Below is schedule of topics and speakers for the 2006 University Seminar
Series at Horse World Expo. Some of the topics (those in blue) are repeats
that got snowed out last year! Click on the speaker's name to get contact
information, if available, as well as a brief bio. All the seminars
will be offered at the back of the Cow Palace - please stop by! For
more information about the Expo, please visit http://www.horseworldexpo.com/index_MD.htm
333 West Camden St., Suite 500
Baltimore, Md 21201
Tel.: (410) 333-1560
E-mail:
Alison Asti was appointed as Executive Director of the
Maryland Stadium Authority on September 22, 2004 after serving six months
as Acting Executive Director. Ms. Asti has worked with the Stadium Authority
for 14 years, serving as General Counsel and Director of Development.
In those capacities, she was responsible for all commercial transactions
with regard to the construction and operation of the Camden Yards Sports
Complex, Baltimore Convention Center expansion, Ocean City Convention
Center expansion, Montgomery County Conference Center, Hippodrome Performing
Arts Center and other projects assigned to the Authority by the Maryland
General Assembly. Ms Asti also led the lease negotiations with the Orioles
and Baltimore Ravens and managed dealings with tenants, architects,
contractors, consultants, representatives of local governments and firms
providing goods and services She also was responsible for oversight
of all legislative matters for the Authority.
Prior to joining the Stadium Authority in 1990, Ms.
Asti was a partner in the law firm of Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger
& Hollander, LLC.
Ms. Asti has been a Bar Association leader for many
years including: American Bar Association House of Delegates (1995-98);
National Conference of Bar Presidents Executive Council Member (2000-03);
American Bar Foundation Fellow (1998-Present); Metropolitan Bar Caucus
President (1999-2000); Maryland State Bar Association Board of Governors
(1986-88, 1995-97, 2003-05); Bar Association of Baltimore City President
(1994-95); Baltimore Women’s Bar President (1986-87); Maryland
Bar Foundation President (1999-2001) and Baltimore City Bar Foundation
President (1995-96). Her professional affiliations also include: "The
Daily Record" Editorial Board, Chair (1998-Present) and the University
of Maryland Law School, Board of Visitors, (1997-Present). She has been
a speaker at numerous national and international conferences on sports
facility development and finance.
Chosen as one of "Maryland's Top 100 Women"
by Warfield's Business Journal in 1996, Ms. Asti received her J.D. from
the University of Maryland School of Law where she was Editor of the
University of Maryland Law Review and was a cum laude graduate of Duke
University, receiving a Master of Arts Degree in Economics (Public Finance),
1976 and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science (1975).
15856 Frederick Road
Lisbon, Maryland, 21765
Tel.: (301) 854-5037 or (410) 442-1564
E-mail:
Brooke Bierman-Vrany
is Days End Farm Horse Rescue's Farm Manager. She was hired in March
of 2001 as the Equine Program Manager in charge of the care, feeding,training
and management of the horses at Days End. She has been involved with
horses all her life and is a CHA Certified Instructor and has ridden,
worked, shown and trained horses for many years and instructed in riding
lesson programs and summer camps. She is a team player and has great
management skills.
She has attended
the Equine Investigators Academy which included seminars such as Role
of animal cruelty investigator, laws and legal system, animal law, investigative
procedures, interview and interrogation techniques, handling admissions
and confessions, rules of evidence, rules of search and seizure, evidence
documentation and testimony, report writing and case packaging, veterinarian
and peripheral reports, crisis intervention and officer safety, case
studies, presentations, hoof care, condition scoring, cardiac recovery
index, trailer safety, transportation, loading and restraining, equine
nutrition, colic, stress, trauma, disease, lameness, wound treatment
and care. Brook ranked second in her class in the Academy.
She also has an
administrative background having worked as the front desk manager at
the Days Inn. She has completed classes in personnel management, crisis
management, and risk management. Her horse experience includes numerous
training clinics on natural horsemanship and round pen training.
In June 2001 she
was promoted to Farm Manager. Her duties include supervision and evaluation
of barn staff and volunteers; care, maintenance, feeding, evaluation
and training of the horses; maintenance of horse records, Supervision
and presentation of the Farm's Educational and Intern Programs and evaluation
of the adopters and foster care participants.
Amy Burk, PhD Lecturer/Extension Horse Specialist
Department of Animal and Avian Sciences
1121 Animal Science Center
College Park, MD 20742
Tel.: 301-405-8337; Fx: 301-405-8831
E-mail:
Dr. Amy Burk grew
up in Anne Arundel County, riding and competing horses while a member
of the Maryland 4-H and U.S. Pony Club. She received a B.S. in Biology
in 1995 from James Madison University. She completed her graduate work
in Animal and Poultry Sciences as a Pratt Fellow in animal nutrition
at Virginia Tech. She specialized in equine nutrition, earning an M.S.
in 1998, and a PhD in 2001. Her research addressed the digestibility
of various hay and pasture species by horses, as well as folate status
and supplementation in the horse. Her work has been published in the
Journal of Animal Science. Dr. Ordakowski joined the faculty of the
Animal and Avian Sciences Department at the University of Maryland in
August 2001. She has a dual role as a Lecturer, teaching the equine
science and horse management courses, and as a Horse Extension Specialist
with the Maryland Cooperative Extension. Her Extension duties include
providing educational leadership to the youth horse programs in Maryland.
Rob is a lifelong
horseman who has been working with the MHIB since January 2003. Growing
up in Northern California Rob worked as a rider, trainer, and groom
with many of the countries most accomplished Dressage, and Eventing
Professionals. Moreover, as a teenager Rob worked as a groom for an
Olympian the late Captain David Foster of County Meath, Ireland. By
the age of 11 Rob was the Junior Novice Combined Training Champion of
California, at 15 he was the Young Rider Open Pre-liminary Combined
Training Champion of California, and when he headed off to college at
17 he was an H-A rated member of the U.S. Pony Club. While in College
Rob was a IHSA Regional Open Over Fences and Flat Champion, and the
fourth ranked Western Reining and Horsemanship Rider in the Nation.
Academically, Rob was awarded the 2000 Betty F. Kennedy Award of Academic
Excellence, the 2000 Leo's Choice Treats Award/Academic Scholarship
for contributions to the equine industry, and the 1999 Abdullah Award.
Immediately following graduation Rob worked for a year as a Stallion
Handler in Gahanna, Ohio while he coached the 2000 Otterbein Western
Team. Rob has earned a Bachelors of Science in Pre-Graduate/Pre-Veterinary
Equine Science from Otterbein College in Ohio, and a Master of Science
in Equine Nutrition from Virginia Tech. Moreover, while at Virginia
Tech he spearheaded their national advertising campaign for the MARE
Center Thoroughbred Yearling Auction, which resulted in two of the top
three sales years in the history of the center. Rob is married to Dr.
Amy Ordakowski Burk of the University of Maryland Equine Studies program
(www.equinestudies.umd.edu) whom he had met while in graduate school.
Bridgett Byrd PhD Candidate, Equine Nutrition
Middleburg Agriculture Research and Education Center
Virginia Tech
5527 Sullivans Mill Road
Middleburg, Virginia 20117
Tel.: (540) 687-5362
Bridgett Byrd is a PhD student at Virginia Tech’s
Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension Center (M.A.R.E. Center)
in northern Virginia. She grew up in upstate N.Y. on her family’s
horse farm where she competed on the hunter/jumper show circuit. Bridgett
earned a B.A. in Biology from Hollins College in 1997, where she was
able to continue her riding career as a member of the I.H.S.A. team.
While continuing to compete and train hunter/jumpers and work as a stable
manager in Virginia, she earned a M.S. in Animal and Poultry Sciences
from Virginia Tech in 2003, where her research focused on the digestibility
and intake of feeds by horses. As a Pratt Fellow in Animal Nutrition,
Bridgett is currently performing a series of 36 hour studies focusing
on the avoidance of pasture associated laminitis. Specifically, she
is examining variations in pasture carbohydrate profiles and metabolic
profiles in grazing horses and ponies. She plans to complete her degree
in Animal and Poultry Sciences with an emphasis in Equine Nutrition
in December 2006 Bridgett continues to ride and compete her own hunters
in the show ring and in the hunt field, and also enjoys spending time
with her two feisty Jack Russell Terriers!
Charles Center South, 10th Floor
36 South Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3020
Tel.:
E-mail:
Michael Daney graduated
from the University of Delaware and received his law degree from the
University of Kentucky. He served as counsel to the Delaware Racing
Commission for four years before entering private practice. His primary
practice areas are civil litigation, workers' compensation, regulatory
law, legislation and equine-related matters. He represents his equine
clients in insurance-related matters involving negligence claims, veterinary
malpractice, mortality insurance disputes, premises liability and fertility
insurance disputes. He prepares and handles contracts and contract claims
involving purchase agreements, ownership rights, stallion syndications,
boarding contracts, leases and sale disputes. He also represents clients
before the Maryland Racing Commission involving medication rules disputes,
licensing issues, riding infractions and eligibility and claiming issues.
He also is involved with legislative oversight and lobbying for a variety
of clients.
Mr. Daney has appeared
as a speaker for the National Equine Law Seminar, the University of
Baltimore Equine Law Symposium, and the Maryland Pleasure Horse Seminar.
Mr. Daney is admitted to practice in Maryland, the District of Columbia,
Pennsylvania and Kentucky. He is also a member of the Equine Law Committee
of the Kentucky Bar Association.
342 C North Aurora Street • E
P.O. Box 519
Easton, Maryland 21601
Tel.: (410) 822-1244
E-mail:
Shannon Potter-Dill grew up on the Eastern Shore in Queen Anne's County. There she was very active in 4-H and FFA with the horse and pony project, judging, bowl and livestock. Upon graduation she moved to Wyoming and attended the University of Wyoming, receiving a BS in Agriculture Business and an MS in Agriculture Economics. There she competed on the Intercollegiate Horse Show Team for five years in the hunt and stock seat divisions. She is currently employed by the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension in Talbot County as the Agriculture and Natural Resource Educator. As well as agriculture production workshops Shannon also holds equine seminars for horse owners on the Eastern Shore.
Equestrian Services,
LLC, a company based in Annapolis, Maryland that caters to the various
needs of the equestrian community is the brain child of Michael M. Donovan,
a former award winning landscape designer and contractor, and his wife
Jennifer Donovan, a life-long horse owner and competitive dressage rider.
Although the company was officially launched in the year 2000, it has
been evolving since the couple met in California over a decade ago.
Michael's first
"horse project", the Albert Court Ltd. Linda Allen Grand Prix
course (completed prior to the 1992 Volvo World Cup in Del Mar, California),
was connected to the complete landscaping of the farm he did while Vice-President
of RBM Enterprises in San Diego. He realized, while working on the Grand
Prix course that many of the same landscaping principals applied: the
grading, compaction and stabilization of soils, working with the site
specific drainage considerations, and achieving a balance between the
aesthetics and functionality of the elements in a project. A Master's
Degree in Chemistry and his training as a scientist has proven helpful
time and again for problem solving. All of his expertise as a scientist,
a landscape designer and contractor as well as his marriage to Jennifer,
have pulled him exclusively into equestrian projects.
Eric Hines is a Conservation Planner in Carroll County Maryland with USDA/NRCS.
In 1995 he earned a BS from the University of Maryland in Agronomy, Soil
and Water Conservation. He served for 2.5 years in West Africa as a Sustainable
Agricultural Extension Agent with the United States Peace Corps. Since
1999 he has work as a Conservation and Agricultural Planner in Howard,
Anne Arundel, Baltimore, and Carroll Counties where he has been assisting
landowners and agricultural producers, including many equine operations,
to plan, design, and install Conservation Best Management Practices to
help improve soil and water quality. As a Conservation Planner Eric works
regularly with many of the Federal, State, and Local conservation cost
share programs that are available to agricultural operations and landowners.
Dale Johnson Regional Extension Specialist-Farm Management
Western Maryland Research and Education Center
Mark is an equity
member in the Accounting and Business Services division of Naden/Lean,
LLC. He provides accounting, auditing, tax and consulting services to
clients in a variety of industries including insurance, not-for-profits,
thoroughbred horse breeders, and others. He specializes in accounting
and statutory compliance matters for property and casualty insurers,
and directs those activities for the firm. Consulting services provided
to insurance clients have included representation during regulatory
examinations, business planning services, development of financial forecast
models, systems conversions, and Risk Based Capital planning. Mark also
serves as the professional development coordinator for the firm, directing
the technical development and continuing education activities of our
team members.
David Marshall,
VMD Assistant Professor
University of Delaware
Dr. David Marshall grew up in central Pennsylvania,
having an early passion for horses and science. He received his B.S.
degree from Penn State University in 1971 and his V.M.D. degree from
the University of Pennsylvania in 1975.
Dr. Marshall spent his first five years in private practice emphasizing
equine medicine and surgery. In 1980 he returned to the University of
Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center to not only teach, but to further
his equine surgical skills.
After leaving New Bolton Center, Dr. Marshall started a veterinary practice
in southeastern Pennsylvania specializing in equine medicine, surgery,
and reproduction. Pursuing a personal desire to return to teaching,
Dr. Marshall joined the Department of Animal Science faculty at the
University of Delaware in spring of 2002. He serves as an assistant
professor in equine animal science and an equine extension veterinarian
with Delaware Cooperative Extension Service. At the University of Delaware,
Dr. Marshall teaches four undergraduate courses in equine science, pregnancy
and foal physiology, mare and stallion reproduction, and equine diseases
and lameness. His extension responsibilities include providing equine
continuing education to the greater Delaware area.
1840 York Road, Suite J
Timonium, Maryland 21093
Tel.: (410) 666-1022
E-mail:
A native of Pennsylvania,
Dave received both a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Agronomy from Virginia
Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. His early employment included two and
half years as supervisor of the Virginia Tech Extension Soil Fertility
Lab followed by 13 years with the Baltimore Farm Credit District in
various lending and human resources positions. Since 1988 he has been
with the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension organization as
an Extension Educator; receiving tenure in 1994. The first five years
he served in Anne Arundel County followed by his present position in
Baltimore County. He works with a variety of educational, crop production,
environmental and land use issues with farmers, landowners and governmental
agencies.
17690 Old Waterford Road at Morven Park
P.O. Box 1938
Leesburg, Virginia 20177 Tel.:
E-mail:
Dr. McKenzie received
his DVM degree from The University of Georgia College of Veterinary
Medicine in 1990. Following graduation he joined Moncacy Equine Veterinary
Associates, a private equine practice in Montgomery County, Maryland
where he practiced until 1995. Dr. McKenzie entered the Equine Internal
Medicine Residency program at the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical
Center in January of 1995. Upon completion of the residency program
Dr. McKenzie served as a Clinical Instructor in Equine Medicine at the
Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center from 1998 to 2003. Dr. McKenzie
received a Master of Sciences degree in Veterinary Medical Sciences
from the Virginia/Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in
1998, and achieved Diplomate status in the American College of Veterinary
Internal Medicine in 2000. In 2003 he was promoted to his current position
as an Assistant Professor in Equine Medicine at the Marion duPont Scott
Equine Medical Center . Dr. McKenzie is the author or coauthor of 10
journal articles and has several book chapters in press. His research
interests include aerosol therapy, respiratory disease, critical care
and endocrinology.
318 Gum Tree Road
Coatesville, Pennsylvania 19320
Tel.:
E-mail:
Bonnie was born and raised in the small town of East
Aurora, New York, located 40 miles southeast of Buffalo. Her youth was
guided by two passions - skiing and horses. She was a ski racer during
the winter and an equestrian during the summer.
At age 16, as a member of the U.S. Ski Team's Development
Squad, Bonnie skied all over the United States and Europe and earned
national ranking. She continued to successfully race until the age of
22.
During the off-season from skiing, Bonnie began riding
a homebred pony named Whitefoot. A true competitor, she entered the
local western shows and excelled in the games classes. To support her
interest in horses, her family joined the local pony club where she
was introduced to eventing at age 13.
Bonnie toiled at the sport at the lower levels until
a special horse named Trelleck came into her life. Bonnie and Trelleck
competed at the highest levels of the sport and their success began
to draw the attention of the eventing community.
This included 2-time Olympic Gold Medallist, Phillip
Dutton, from Australia. Bonnie eventually became Phillip's assistant
trainer at his True Prospect Farm in West Grove, Pennsylvania. That
position allowed Bonnie to ride a variety of horses and gain the skill
and experience that would propel her to the top of her sport.
Confirmation that Bonnie truly belongs amongst the ranks
of the nations greatest riders came in April of 2002 when she and her
English import named Jenga won the U.S. National Championship at the
MBNA Foxhall Cup in Atlanta, Georgia. Their partnership has continued
succeed on numerous occasions. The pair finished out 2004 by making
their international debut at the 2004 World Cup in Pau, France.
Currently, Bonnie
is training and competing several of her own horses as well as horses
for private owners at her own Point Above Farm in Coatesville, PA. In
addition, she has a very busy teaching schedule. She tries to instill
in her students and owners the confidence and patience that she has
learned during her lifetime of competition.
Erin Petersen,
MS, PAS Lecturer/Extension Horse Specialist
Institute of Applied Agriculrure
2115 Jull Hall
College Park, MD 20742
Tel.: 301-405-4690; Fx: 301-314-9343
E-mail:
Erin Petersen was
born and raised in Loveland, Colorado. She earned a BA degree in Political
Science from The University of Colorado in 1994. She also holds a BS
degree in Equine Science from Colorado State University (2000). Petersen
remained at Colorado State University, earning an MS degree in Animal
Science in 2001. Her research focus was aimed at investigating nutrition
of the growing horse as it relates to bone development. Ms. Petersen
is a state Extension Horse Specialist and the Program Coordinator for
the 2-year Equine Business Management Program at the Institute of Applied
Agriculture. She teaches courses in Equine Nutrition, Health Management,
Reproduction, Behavior and Pasture Management. Erin is owned by three
cats, one dog (who thinks she's a person) and several horses who like
to occasionally take her on trail rides, go jumping, or practice Dressage - they plan to try Fox Chasing soon.
Suzanne Quarles,
and her husband Steve, own Some Day Soon Farm, but are more than committed
overseers. Suzanne began riding horses in her youth on a Connecticut
farm, and has been a professional horsewoman for over 30 years and has
been in the breeding business since 1977. She has been a nationally
recognized Combined Training Judge and Technical Delegate since 1976
and is currently a mare and stallion judge on the American Hanoverian
Society’s Mare and Stallion Committee, as well as holding the
office of the Society’s Executive Vice President. Earlier in her
career, Suzanne bred and raised Thoroughbreds exclusively as sport horse
prospects. She purchased three Hanoverian fillies in 1988, and then
unexpectedly encountered the opportunity to acquire the Elite Hanoverian
Stallion Wertherson in the fall of 1989. The rest, as they say, is history.
Patrick Quinn Farrier
1810 Hallowing Point Rd.
Prince Frederick, Maryland
Tel.: (410) 535-9441
E-mail:
Pat is a member
of the American Farriers Association and a full time student of Equine
Podiatry. He received his BS degree in Biology in 1975 from the State
University of New York at Albany. Pat pursued graduate studies in Advanced
Medical Biology at both Hofstra University and Long Island University
(C.W. Post) from 1975 - 1980. Pat completed Farrier Mastery Skills Training
with Dr. Doug Butler in LaPorte, Colorado in 1997.
Mike Riter has been involved with trails since his early years as a
boy scout. Throughout his adult life Mike has been determined to give
something back to the great outdoors, a place that has given him many
hours of peace and recreation.
Mike spent his
youth riding horses on his parent’s farm in OH. Along the way
he became familiar with what type of trail was interesting from a horseback
perspective. In 1992, Mike started working as a volunteer with various
mountain bike organizations. By doing this, he learned more about the
basics of maintaining and constructing shared use trails. It was at
this point that he started to notice the effects erosion had on different
types of trail design..
1996 brought the
Olympic games to Atlanta, GA and the first ever Olympic Mountain Bike
race. The event was held at the Georgia International Horse Park in
Conyers, GA a suburb of Atlanta. Once the race was over, Mike approached
the park in hopes of allowing continued use of the trails. Permission
was granted and he became the first Trail Coordinator at this historic
site. With the help of the Southern Off Road Bicycle Association (SORBA),
the battered course was rebuilt and what was once used as an Olympic
mountain bike course was now open to the public. 1997 brought an invitation
from the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) to start a trails
education program to travel all over the US and help solve common trail
problems such as erosion, user conflict and overuse. Hence, the IMBA/Subaru
Trail Care Crew program was born. During the first year on the road,
Mike and his wife Jan realized different soil types had a direct affect
on impacts and erosion. Listening carefully to knowledgeable locals,
they soon started to gather the clues that would give them answers in
the quest for, "a better way."
With time to devote
to learning and improving current trail design and maintenance standards,
they developed two important truths. First, most erosion and impact
problems could be directly attributed to trail design not use. Second,
when maintaining trails, it is imperative you work with the natural
surroundings rather than trying to control them. A better way was developing.
In 1998, Mike and
Jan started the first trail school devoted exclusively to the design
construction and maintenance of natural surface trails and later the
same year were awarded the Advancements in Trail Technology award from
the American Trails Association for new innovations that helped bring
trail design into modern times.
Three years on
the road had taken them to every state in the continental United States,
Canada, and several European countries where they worked on trails or
taught others what they knew. In 1999, they decided it was time to retire
and started their own trail consulting business while continuing research
on the "better way." Mike was also hired as Georgia’s
Trails Education Specialist through a Recreational Trails Program grant
that was written by the Southern Off Road Bicycle Association. This
position has allowed him to continue educating (and learning from) others
so they too can start to see "a better way."
A graduate of Brown University
and Rutgers University Law School, Jane had thirteen years of private
practice in Washington, D.C. as an antitrust and utility litigator and
as Government Affairs Counsel of a major corporation, before “retiring”
from active practice to devote full time to being chief operating officer
of Reddemeade Farm, Inc., one of the largest commercial riding stables
in Maryland. Reddemeade offers riding lessons to over 300 students,
riding club memberships to approximately 50 riders, boarding for approximately
25 privately owned horses, and a summer day camp for children. In all,
Reddemeade stables approximately 70 horses. Jane supervises a staff
of about 20 employees (instructors, trainers and farm hands) and devotes
full time to the operation of the farm. In addition to daily management,
she also teaches lessons, and rides, trains and competes in dressage.
She is a United States Dressage Federation Silver Medalist, and has
extensive experience in competition at the FEI levels.
Doug Tregoning
grew up on a dairy and grain farm in Montgomery County, Maryland. He
received in BS Degree from West Virginia University in Agribusiness
and Agronomy in 1977. He received his Masters Degree from the same institution
in 1979 in Agricultural Economics. He has worked as an Extension Agent
for Maryland Cooperative Extension out of the Montgomery County Office
since 1980. He has worked with equine Extension audiences on pasture/forage/business
management issues since 1989. He worked in conjunction with NRCS personnel
and Extension personnel in establishing field demonstrations on three
separate farms on rotationally grazing horses. He is noted for his presentations
on toxic plants and pasture establishment.
P.O. Box 2150, #200 Baltimore Street
La Plata, Maryland 20646
Tel.: (301) 609-3420
E-mail:
Ed Tucker lives
in Charles County, Maryland. He has worked for Charles County Emergency
Services in the Animal Services Division for 18 years and has held the
position of Chief for the last ten of these years. Ed has served as
both (past) Vice President and (past) President of The Professional
Animal Workers of Maryland, Inc. He was in charge of animal relief efforts
during past disasters in Charles County, including Hurricane Isabel
and numerous tornadoes, including the devastating F4 La Plata tornado
of recent years. Ed has been a first responder volunteer for the Humane
Society of the United States (HSUS) National Disaster Animal Response
Team (N-DART) for the last 4 years and has, in that capacity, responded
to various disasters including Wildfires in Arizona and California and
Hurricanes in Mississippi, Louisiana and Mexico. He is a graduate of
the National (animal) Cruelty Investigations School and the Equine Investigations
Academy. Ed helped develop the course curriculum for The East Coast
Animal Control Officer's Academy and has been a course instructor at
the Academy. He have received certification in (animal) Disaster Training
and Response through HSUS and has been one of the course presenters
for Emergency Animal Sheltering - a course provided by HSUS. Ed is a
Charter Member of the MD - ADPAC (Maryland Animal Disaster Planning
Advisory Committee) and he has testified before the Maryland Senate
and House of Delegates Judicial Committees on various legislative issues
for the improved care and treatment of animals. He has many other certifications
and certificates of merit in emergency preparedness, incident command
and emergency planning activities.
Dr. Wagner received
her veterinary degree from University of Pennsylvania in 1999. She entered
practice with Yergey, Stewart, Vallance, & Associates, a racetrack
veterinary team in 1999. Through 2002, she worked at Bowie, Laurel,
Pimlico and Colonial Downs Racetracks. In 2000, Diane trained and became
certified with the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society (IVAS)
and completed an internship and continued study with Dr. Marvin Cain,
D.V.M. In 2002, Dr. Wagner left the Racetrack practice to found Elemental
Equine Services, LLC, a practice solely dedicated to the use of alternative
therapies such as acupuncture, chiropractic and herbal medicine. Also
in 2002, she became certified with the American Veterinary Chiropractic
Association and continued study with Drs. Judith Shoemaker, D.V.M. and
Dina LiVolsi, D.C. In 2003, Dr. Wagner studied with Drs. Carl DeStefano,
D.C. and Daniel Marks, D.C. for Advanced Kinesiology (through Level
4) and also with Maureen Rogers in Equine Craniosacral Therapy (through
Level 3). In 2004, Dr. Wagner studied Reiki Master Attunement with Reiki
Master Yvonne Chiarelli; she continued her studies with
Reiki Master Diane Carlson in 2005.
Keith Wills is an
account executive for MidAtlantic Farm Credit, one of the largest ag and
rural lenders in the mid-Atlantic region. He works in MidAtlantic’s
Bel Air office, and focuses on loans to the equine industry.
Keith Wills has been involved in the equine community for almost fifteen
years. In November, he was appointed by Governor Robert L. Ehrlich,
Jr. to the Maryland Horse Industry Board, a group created to promote
the horse industry in Maryland. He is also a board member of Baltimore
County Farm Bureau, the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, and the Maryland
Horse Council. He serves as treasurer of the following organizations:
Baltimore County Farm Bureau Agricultural Education Foundation, Baltimore
County Extension Advisory Council, and Baltimore County Agricultural
Resource Center.
MidAtlantic Farm
Credit has fifteen offices throughout central Maryland, the Eastern
Shore of Delaware, Maryland and irginia, as well as southeastern Pennsylvania.
In
addition to the tremendous help Equestrian Promotions, LLC provides,
we would like to thank the sponsors for this year's event - without
your generous support, we wouldn't have the quality speakers we have
this year:
Members
of the HWE University Seminar Series Committee include:
