Who’s Who on the Maryland Horse Industry Board
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http://mda.maryland.gov/horseboard/Pages/horse_board.aspx Established by legislation in 1998, the Maryland Horse Industry Board, housed within the Maryland Department of Agriculture, functions as a commod-
ity board to help develop and promote the state’s horse industry. To understand more about what the board can and cannot do, and how it diff ers from the Maryland Horse Council, please visit
equiery.com. Board members are appointed by the Governor to represent diff erent segments of the horse industry; these segments are outlined in the law authorizing the Board. T e Maryland Department of Agriculture and other interested parties can make recommendations to the Governor’s offi ce, but ultimately the appoint- ments are at the Governor’s discretion.
MHIB BOARD MEMBERS
MD T oroughbred Industry: Jim Steele James B. Steele has managed the multibreed stal- lion station Shamrock Farm since 1977. He currently serves as MHIB chairman and president of Maryland Million LTD. He is the past second vice-president of the Maryland Farm Bureau, past president of the Maryland Horse Breeders Association, past chairman of the Maryland Agricultural Commission and the
Carroll County Agriculture Commission, past president of the Carroll County Farm Bureau, a former member of the Committee to Review Ag Land Preservation and a former member of the governor’s special commission to study slots and gaming in the state of Maryland. In the mid-1990s, he served on the governor’s special commission that recom- mended that the state and the Maryland Department of Agriculture formally recognize horses, as well as other nontraditional forms of agri- culture such as turf farms and nurseries, as part of Maryland agriculture. Jim is married to Christie and has fi ve sons and four grandchildren.
Academic Equine Community: Amy Burk Dr. Amy Burk serves as the coordinator for the
undergraduate Equine Studies at the University of Maryland/Animal & Avian Sciences Depart- ment. 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. As an Extension
Horse Specialist, Amy provides statewide educational leadership and training in the areas of equine nutrition and pasture management. She is the project coordinator for the Equine Rotational Grazing Demon- stration Site in Ellicott City. She has received several awards including the Outstanding Educator Award from the Equine Science Society and the Poff enberger Excellence in Teaching and Advising Award from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Maryland. She grew up riding in the Linthicum 4-H Hi-Riders and St. Margaret’s Pony Club, both based in Anne Arundel County. She is married to Rob Burk, executive director of the United States Eventing Association; they have two daughters.
Organized Shows and Competitions: Karin De Francis As one of the founders of the Totally T oroughbred Horse Show at Pimlico, Karin De Francis was able to wed her childhood passion (when she rode at the original Potomac Horse Center) with her adult voca- tion and avocation of working for and with Maryland T oroughbreds at the Maryland Jockey Club. In be- tween, she earned a her JD from Georgetown Law
School, she served for several years as a Deputy District Attorney in
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Orange County, CA, before coming home to Maryland. As the daugh- ter of the late Frank J. DeFrancis, former owner of the Maryland Jockey Club (which owns Laurel and Pimlico), a career with MJC was a natu- ral migration, one she continued even after the family sold its owner- ship stake. Karin has overseen the Marketing, Media, Special Events and Public Relations Departments, and later, as Executive Vice Presi- dent, the operation, management and growth of the Preakness Stakes. Karin is President of the Board of Directors of the Maryland Horse-
men’s Assistance Fund, a member of the Board of Directors of the Bal- timore City Police Department’s Signal 13, a member of the board of the T oroughbred Alliance Show Series and serves on the Laurel Race- track Impact Fund Committee and Advisory Council of the American Film Institute Silver T eatre and Cultural Center. She now consults for the Maryland Jockey Club.
Licensed Boarding and Riding Stables: Karin Fulton Karen Fulton (MHIB Vice Chair) and her husband Stephen have owned and operated Full Moon Farm LLC at its Finksburg location since 1994. A 80-acre full-service lesson and boarding facility, Full Moon hosts horse shows, schooling days and horse tri- als. Karen is a member of USEF, USEA, USHJA, MCTA and the AQHA. She is a former Level 3 cer- tifi ed instructor from ARIA.
Karen has a BS in Animal Science from Purdue University and a MS in Comparative Animal Nutrition from Michigan State. 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. Karen serves on the MHIB’s Health Advisory Committee.
General Public: Jay Griswold Jay Griswold is a lifelong horseman and fox hunter with a distinguished career in the business world and in community service. Like his late father (Ben Gris- wold), Jay became an accomplished amateur steeple- chase jockey, riding in a record 16 runnings of the Maryland Hunt Cup, fi nishing second four times, and losing by just a nose at age 43 in 1982. He won
the 1996 Hunt Cup as an owner with Hello Hal. A graduate of Princeton, Jay is a former partner in Alex. Brown &
Sons, a former senior advisor of its affi liate, Brown Investment Advi- sory, and former chair of Alex Brown Realty Advisors. He is currently a partner in Black Oak Associates, a Mid-Atlantic real estate investment fi rm. Jay is Chair Emeritus of the Maryland Historical Society and Chair Emeritus of the Board of Visitors and Governors of Washing- ton College in Chestertown. He and his wife Toni operate Wit’s End Farm in the Green Spring Valley where he continues to own and train steeplechase horses and hunt regularly.
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