Who’s Who on the Maryland Horse Industry Board, continued...
facility teaching approximately 200 students per week. T e Fultons also run numerous horse shows, schooling days and unrecognized horse trials (including a long-format three-day) from their 80-acre facility. Karen is the resident head instructor and coach and manages the staff of the farm.
Although once an active competitor in the Chicago area from which she came, Karen now prefers to teach and coach students, including her husband and two daughters Savannah and Grace. She and Stephen were active members of Goshen Hounds for several years and now enjoy taking students out occasionally with Carrollton Hounds. Karen is a member of the USEF, USEA, USHJA, MCTA and the AQHA. She is a former Level 3 certifi ed instructor from ARIA. Karen has a BS in Animal Science from Purdue University and a MS in Comparative Animal Nutrition from Michigan State University. During her college years, she helped to establish Purdue’s fi rst intercollegiate riding team and participated on the horse judging teams (at PU and MSU) both as a competitor and coach. Prior to her full- time involvement with the horse industry she was a research associate with the National Zoological Park for three years and was Baltimore Zoo’s Associate Curator of Mammals for seven years. Prior to her appointment to the MHIB she served on the MHIB’s Health Advisory Committee for three years.
For the Academic Equine Community Erin D. Pittman, Vice Chair
Erin was born and raised in Loveland, Colorado. She fell in love with horses at a very early age and by the time she was fi ve years old, she had made plans to be a veterinarian. Erin graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Political Science in 1994. She realized very quickly that she had made a mistake and returned to school, earning a BS in Equine Science from Colorado State University in 2000. Veterinary school was still a goal; however, she worked on a nutrition research study as an undergraduate student and chose to go into research instead. She completed her graduate degree in Equine Nutrition at CSU in 2001, after doing a research study on the eff ects of rapid growth on bone development in weanling horses. Immediately upon completion of her Master’s Degree, Erin took a job with the University of Maryland. T ere, Erin was the advisor and program coordinator for the Equine Business Management Program at the Institute of Applied Agriculture. She advised all EBM students, supervised their internships, and taught fi ve equine courses for both two- and four-year equine students including: Equine Behavior and Equine Health Management, Equine Nutrition, Equine Reproduction and Pasture Management/Hay Production. Although she no longer teaches full time at UMD, she remains closely affi liated with the University and its equine programs. Erin lives in Davidsonville on a horse farm with her husband Steuart and two sons, Sam and Andy.
For the Maryland Horse Council Position vacant
For Equine Veterinarians John W. Lee, Jr., DVM
John is the senior partner at Unionville Equine Associates, a ten-veterinarian equine practice in Oxford, Pennsylvania. T e practice recently built a new state-of-the-art equine hospital. John and his wife, Jane Fassinger, VMD, own and operate Day Springs Farm and Sham Felek Arabians in Rising
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Sun, Maryland. A Cornell University Veterinary College graduate, he is chairman of the MHIB’s Health Advisory Committee. He practices in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware and holds a current license through the Maryland State Board of Veterinary Medicine.
For the Maryland Standardbred Industry Eli Solomon
An engineer who retired from Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Electronic Systems BWI facility, Eli complements his former highly technical career with a deep and abiding interest in all aspects of the Standardbred industry. As an owner and breeder of Standardbred horses, he has been involved with legislative and regulatory issues aff ecting the Standardbred industry. He is a vice president of Cloverleaf Enterprises, Inc., the management arm of Rosecroft Raceway; a director on the board of Cloverleaf Standardbred Owners Association, the association representing Standardbred horsemen at Rosecroft Raceway and Ocean Downs; and a director on the board of the Maryland Standardbred Breeders Association. He has been elected or appointed to numerous committees for these boards and associations.
For Organized Shows and Competitions Position vacant
For the General Public Dorothy Troutman
Dorothy is considered by many to be a quiet but vital force within the Maryland horse industry. She is the founder and president of the Maryland Equestrian Foundation, which had an integral role in the creation of the Rosaryville Conservancy and the Marlborough Horse Trials.
She is a director for the Maryland Association for the Preservation of Equestrian Sports and a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Prince George’s Equestrian Center. T rough her work with the Prince George’s County Council and the Park and Planning Board, Dorothy works tirelessly to protect open spaces and trails for equestrian use and to provide facilities for showing and eventing. At the core of Dorothy’s eff orts is her conviction that the horse industry and equestrian events are assets not only to Prince George’s County, but also to the entire state. T rough the Maryland Horse Industry Board, Dorothy wants to increase the awareness of the number of horses in the state of Maryland and the tradition of horses here, the importance of these horses to the state’s economy and image and the value of the horse and the industry to the state. By increasing this awareness, the MHIB can promote horses in the state; provide facilities, trails and open space for riding and enjoyment; educate the public on all aspects of the Maryland horse industry; support and protect horse owners, horses and the related businesses; and help meet their requirements and needs.
For Animal Control and Humane Societies Position vacant
For T e Equine Support Industries Kathleen Tabor, Esquire
Kathleen is the principal attorney of the Law Offi ce of Kathleen J.P. Tabor, LLC, a general civil practice with a special focus on agricultural and equine businesses, activities, and ownership. Kathleen
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