Since 1992: Tracy McKenna
Advertising Account Manager/Data- base & IT Management/Proofreader When she joined T e Equiery in 1992, Tracy McKenna was a part-time Latin teacher in a private high school and was mucking stalls. Naturally inquisi- tive, highly intellectual with a fero- cious memory, Tracy quickly overcame her initial shyness with both people and computers to become T e Doy- enne of the Databases as well as T e Equiery’s unoffi cial offi ce hostess, al- ways a welcoming presence to callers and visitors, and providing customer
care at its fi nest. For 25 years, Tracy has tended to the needs of Equiery clients, whether it is helping them place their ads or helping them research some arcane problem. When clients call, they know they will have Tracy’s undivided attention and that she will take care of them. She knows the history of every client.
As the obvious niece of both Miss Marple and Jessica Fletcher, Tracy has a keen ability to track down answers to caller queries, no matter how arcane. Her adroit mental acuity, propensity for puzzles and her relentless talent for solving mysteries has led her to embrace and conquer technology, making her T e Equiery’s go-to IT person, which is quite ironic given that, when she started at T e Equiery, she was afraid to turn on the computer lest she broke it. I was not surprised to see her embrace overseeing and managing all of our software and hardware, and serving as our domain-name and website liaison with Entice Design. Meanwhile, her Latin background serves the team well as our in-house
proofreader, for everything from ads to editorial. Tracy came of age in Florida riding saddle seat. After graduating from
T e College of the Holy Cross and settling in Maryland, Tracy acquired Max, a Morgan gelding (or Max acquired her). Max (Myrrhwood Madi- son) had a good, long life with Tracy, in which the duo dabbled in event- ing, dressage, and trail riding. Over the years, Tracy has become a fi xture in the secretary’s offi ce and jump judging for local horse trials. She recently served on the Maryland Horse Industry Board’s Equine Elementary School Curriculum Com- mittee and on a subcommittee for Maryland Fund For Horses. T e Equiery’s late copyeditor/proofreader Anne Moe was a prolifi c,
award-winning knitter; as is former Equiery contributor and Washington Post staff er Kathy Blumentsock. Both encouraged and nurtured Tracy’s interest - and as a result T e Equiery has become aware of a resurgent sub-culture of horsewomen “stitch and knit” groups. Who knew?! Without a doubt, Tracy is one of the kindest, most dedicated, hardest
working and intelligent women I have ever had the privileged to know. Fate works in mysterious ways. I am grateful to the late Susan Hansen of Potomac Glen Riding School, and to Lyne Morgan (T e Surrey), who brought Tracy into my life, the life of T e Equiery, and the life of the Maryland equestrian community.
Equiery Contractors T e following horsewomen are not
technically Equiery staff ers, but they are certainly part of our monthly team that produce T e Equiery.
Peggy Ingles
www.equiery.com | 800-244-9580
Ad Design Consultant We’ve known Peggy since almost the beginning of T e Equiery, as she was an early client advertising her stallion,
Since 2003: Katherine O. Rizzo
Art Director/Managing Editor/Production Manager While she did not offi cially join our staff until 2005, we got to know Katherine Rizzo start- ing in 2003. She had just re- turned from the University of California Santa Cruz Scientifi c Communication Graduate Pro- gram, where she refi ned her gifts as a classical visual artist into scientifi c graphic illustration. She began submitting photos as a freelance photographer, while holding jobs as an illustrator, private school art teacher and riding instructor. Katherine’s attention to detail was immediately apparent. We ask all of our freelance photographers to provide captions for their photos. Katherine was one of the few who provided cleanly written, detail-oriented and factual captions. T is soon- to-be former publisher and our then editor, Laurel Scott, were impressed. Katherine’s propensity for technical accuracy made her a natural reporter, as her instincts were (and still are) to dig for facts and not be distracted by feelings or impressions, and to lay out, in a linear logical manner, a story line – and so we started to ask her to write articles. Although she never saw herself as a writer, to her credit, she gave it a go! And she was good! Over time, with her organizational skills and her deadline disci- pline, managing editor was a natural evolution. Publishing had changed; no longer could visual artists just be visual
artists; no longer could writers just be writers. To be in publishing in this era, one has to be able to write, self-edit, take photos, and then lay it all out in a professionally accepted design software. Katherine was at the right age, at the right time and the right place, and with the right skill set, and thus she could seamlessly blend what had once upon a time been entirely diff erent publishing departments into one. T is combination of skills meant she also migrated naturally into the position of production manager, working valiantly (even as I type this) to keep the rest of the Equiery staff on task and on deadline! Her design background made her a shoe-in for art director. Although currently focused on eventing, Katherine is also active fox- chasing and continues to give lessons and train horses. She is currently certifi ed through the USEA/USEF as a cross-country and show jump course designer up through the Training level of eventing. Without a doubt, Katherine is one of the most disciplined, focused, and organized yet artistically expressive women I have ever had the privilege to know. I am grateful for the roads that led Katherine to T e Equi- ery, and I am grateful to former Equiery editor and photographer Laurel Scott for recognizing a burgeoning talent. It has been a professional plea- sure to journey with Katherine as she grew from freelance contributor to managing editor, art director and production manager. Every successful publisher must have that one driving personality that ensures the team crosses the fi nish line, on time and on budget! And to do so in a way that preserves the distinct, divergent personalities necessary for a well- rounded, multi-media publication.
Post Exchange, a two-time National Champion Working Hunter for U.S. National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championships bred by Ann McKay. Peggy’s Monkton-based showing and breeding business ex- panded under the name Starstruck Farms. Peggy has published and edited numerous equestrian publications, most notably T e Arabian Sport Horse Magazine. Back in the 90s, Peggy launched a free publication called T e Horse’s Mouth to challenge T e Equiery in the Harford-Baltimore area. It had a brief run, and Peggy never stopped advertising in T e Equiery during that time! We were continued...
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Isabel J. Kurek
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