied positions came the opportunity to groom at an Olympic training camp, serve as a veterinarian’s assistant at the 1976 Olympic Games and continue to compete through the upper levels of dressage and eventing. After spending a year in New Zealand riding jumpers and event horses, she returned to the Montreal area and developed an active eventing training business which grew, as the sport grew, through the 1980s and early 90s. Her special interest lay with developing Young Riders, several of whom represented her home province of Quebec at the NAYRC.

She was recruited in 1992 to manage a private equestrian estate in Northern Illinois and immigrated to the United States. She spent her first 10 years there developing a private breeding/training program and starting a family of her own. In the early 2000s she began building an active teaching and training program under her own business banner, L’Esprit Equestrian, LLC. In the summer of 2020, L’Esprit Equestrian relocated to the beautiful Jigsaw Farms in Woodstock, Illinois, where they have been hard at work developing a top-quality eventing and cross-country training facility.

Jennifer is a USEA Certified Level III instructor, serves as an Advisor to the ICP program, is on the USEA ICP committee, and is a Certified Trainer with USHJA. Recently awarded the Broussard Grant for licensed officials, she has successfully completed the requirements to become a “r” eventing judge. Her interest in developing Young Riders has continued to inspire and produce riders competing at the NAJYRC, and in 2017 she served as the Young Rider coach for Area IV riders, winning the Team Gold Medal in the NAYRC CCI2* (now CCI3*) competition. L’Esprit Equestrian continues to flourish as a top Eventing training program, producing riders and horses through all levels of competition, including fielding 15 riders for the 2021 USEA American Eventing Championships presented by Nutrena Feeds.

Phyllis competed at the international levels of eventing for over 30 years, and has had success on many different horses, most of whom she trained herself. In 1988 Phyllis represented the U.S. at the Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, riding Albany II, finishing in 10th place overall. She also represented the U.S. at the Open European Championships at Burghley in 1997, riding Snowy River. She now serves on the USEF Selection Committee. Phyllis owns and operates Windchase, an eventing stable in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where she breeds and trains event horse prospects and offers training and instruction for both horses and riders. She is a Faculty Member of the USEA Instructors’ Certification Program and is a Level IV Certified Instructor.

Sharon Anthony graduated from Auburn University with a B.A. in Education and Sociology. She received her M.A. degree in Psychology and Educational Administration and Supervision. She taught Sociology and Psychology in the Metro Nashville Public Schools. She served as principal in Nashville’s largest high school for 14 years and retired as the Director of Staff Development for Principals and Teachers. Anthony came into eventing early on through the Middle Tennessee Pony Club. She has remained a long-term supporter as a rider, coach, and volunteer of their activities and event. She joined the USCTA (now USEA) early on with a member number of 363. In 2016 she was awarded a Governor’s Cup. She has served as a member and secretary on the USEA's Endowment Trust (now USEA Foundation) for six years and continues to serve as a member and secretary for the Rebecca Broussard International Developing Rider Grant selection committee. She is an ICP Level I Training instructor and a member of the Adult Rider program. As an active lower-level rider she twice finished second at the Adult Team Championships (ATC) in Texas. Along with her “fabulously supportive and genius husband,” Mike Weesner, they own Hardscuffle Farm in Primm Springs, Tenn. where they specialize in boarding retirement horses and raising premium horse hay for their farm and clients, and foster puppies for the local humane association.

Robin Walker began his riding life in England and prior to moving to the U.S. had ridden at the Advanced and international levels. Since then, Robin has continued to ride at the upper levels in eventing and also show jumps successfully to the Grand Prix level. In addition, he is an ICP faculty member and co-chair of the ICP Committee. He has been involved in the development of the curriculum for the ICP YEH Workshops as well as the regular ICP Workshops and continues to add his expertise to the program. Robin has a small but successful breeding program which is based at Maute House Farm in Grass Lake, Michigan. The farm has developed into a fully self-contained facility for the production of both horse and rider.

David Marlin studied at Stirling University from 1978-1981. He then trained with dressage rider and coach Judy Harvey (FBHS and FEI International dressage judge).

He obtained his PhD from Loughborough University in 1989 on the response of Thoroughbred racehorses to exercise and training. He worked for three years in Newmarket for racehorse trainer Luca Cumani.

From 1993–1996 he undertook studies on thermoregulation and transport of horses in the build-up to the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He was also involved in advising on air-conditioning and cooling for horses at the Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

From 1990-2005 David held the position of Senior Scientist and Head of Physiology at the Animal Health Trust. His main areas of professional interest are exercise physiology, including nutrition, fitness training, thermoregulation, anhidrosis, competition strategy, transport, respiratory disease, and EIPH and has published over 200 scientific papers in these areas.

He has worked as a consultant to the British Equestrian Federation since 1994 and is a member of the BEF’s World Class Performance Scientific Advisory Group. Between 1996 and 2000 he was trainer for the British Endurance team when they won a silver medal at the World Championships in Compiegne, France in 2000.

David has a strong interest in equine welfare and has been involved in many projects, including working with World Horse Welfare to improve the conditions for horses transported for meat in Europe.

He is currently involved in a range of projects including the impact of COVID-19 on horse owners and horse welfare, protective boot testing, the safety of headcollars, performance analysis, saddle tree design, saddle pads, quantification of headshaking, and a large number of nutritional projects.

David is a past Chair of the International Conference on Equine Exercise Physiology (ICEEP), editor of Comparative Exercise Physiology, author of Equine Exercise Physiology, and President of the UK National Equine Welfare Council. He has also been the FEI’s climate advisor since 1996 and currently runs his own equestrian community under DrDavidMarlin.com.

Malcolm Hook is a licensed FEI Technical Delegate, member of the USEF Eventing Technical Committee, and a past member of the USEA Board of Governors. This year, as in years past, he will moderate the Rules Change Forum, during which time he will attempt to clarify the hopelessly complex rules under which you compete. Malcolm announces and controls at 24 events each year. He also serves on or chairs several USEF and USEA Committees.

Dr. Mark Revenaugh is the owner of Northwest Equine Performance. He is a renowned expert in the diagnosis and treatment of lameness and performance issues, attracting clients from all over the northwest. His fascination with equine medicine and competitive performance began long before opening his specialty clinic in Oregon.

Though he studied riding under eventing icon Bruce Davidson and spent several years in human medical research, his passion was always focused on helping owners and horses maximize their performance potential.

He pursued that passion at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, graduating in 1991. Dr. Revenaugh worked with some of the leading sport horse veterinarians in the world, including Dr. Kent Allen, Dr. Haynes Stevens, and Dr. Brendon Furlong. During this time, Dr. Revenaugh authored the first license for use of scintigraphy (bone scan) in the state of New Jersey in 1996. In 1997, Dr. Revenaugh took his first trip as official USET Team Veterinarian, traveling to Germany for a pairs Driving World Championship. Dr. Revenaugh has been honored to serve as a Team Veterinarian or Assistant Team Veterinarian since that time. Duties have included selecting, treating, and advising elite level professionals in the equine industry, maintaining health, and maximizing performance.

Dr. Revenaugh moved to the Pacific Northwest in 2002 where he intended to create a small and unique practice to work exclusively with equine performance issues and lameness. The clinic quickly grew into one of the premier equine sports medicine practices in the western United States reflecting Dr. Revenaugh's investment in advanced technologies, imaging modalities, and leading-edge therapies. Dr. Revenaugh has also served as the Director of the High Performance Sports Group since 2013 in an effort to help further not only the sport, but the profession as well.

His greatest professional joy remains being part of a winning team; helping horses and owners make good decisions to advance equine health and maximize performance.

Dr. Revenaugh lives on a farm in Mulino with his wife and two children. They enjoy outdoor activities including bicycling, camping, and exploring this beautiful region.

Growing up in New Brunswick, Canada, and northern Maine along the U.S./Canadian border, John Bourgoin's riding life began with trail riding and competing in local Western horse shows. While attending college in Vermont, Bourgoin was introduced to the local hunter/jumper scene where he spent time learning how to ride in an English saddle and proceeded to enter the world of jumping horses. While boarding a horse at a local stable, Bourgoin also began volunteering and helping out with the Charlotte Pony Club. After nearly 40 years, he continues to be one of their main instructors and volunteers yearly for their annual Horse Trials. Bourgoin is still an active competitor and has developed and competed his own horses through every national level of the sport. He has also trained and coached riders from Beginner Novice to Advanced. For the last 25 years, he has been very involved in the Area I Young Rider program and several of his students have represented Area I as team members, earning team and individual medals at the North American Youth Championships. He continues to serve as a team selector and clinician for the program. In 2013, Bourgoin was the recipient of the USEA’s Cornerstone Award. Having retired from public school teaching after 38 years, Bourgoin now has the opportunity to work full time with clients and their horses. Bourgoin and his wife, Alice, own and operate Arbrook Farm in North Ferrisburgh, Vermont.

Kyle Carter competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with his horse Madison Park on the Canadian Eventing Team. In 2010, Kyle won a team silver medal for Canada at the World Equestrian Games. Kyle has successfully produced multiple riders to the five-star level, and he is the winningest Young Rider coach. Kyle and his wife Jen are partners in Ride iQ and are coaches on the platform.

Lauren Nicholson (née Kieffer) began riding at the age of 6 and competed in her first horse trials at the age of 12. As a high school graduation present, Nicholson participated in a week-long eventing summer camp with Olympians David and Karen O’Connor, which led to a six-year working student position. Her talent and work ethic helped her reach the top levels of the sport and represent her country in international championships. In 2018, Nicholson and Vermiculus placed fifth in the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. With Vermiculus’s stablemate Veronica, Kieffer finished in ninth place in the Mitsubishi Badminton Horse Trials CCI4*. In 2019, Nicholson was USEA Lady Rider of the Year and highest-ranked U.S. rider in the FEI World Rankings in sixth. She also finished two horses in the top 10 at Land Rover Kentucky CCI5* and was the highest placed American at Burghley CCI5* finishing in ninth with Vermiculus. Nicholson has proven she is a consistent top performer in recent years and represented the USA at the 2018 WEG, 2016 Rio Olympics, and 2015 Pan Am Games.

Doug Payne is a top-level eventer and show jumper and he has been named to and ridden on teams for the U.S. Eventing Team with wins both nationally and internationally. He has been profiled in and contributed to countless national publications and media outlets. In 2014, he published his first book, The Problem Horse Repair Manual. In addition, he, along with Jim Wofford, produced the acclaimed The Rider’s Eye instructional DVD. Doug is a USEF “r” Judge, Technical Delegate, and USEA ICP Level III Certified Instructor. He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Rochester Institute of Technology. Doug is from a horse-centric family. His mother, Marilyn, has judged two Olympic Games and every five-star event in the world. Doug’s sister Holly is also a five-star rider and trainer. He grew up in the Pony Club system attaining his ‘A’ rating from Sommerset Pony Club in New Jersey and was the winner of a number of national championships and a member of two international teams for the USPC. In 2019, he won team gold at the Pan American Games, and in 2021, he was a member of the team for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Donna Bottner is the co-chair of the Adult Riders committee. The goal of the Adult Rider program is to increase adult rider participation in eventing by providing education, recognition, and offering communication and camaraderie.

Donna has been active as an adult rider in Areas II, IX, and as the national co-chair for the past 10 years and loves bringing riders of varied backgrounds and areas together. She is an analyst by day and lived in Maryland for 22 years before moving to Colorado for four years in late 2017. She returned to her East Coast roots recently and owns a small farm in eastern Virginia that she hopes is her forever farm. Her horses agree this is the best place so far! She met some of her best friends at the Eastern Adult Team challenge more than 10 years ago and has worked to increase AR participation in the program ever since. Together with co-chair, Lou Leslie and the 10 area representatives, she hopes to continue to expand the membership of the adult riders, increase educational opportunities and encourage participation in national programs and opportunities.

Louise Leslie is a lifelong amateur eventer from west of the Mississippi. She started eventing after graduating from UC, Santa Barbara. While completing a Master in Education from Chapman College, she utilized the tutelage of the classic book by Sally O’Connor, Practical Eventing, and competed in her first horse trial in the Meadows of Moorpark, California on a 16.1 hh Thoroughbred, named Cliffhanger.

Moving with her husband, Neil, to Dallas, Texas and changing careers from a public-school teacher to a corporate trainer, Lou actually took her first cross-country lesson with a local trainer, Mike Huber. From that point, eventing became her passion and she has always strived to be a better eventer, one horse at a time.

Louise started her tenure of volunteering with the USEA as the Area VII Adult Rider Coordinator then as Area Chairperson. While serving on the Board of Governors, she chaired many committees from Strategic Planning to Area Affairs and was a member of the USEA Executive Committee.

She also served full tenures on the Endowment Trust, now USEA Foundation, before concluding as its Chairperson. One of the most successful committees Louise has chaired is the Rebecca Broussard International Developing Rider Grants, a program of the USEA Foundation.

Louise currently lives in Redmond, Washington with her husband, Neil, and two wonderful sons, Alexander and Broderick. The backyard barn is the start box for her competition horses: Souvenir, a 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse, Cnick Cnack, a 4-year-old Hanoverian, and Jack-o-Lantern, a 29-year-old retired Intermediate Thoroughbred.

Asia was born and raised in California, on the family’s avocado and lemon ranch, on the outskirts of Santa Barbara. She began riding at 7 years old and discovered eventing while at summer camp at age 11. She and her father, who took up riding with his daughters, began eventing when Asia was 13, and quickly became familiar faces at the events. Asia attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business with a Farm and Ranch Management concentration. While in college, Asia rode and worked in local jumper barn, and working her way to barn manager. She competed extensively in jumpers through her college career, winning numerous Show Champions, as well as competing at Spruce Meadows and being part of the West Coast Active Riders Nations Cup Team there. After college, for 1.5 years, Asia went on the road with Sharn Wordley, a New Zealand show jumper recently relocated from Europe. He went on to represent New Zealand in the 2008 Olympics. In the summer of 2006, Asia moved to the Fair Hill, Maryland area. What was supposed to be a summer and fall stay, turned into seven years. While there, Asia worked extensively with racehorses, first for a steeplechase trainer, the late Paul Rowland, then as head rider for the Fair Hill Equine Therapy Center, and finally freelancing for Michael Matz.

In 2013, Asia returned to California to be closer to her family. Shifting focus from working with horses full time, she now works for the family company, and has slowly been taking over more of the business. She is the company assistant manager, working closely with her father to run the 100-acre ranch, as well as look after various other family interests. Throughout all her journeys, Asia has continued to event, and currently has two horses she owns and competes, one at the 3-Star level, and a young one she is bringing up the ranks. In 2020 she finished second at Galway Downs in the CCI3*-L, USEF 3*-L National Reserve Champion, and USEA Intermediate Master Adult Amateur Champion.

Asia has also been strongly involved in the California eventing community, working as Twin Rivers Volunteer Coordinate from 2015-2019. Stepping down from that position in the fall of 2019, Asia joined the Area VI Council as Secretary. In March 2020, Asia took over the Chair position, when the previous chair resigned. While her tenure as Chair ends this month, Asia will remain on the council and continue to work to keep California eventing thriving.

Dr. Keane is a 1979 graduate with honors of the University of Illinois School of Veterinary Medicine. In 1982 he joined the staff of the Delaware Equine Center, where he practiced until opening his own practice – Sports Medicine Associates of Chester County – in August of 2005.

Dr. Keane’s interests include diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal injuries in race and sport horses. He has previously acted as a team veterinarian for three countries: The U.S. Show Jumping Team, the Australian Three-Day Team, and the Ecuadorian Three-Day Olympic Team, and has experience in all of the Olympic equestrian disciplines. He has been a treating veterinarian at multiple Olympic Games, World Championships, and European Championships. Dr. Keane is grateful for the opportunity to work for Olympic caliber clients and Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame trainers whom, he has worked for more than 25 years.

As a proven winner, Boyd Martin won the hearts of American eventing fans since the day he stepped foot on American soil in 2007. Boyd spent his first two years in the United States working as an assistant trainer for eventing legend Phillip Dutton and then branched off on his own to start his own operation, Windurra USA, in Cochranville, Pennsylvania. By 2009, Boyd had decided to switch nationalities and compete for the United States after finishing second overall on the USEA Rider of the Year leaderboard. Since switching nationalities and competing for the United States, Boyd has competed in three Olympic games, the 2012 Olympic Games in London riding Otis Barbotiere, and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro riding Blackfoot Mystery, where he finished 16th individually, and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo riding Tsetserleg. Boyd has also found himself as the top-placed American finisher in his two of his three World Equestrian Games starts. At the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Boyd finished in 10th place with Neville Bardos, and he finished in seventh at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy riding Shamwari IV. His third World Equestrian Games start came in 2016 at Tryon with Tsetserleg. Martin was also a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 2015 Pan American Games, which secured a spot in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro for the United States Eventing Team. He was a double gold medalist at the 2019 Pan American Games aboard Tsetserleg. Boyd can be seen almost every weekend of the year either competing several horses at a horse trials or coaching some of his students at shows. Martin’s facility, Windurra USA, is also open for anyone to use, with an open cross-country field for schooling and schooling jumper shows throughout the summer so that riders of all levels can experience his facility and continue getting better at the sport of three-day eventing.

Doug Payne is a top-level eventer and show jumper and he has been named to and ridden on teams for the U.S. Eventing Team with wins both nationally and internationally. He has been profiled in and contributed to countless national publications and media outlets. In 2014, he published his first book, The Problem Horse Repair Manual. In addition, he, along with Jim Wofford, produced the acclaimed The Rider’s Eye instructional DVD. Doug is a USEF “r” Judge, Technical Delegate, and USEA ICP Level III Certified Instructor. He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Rochester Institute of Technology. Doug is from a horse-centric family. His mother, Marilyn, has judged two Olympic Games and every five-star event in the world. Doug’s sister Holly is also a five-star rider and trainer. He grew up in the Pony Club system attaining his ‘A’ rating from Sommerset Pony Club in New Jersey and was the winner of a number of national championships and a member of two international teams for the USPC. In 2019, he won team gold at the Pan American Games, and in 2021, he was a member of the team for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Born in 1963 in Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia, Phillip grew up with horses on his family’s sheep and wheat farm. Phillip moved to the United States in 1991 to train in a more internationally competitive environment and to prepare for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, where he rode on Australia’s gold medal eventing team.

Phillip became an American citizen in 2006 and changed his competitive nationality so that he would be eligible to represent his adoptive home, the United States. Phillip was very honored to do so at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he was a member of the gold medal team and individual silver medalist with TruLuck. Phillip made his debut on the United States Olympic eventing team with Connaught at the Bejiing Olympics in Hong Kong in 2008, where the team placed seventh.

Phillip and Woodburn represented the U.S. at the 2010 Lexington World Equestrian Games, where the team placed fourth. He also competed on the seventh-placed U.S. team at the 2012 London Olympics with Mystery Whisper. Phillip won his second Pan American team gold medal at the 2015 Toronto Games with Fernhill Fugitive. A highlight of his career came when he won his first individual Olympic medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, taking bronze with Mighty Nice. Phillip made his seventh Olympic Games with Z for the 2020 Tokyo Games where they finished 21st individually.

Tamie Smith is an accomplished equestrian and ICP Level IV Certified Instructor with over 25 years of industry experience.

With career highlights that include being named to the United States Training List multiple times, competing at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI5*, developing a two-time West Coast Young Event Horse Champion, participating as the fourth member of Team USA and the traveling reserve in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and being named the 2015 USEF CCI3* National Champion, Tamie takes great pride in each horse she works with. Stemming from the belief that every horse can teach us something valuable if we give them a chance, Tamie is known for training and developing difficult horses, helping them to find their purpose and achieve greatness.

Tamie was chosen to be part of Team USA at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Tamie and Mai Baum contributed to the USA’s Team Gold and finished 17th individually. She and Mai Baum traveled to the Netherlands to compete in the Boekelo CCIO4*-L on USA’s Nations Cup team, where they finished 11th individually. Soon after, they were included on the updated Pre-Elite Training List as part of U.S. Performance Director Erik Duvander’s U.S. Eventing Pathway Program.

Leslie Threlkeld is the chair of the USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Committee. She has been the Team Coordinator and Press Officer for the USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Championship since its inception three years ago. Leslie is a freelance writer and photographer whose work has been published in top national and international magazines and websites. She grew up riding and started eventing around age 10. Today she enjoys eventing and foxhunting her Thoroughbred, Beau.

James is the President of Wolf Sports Group, LLC (WSG), whose clients have included organizations including the United States Equestrian Federation, Equestrian Sports Productions, International Equestrian Group, Tryon International Equestrian Center, Jet Set Sports, the National Steeplechase Association, the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. WSG specializes in sponsorship, business development, and event management and has been responsible for assisting in the organization of top-tier equestrian events including the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event, the Rolex Central Park Horse Show, the Wellington Eventing Showcase, Festival of Champions, and the USEA American Eventing Championships. WSG’s comprehensive sponsorship portfolio includes Rolex Watch, Land Rover, Hermes, Mars, Inc., Cannon, JetBlue, JW Marriott, Coca-Cola, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Ariat, and Adequan, among many others.

Most recently James served as Discipline Director for the Olympic Discipline of Eventing at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games, in Tryon, North Carolina, where he managed all technical aspects of the competition as well as the staff and officials.

James was also responsible for the sponsor branding on the eventing cross-country and driving marathon courses at this competition.

In addition to his work on behalf of clients, James serves as a Major Gifts Officer for the United States Equestrian Team Foundation, cultivating major donors for the nonprofit and developing the branding and marketing strategy for the organization.

Previously, James has served as Chef d’Misson for the United States Equestrian Team at six World Equestrian Games, five Olympic Games, and four Pan American Games. James' sizeable involvement with the U.S. Equestrian Team also includes his role as Executive Director of Sports Programs, which encompassed managing all High Performance and National Programs related to the eight International High Performance Disciplines of the USEF including three Olympic Disciplines and the Paralympic program, as well as sponsorship sales and activation. Among his many accomplishments, James' previous experience includes the coordination of the time buy and advertising sales for the broadcast of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event on NBC each year since 2004.

James C. (Jim) Wofford was born and raised on a horse farm in Milford, Kansas. He is a graduate of Culver Military Academy and the School of Business at the University of Colorado (B.S. Bus. Admin. ’69). Jim, a three-time Olympian, has spent his life with horses and is one of the best-known Eventing trainers in the world today. In 2000, Jim was listed by the Chronicle of the Horse as one of the “50 Most Influential Horseman” of the 20th century, and in January of 2012, he was awarded the UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN Trophy for Lifetime Achievement, horse sports’ highest honor. A Hall of Fame member of both the United States Eventing Association and Culver Military Academy, Wofford trains at his farm in Upperville, Va., and travels extensively, teaching and giving clinics.

Wofford has had at least one student on every U.S. Olympic, World Championship, and Pan-American team since 1978. All four members of the U.S. Bronze medal team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, including David O’Connor, the individual gold medal winner, were graduates of Wofford’s program. In addition, three out of the four members of the 2002 Gold Medal team at the World Equestrian Games were his former students. Kim Severson, the individual silver medal winner at the Athens Olympics, and Gina Miles, the individual silver medal winner at the Beijing Olympics, are both graduates of Jim's program.

He was named USOC Developmental Coach of the Year in both 1998 and 1999. Widely sought after as a clinician and coach, Jim is equally well known as an author and television commentator. His column appears monthly in Practical Horseman.

Jim has maintained a lifelong involvement in the administration of his sport, both nationally and internationally. This continues a family tradition; his father was a founding member and the first President of the U.S. Equestrian Team. He has served as president of the United States Equestrian Federation, 1st vice-president of the United States Equestrian Team, and Secretary of the U.S. Eventing Association. He served two terms as a member of the International Equestrian Federation’s Eventing Committee, including five years as Vice Chairman. In addition, he has served on numerous other committees during his career.

Max Corcoran grew up in Manchester, Massachusetts. She started foxhunting with Myopia Hunt out of Pine Grove Stables in South Hamilton, Mass. While attending Proctor Academy and Northeastern University, she competed at the Novice and training levels. Max then started managing Jim Stamets’ farm in Massachusetts. She began working at the O’Connor Event Team after Jim’s untimely death. Max managed Karen’s competition horses and youngsters for over 10 years. Max enjoyed the opportunity for exposure to the sport’s top vets and farriers, as well as the opportunity for continuing education that being an OCET groom afforded her. Max gives back to the sport by serving on many committees for USEF and USEA and volunteers around the country and various events. She continues to freelance groom and organizes Middleburg Horse Trails and helps run Great Meadow International, The Fork, WEG 2018, Old Tavern Horse Trials, and many others.