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san assists with the development of SMADC’s equine outreach includ- ing equine conferences, the Southern Maryland Equine Guide and the recently launched Southern Maryland Historic Horse Trail. She also works as SMADC ombudsman to help streamline regulatory and other issues impeding profi tability of farm businesses. Susan is involved with horses, and often announces at local horse shows.
Central Maryland: Hope Birsh Hope Birsh spearheads MHIB’s public outreach project HorseLand at the Maryland State Fair. Although she originally came to Maryland to teach riding at McDonogh School, in 1989 she opened Maryland Saddlery in Baltimore County, which now has stores in Crofton and Hockessin, DE. Hope is a past president of the American Equestrian Trade Association and is an MHIB “Touch of Class Award” winner. She owns a farm in the Green Spring Valley Hunt territory, where she lives with her two children, her horses and ponies.
Western Maryland: Laura J. Lane-Unsworth A lifelong equestrian and a graduate of Longwood University, Laura
J. Lane-Unsworth is the founder the Brave HEART (Heroes Equine Adventure & Riding T erapy) Program. Laura and her husband, a Ma- jor in the Maryland Army National Guard, run the nonprofi t enterprise from their Larkspur Lane Farm near Hagerstown, Maryland. Laura helped organize the Military Riding Showcase and Horses Healing Maryland’s Military (HHMM) at the Maryland State Fair, a coalition of Maryland stables off ering horsemanship and therapeutic programs to veterans and their families.
Eastern Shore: Bruce Quade During his six-year tenure on the MD Racing Commission, Bruce
Quade is credited with brokering the “Ten-Year Deal” that brought together horsemen, tracks and breeders to restore the industry to its current renaissance. He also developed a program for the revival of the horse breeding program and instituted medication reform programs for the state. For those eff orts, the Maryland Racing Media Association presented him with the 2015 Newsmaker Award and in 2016 the Mary- land Horse Breeders’ Association honored him with the Federico Tesio Award for making signifi cant contributions to the industry. Quade is working with the Horse Board on the Maryland Horse Park System project, specifi cally helping to coordinate activities with improvements to the equestrian facilities at Fair Hill.
MD Sports Marketing: Terrance Hasseltine Hired as Executive Director of Maryland Sports in 2008, in early
2014, Terrance (“Terry”) Hasseltine was asked to take on more respon- sibilities with the Maryland Stadium Authority as Vice President of Marketing and Communication. Prior to coming to Maryland, he was deputy director of the Kentucky Sports Authority (KSA), promoting the state as a sports travel destination, and was instrumental in bring- ing the 2008 Ryder Cup and the 2010 AllTech FEI World Equestrian Games to Kentucky. During his tenure as Chairman of the National Association of Sports Commissions, the Association saw signifi cant growth in membership, revenues and attendance at their annual Sym- posium. He served on the NASC Board of Directors for a little over 10 years, fi ve of those on the Executive Committee. He also serves on the Maryland Tourism Coalition Board of Directors, U.S. Sports Congress Advisory Committee and in an advisory role with the Maryland Horse Industry Board. Since arriving in Maryland, Terry has been instrumental in leading
various event-support opportunities for the state related to the FIFA World Cup, ICF Canoe Slalom World championships, NCAA Men’s Lacrosse National Championships, World Football Challenge (Chelsea v. AC Milan), Dew Tour, CONCACAF Gold Cup, Iron Man Mary-
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land and many other events. His eff orts led to a launch of a state-of-the art web site with a searchable sports facility directory (
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Sports.us). Currently Maryland Sports is expanding its web eff orts, trade show presence, marketing and attention to TEAM Maryland (
www.TEAMMaryland.us).
Historian: Crystal Brumme Pickett Crystal Brumme Pickett is the publisher and owner of T e Equiery, has been a member of the Maryland Horse Council Executive Com- mittee & Board of Directors since 1991, serving 15 years as secretary, and has actively represented MHC on legislative and regulatory issues for 25 years, including the legislation that created and funded MHIB. A member of the Maryland Steeplechase Association since 1996, Crys- tal retired as secretary after 20 years, and is now serving as the treasurer. She is currently serving as honorary secretary and Master of Foxhounds for the Howard County-Iron Bridge Hounds. Crystal has served on the MDA Soil Conservation and Pasture Management Committee, the Howard County Farm Bureau Board of Directors, the Maryland FFA Foundation, Inc. Board of Trustees. As a member of LEAD [Leader- ship, Education, Agriculture, Development] Maryland Class II, Crystal was the fi rst horse person in any LEAD program in the nation. Crystal is the 2010 recipient of the American Horse Council’s Van Ness Award, given in recognition to an individual dedicated to the improvement of the horse industry at the state level.
Finance: Keith Wills Keith Wills is a former board member of the Maryland Horse In-
dustry Board. A member of the Maryland Horse Council for over 20 years, Keith has actively served as treasurer and a Director-at-Large representing business. An account representative and loan offi cer for Mid Atlantic Farm Credit, Keith helped to introduce Farm Credit to the horse industry in the mid-90s, after horses become offi cially rec- ognized as part of Maryland’s ag community. Keith continues to serve on numerous local, state, regional and national boards and chairs the Equine Committee for the National Farm Bureau.
MHIB PROFESSIONAL STAFF
Executive Director: Ross Peddicord Ross Peddicord became Executive Director of MHIB in 2011. He has spent most of his life involved with horses, either professionally or for fun, showing, foxhunting, and breeding T oroughbreds, and for a brief period he rode amateur steeplechase races. He graduated from McDonogh School and Washington College. He has had a varied ca- reer in journalism, marketing, sales, public relations and fundraising at a number of Maryland institutions such as the Maryland Jockey Club tracks, the Baltimore Sun, Mount St. Mary’s University and Maryland Life Magazine, where he was co-publisher from 2004-2010. He serves as Immediate Past Chair of the Maryland Tourism Coalition, Executive Directors Committee of the Maryland Offi ce of Tourism Development, and on the board of the Baltimore Offi ce of Promotion & T e Arts.
State Stable Inspector: Ellen James Ellen James is a lifelong horsewoman in both English and West- ern disciplines and is a graduate of Montana State University. She also worked for nine years as a veterinary technician. She inspects horse stables for MHIB and veterinary hospitals and clinics for the State Vet Board. She lives in northern Harford County.
State Stable Inspector: Pegeen Morgan Pegeen (“Peggy”) Morgan has been an Animal Health Inspector with MDA for the past 30 years, and has owned horses for approxi-
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