Who’s Who in theMaryland Horse Council, continued...


and trainer operating out of the historic Lark- ing Hill Training Center in Harwood. Erin Ochoa is the Executive Director of


Days End Farm Horse Rescue in Lisbon, and has been with the organization since 2005. She also serves on the Maryland Horse Industry Board representing Animal Control and Hu- mane Societies. Erin is certifi ed as an equine investigator and animal control offi cer, and serves as a member of Maryland Professional Animal Workers Association and Advisory Council member of T e Homes for Horses Coalition.


Representing Businesses Judy Smith has been involved in the horse


industry most of her life. She is the current MHC Director-at-Large for Farms, a Fred- erick County Equine Alliance member and its representative to the MHC. Judy and her husband Tommy have a boarding operation on their Good Friday Farm in Ijamsville. Judy also owns and manages her retail store, Friday’s Horse Giftware. Keith Wills has been with Farm Credit for


23 years, specializing in the equine industry, as an account representative and loan offi cer. A member of MHC for over 20 years, Keith has served as treasurer and as a Director-at-Large representing business. Dr. Peter Radue graduated from the Univer-


sity of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in 1978. After completing a one year intern- ship in large animal surgery at the University of Guelph in Ontario, he returned to Maryland and joined Dr. Roger Scullin to form Damas- cus Equine Associates. Dr. Radue is the cur- rent President of the Maryland Association of Equine Practitioners (MAEP). He lives in Howard County with his wife Nanette and three children.


Representing Farms A graduate of Brown University and Rutgers


University Law School, Jane Seigler complet- ed a judicial clerkship with the DC Court of Appeals before entering private practice. After 13 years as an antitrust and utility litigator, Jane decided to devote herself full time to being the chief operating offi cer of Reddemeade Farm, Inc. Now she lives and trains out of her own Dressage at Sundown. Jane serves on MHC’s Business Network and Legislative Commit- tees, and as an Advisory Board Member of the Maryland Fund for Horses. Carolyn Krome is the owner of Persimmon


Tree Farm in Westminster, a hunter/jumper show stable, where she has trained numerous show horses and coached many junior and am-


ateur riders on the “A” show circuit. Carolyn has served as USEF Zone 3 Representative as well as on the board of the Maryland Horse Show Association. Elizabeth Tate Winters is the owner and operator of Paradise Stables, LLC, in Mt. Airy, which proudly caters primarily to pleasure rid- ers.


Renee Dixon is the owner and executive


director of Freedom Hills T erapeutic Rid- ing Center in Port Republic. T e farm is a Maryland Horse Industry Board Maryland Horse Discovery Center. Renee holds a BS in Equine Studies and an Advanced Certifi cation with Professional Association for T erapeutic Horsemanship.


Representing Individuals Before joining the MHC Executive Com-


mittee, Royce Herman served on the MHC Board of Directors for seven years as the repre- sentative for Tuckahoe Equestrian Center. He graduated from Keystone College in 1966 and the University of Delaware School of Econom- ics in 1971, and has spent over 40 years in food service marketing. Royce is currently involved in trail riding, and has competed in Mounted Cowboy Shooting and mounted Wild West shows. Crystal Pickett is the founder and former owner/publisher of T e Equiery. She rode on the University of Maryland equestrian team in college, and has been involved with hunters, combined training, dressage and foxchasing. She has been a member of MHC since 1991. Crystal also serves as treasure for the Maryland Steeplechase Association and technical adviser to the Maryland Horse Industry Board. Bill Reightler has been a part of the T or-


oughbred industry for more than 35 years. He has worked for such famed farms as Spend- thrift Farm in Lexington, KY, as well as Ross Valley Farms and Chanceland Farm here in Maryland. In 1999, Bill started the Bill Reight- ler Sales Agency and is one of the leading sales and bloodstock agents based in the Mid-At- lantic region. Bill is also an avid foxhunter and currently serves as the fi eld master of Mt. Car- mel Hounds. Dr. Amy Burk serves as the coordinator for the undergraduate Equine Studies program within the Animal and Avian Sciences De- partment at the University of Maryland. She completed her graduate work in Animal and Poultry Sciences as a Pratt Fellow in Animal Nutrition at Virginia Tech, earning an MS in 1998 and a PhD in 2001. At UMD, she teaches Horse Management and Equine Science along with presenting many other horse-related lec-


tures and labs within the department’s four- year curriculum. As an Extension Horse Spe- cialist, Amy provides statewide educational leadership and training in the areas of equine nutrition and pasture management. Dr. Michael Erskine is the director of Vir-


ginia Tech’s Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center. As an undergraduate at Vir- ginia Tech, he majored in biology, and graduat- ed from the Virginia-Maryland Regional Col- lege of Veterinary Medicine in 1988. In 1996, Dr. Erskine became the fi rst practicing equine veterinarian in Maryland to be board-certifi ed by the American Board of Veterinary Practi- tioners (ABVP). He practices with Damascus Equine Associates and chairs the Maryland Veterinary Foundation. Erica Lancaster is a real estate agent with Champion Reality, Inc., and is based out of Annapolis. She is a member of MHC PAC and is the current MHC Hospitality Coordinator. JoAnne Stone of Edgewater is the current chair of MHC PAC and is also a member of the MHC Legislative Committee. Growing up in Maryland she has been riding her whole life and now focuses on foxhunting with Marlbor- ough Hunt Club where she is a board member. JoAnne is also a member of the OPRC and Chesapeake Plantation Walking Horse Club and has a paralegal degree from Baltimore County Community College. John Blackburn founded Blackburn Ar- chitects in 1995 and he has over 40 years of experience. He received his Master of Archi- tecture and Urban Design degree from Wash- ington University in St. Louis in 1972. John specalizes in creating healthy and sustainable equestrian facilities, and co-authored the book Healthy Stables by Design in 2013. He is a cur- rent member of the MHC Farm Stewardship Committee. Regina Welsh grew up foxhunting and stee- plechasing. She currently is the director of U.S. Pony Racing, which runs pony fl at and steeple- chase races in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Katie Nechamkin is a fourth generation


horsewoman who grew up in the T orough- bred industry. Her life took a more Western twist after working on a ranch in Wyoming af- ter college. Katie helped to found the Maryland High School Rodeo Association (MDHSRA) in 2013 and still serves as its treasurer. She is also on the Board of Directors and serves as Treasurer for the Maryland Council for Special Equestrians (MCSE). In her non-volunteer time, Katie is the Chief Operating Offi cer for Skylos Sports Medicine.


For more information about the Maryland Horse Council and full biographies on its executive board, please visit equiery.com. To become a Maryland Horse Council Member, visit www.mdhorsecouncil.org


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