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YOUR MARYLAND HORSE COUNCIL PUBLICATION
The Equiery is published 12 times a year (monthly), and is distributed free at various points of sale and service throughout Maryland. To find your nearest distributor, visit
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OUR SPONSORS MidAtlantic Farm Credit Paradise Energy Solutions
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation MD Horse Trials at Loch Moy Farm The Right Horse Initiative
One Common Bond: The Horse • One Common Voice: THE MARYLAND HORSE COUNCIL
As a grassroots membership-based organization, the mission of the Maryland Horse Council is to unify and serve Maryland’s diverse community of equine owners and enthusiasts and horse-related indus-
tries and businesses for the following purposes: •
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Improve the lives and welfare of horses and horse people in Maryland
Improve and maintain lands related to horses (including but not limited to farmland, parkland and open space)
Enhance existing and create new networks within the community Enhance internal communication within the community Provide a unified voice to state legislators and regulators
Provide a template for state-level relationships that can be executed at the county-level by MHC members
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee meets monthly or more often to oversee the daily business affairs of the Maryland Horse Council, including its related entities The Equiery, the Maryland Equine Transition
Service, the MHC PAC, and the newly established MHC Foundation. Neil Agate, President
Corinne Pouliquen, Acting Vice President Ahesahmahk Dahn, Treasurer
Crystal Brumme Pickett, Acting Secretary
Kimberly K. Egan Erica Lancaster Jane Seigler
Carolann Sharpe BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors meets quarterly, determines policies and elects the Officers and Executive Committee. Terms July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2021
Directors Representing Associations
Christy Clagett, Maryland Association for Wildlife Conservation Erin Ochoa, Days End Farm Horse Rescue
Directors Representing Industry Professionals Ahesahmahk Dahn, City Ranch
Renee Dixon, Freedom Hills Therapeutic RC Carolyn Krome, Persimmon Tree Farm
Crystal Brumme Pickett, FreeStyle Marketing
Neil Agate John Blackburn Amy Burk
Jordyn Egan Mike Erskine Royce Herman
Corinne Pouliquen, Park Overlook Farm
Pete Radue, Damascus Equine Associates Jane Seigler, Dressage at Sundown Keith Wills, MidAtlantic Farm Credit
Directors Representing Individual Members Erica Lancaster
Katie Nechamkin Jennifer Purcell
Board of Directors
Bill Reightler Jane Thery
Regina Welsh
MHC FOUNDATION/MARYLAND EQUINE TRANSITION SERVICE Staff
Neil Agate Carrie Hull
Erica Lancaster
Pete Radue, D.V.M. Jane Seigler
Elizabeth Tate Winters 4 | APRIL 2021 | THE EQUIERY YOUR MARYLAND HORSE COUNCIL PUBLICATION
Brittney Vallot, Program Consultant Emily Stakem, Program Coordinator Katy Whipple, Assessment Specialist Jessica Avila-Franco, Development Officer
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