Below is schedule of topics and speakers for the 2008 University Seminar
Series at Horse World Expo. Click on the speaker's name to get contact
information, if available, as well as a brief bio.
Handouts, when available, are linked below. In most cases, this requires Adobe Acrobat. Once clicked, handout will open in a new window.
Thursday,
January 17th:
Time
Topic
Speaker
1:00
pm
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Invited
Speakers for the 2008 Horse World Expo's University Seminar Series
Elaine L. Bailey, MS, PAS Agent, 4-H Youth Development
University of Maryland Cooperative Extension-Calvert County
P.O. Box 486
Prince Frederick, Maryland 20678
Tel.: (301) 855-1150
; Fax: (410) 535-2438
E-mail:
Elaine Bailey has worked for the College of AGNR for over 23 years. In July 2007, she moved from the Institute of Applied Agriculture to Maryland Cooperative Extension. Bailey is the 4-H Educator for Calvert County.
An Animal Scientist by training, she has taught numerous classes at the University of Maryland at College Park. Among her past teaching responsibilities are ANSC 101 Principles of Animal Science, INAG 232 Equine Business Management, INAG 201 Personnel Management, ANSC 220 Livestock Management, INAG 110 Oral Communications, and many other courses. Bailey has held leadership positions in the Washington, DC American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists, and has served on both the Calvert Farmland Trust Board of Directors and on the Calvert Agricultural Land Preservation Advisory Board. Bailey has tutored adults for the Calvert County Literacy Council, and has served on the Calvert County Fair Livestock Committee. She is an avid horsewoman, and is working toward her Training Level Achievement Award with the Potomac Valley Dressage Association.
Bailey earned a B.S. Degree in Animal Science, with a minor in Pure Science, from Clemson University, and a M.S. Degree in Agricultural and Extension Education from Iowa State University.
Ben Beale, MS Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources and
Co-County Extension Director
University of Maryland Cooperative Extension - Saint Mary's County
P.O. Box 663
Leonardtown, Maryland 20650
Tel.: (301) 475-4484; Fax: (301) 475-4483
E-mail:
Ben Beale currently serves as the Extension Educator for Agricultural Sciences in St. Mary’s County. In this position, he has the responsibility to develop and implement programs in crop and livestock production, farm management and marketing. Beale holds a BS degree in Agricultural Sciences and MS degree in Management and Marketing.
Michael Bell, MS, PAS Senior Agent, Associate Professor
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Mike Bell was born and raised in Livermore, California. Mike spent 2 years in the United States Marine Corps after which he enrolled at Modesto Junior College receiving an AS degree in Animal Science in 1976. He moved on to California State University, Fresno where he managed the University Dairy Herd and received a BS degree in Animal Science in 1980. Mike then went on to the University of Illinois, earning a MS degree in Dairy Science/Reproductive Physiology in January of 1983. His research focused on Ovarian Cyclicity in the Early Postpartum Dairy Cow and Heat Detection. Mr. Bell has taught a variety of courses including Horse Production and Management at both the Community College and University level. Previous to his current position, Mike served as Director of the Agricultural Technology Program at Virginia Tech. Mike is an Extension Senior Agent and Associate Professor with Maryland Cooperative Extension in Carroll County and has a long-time interest in horses.
Dwight G. Bennett, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACT Professor Emeritus
Colorado State University
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
2307 Tanglewood Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Tel.: (301) 475-4484; Fax: (301) 475-4483
E-mail:
Dwight Bennett, a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, has been a veterinarian for 48 years. Following time in large animal practice and in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps, Dr. Bennett attended the University of Wisconsin on a United States Public Health Service Post Doctoral Fellowship and received a PhD in Veterinary Parasitology.
After ten years on the faculty of Purdue University Dr. Bennett, in 1975, became a Professor of Equine Medicine at the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine. His primary interests have been equine internal medicine, equine reproduction, equine color genetics, equine dentistry and bits and bitting systems. He has received numerous awards for outstanding teaching both at Purdue and Colorado State and in 1997 received the Colorado State University Alumni Association’s award for excellence in teaching. Dr. Bennett retired from Colorado State in August, 2000.
Although retired, Dr. Bennett continues to be active in consulting, speaking and writing. Since retiring he has published more than 100 articles in Western Horseman, Performance Horse, Veterinary Forum and other journals.
Dr. Bennett, who has a personal collection of more than 350 bits, has lectured internationally on bits and bitting to veterinarians and horsemen. He has co-authored a book: Bits and Bridles: Power Tools for Thinking Riders, Equi-Media, 2000 and has contributed a chapter on “Bits, Bridles and Accessories” to the second edition of Equine Dentistry , Elsevier/Saunders, 2005, edited by Jack Easley and Gordon Baker.
Amy Burk, PhD Assistant Professor /Extension Horse Specialist
Department of Animal and Avian Sciences
1117 Animal Science Center
College Park, MD 20742
Tel.: (301) 405-8337; Fx: (301) 405-8831
E-mail:
Dr. Amy Burk serves as the coordinator for the undergraduate Equine Studies option and the graduate research program in equine nutrition within the Animal and Avian Sciences Department. She's responsible for teaching Horse Management, Equine Science, Advanced Topics in Equine Nutrition as well as many horse related lectures and labs within the department's 4-yr curriculum. As an Extension Horse Specialist, Dr. Burk provides statewide educational leadership and training to youth and adults in the horse industry. Dr. Burk's research interests lie mainly in the area of nutrient utilization of feeds and forages to improve the health and management of horses. Dr. Burk 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.
Rob is a lifelong horseman who was hired by the MHIB in December 2002. 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 the late Captain David Foster of County Meath, Ireland. As a young rider Rob won numerous State championships in 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, and the 1999 Abdullah Award. Rob has earned a Bachelors of Science in Equine Science from Otterbein College in Ohio, and a Master of Science from Virginia Tech. While at Virginia Tech, he spearheaded the advertising campaign for the MARE Center Thoroughbred Yearling Auction, and at the same time he managed the main project of the center sponsored by Waltham under the guidance of the late Dr. David Kronfeld. While with the MHIB Rob has worked through the Maryland Department of Agriculture to expand the understanding of the positive impact of equine operations on the State, and has focused on broadening acceptance of equine operations into State agricultural programs.
Bryan Butler, MS Senior Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
County Extension Director
Bryan has 15 years of service with Cooperative Extension. His family owned and operated a Pick-Your-Own Orchard from 1962 – 1989 and Bryan continues to grow fruit and vegetables on a small scale. He has also been the owner of several horses and mules for the past 15 years.
Currently he is
the Director of the Carroll County Extension Office and is involved
in a number of research projects focusing on Organic production and
the use of high tunnels. Much of the high tunnel work has been done
with strawberries and raspberries as well as tomatoes and cut flowers
to extend the growing season and provide unique marketing opportunities
for Maryland producers. Three of his ongoing projects include one with
the USDA at Beltsville looking at planting date and variety selection
of fresh market tomatoes; another is working with growers on a SARE
grant examining crop selection, planting dates, and economics of high
tunnel production of vegetables in the Mid-Atlantic; and the third is
examining the feasibility of over-wintering Lisianthus and its possible
economic impact on direct market growers.
Hoyt Cheramie, DVM, MS Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Manager, Equine Professional Services
Dr. Hoyt Cheramie received his Bachelor of Science in Dairy Production and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees from Louisiana State University in 1990 and 1993 respectively. After acquiring some experience in private practice in Kentucky, he completed an internship at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Cheramie then completed a combined Large Animal Surgery Residency and Masters program at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1998. He remained at VA Tech as a clinical instructor and research assistant in Large Animal Surgery for the following year. Dr. Cheramie became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2000. Between 1999 and February 2007, he practiced performance horse medicine and surgery in the New Orleans, Atlanta and Chicago areas. He joined Merial in February 2007 as a member of the Equine Veterinary Professional Services team with responsibilities for the eastern US. Dr. Cheramie currently resides in the Lexington, KY area. His interests include colic and performance limiting problems such as gastric ulceration and hoof/foot diseases.
Sponsored by:
Dr. C. Wynne Collins, MVB, MRCVS Diplomate, American College of Theriogenologists,
Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Wynne Collins received her veterinary degree in
1998 from the Veterinary Faculty of Ireland in 1998. After that, she
spent several years in mixed animal and equine practice, where she specialized
in equine reproduction. During her time in practice, she got the opportunity
to work in reproduction practice both in Ireland and Australia. In 2002,
she started a residency in Equine Theriogenology at University of California,
Davis for two years and became board certified in 2005. Since completing
the residency, she has been conducting reproductive research on Przewalski's
horses at the National
Zoological Park's Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal,
VA. She is currently working on completing her PhD in reproductive physiology
at the University of Maryland.
Michael Daney, Esq. Law Offices of Godwin, Erlandson, MacLaughlin, Vernon & Daney, LLC
3300 North Ridge Road, Ste. 275
Ellicott City, Maryland 21043
Tel.: (410) 418-8778
Fax: (410) 459-3870
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.
Karol Dyson Senior Agent, 4-H Youth Development & County Extension Director
Maryland Cooperative Extension - Charles County
9375 Chesapeake Street, Ste. 119
La Plata, Maryland 20646
Tel.: (301) 753-8195
Fax: (301) 753-1857
E-mail:
Karol Dyson has been an Extension Educator for 23 years, in both Connecticut and Maryland. Currently she is the County Director and 4-H Educator in Charles County. She has assumed a prominent role in planning and managing many 4-H horse events in Maryland, including accompanying 4-H horse teams to Eastern Nationals in Louisville, Ky. for several years, and managing the Maryland State 4-H Horse Show at the Maryland State Fair. Her main area of interest is the positive impact of horses on youth development, and finding ways to involve more kids with horses.
Dyson received a BA degree in Sociology from Trinity College (CT) and an MED in Multicultural Education from the University of Hartford (CT). She has also completed course work in Ag and Extension Education. A lifelong horse lover, she lives in western Charles County with her husband Tim and their 8 horses. She has 4 children, all of whom have ridden throughout their lives, primarily in the hunter-jumper arena. Dyson is active in local horse organizations and was honored as the Sport Parent of the Year by the Southern Maryland Horse Show Association in 2005.
Tommy Garland Professional Horse Trainer Garland Farm
Tommy Garland is a renowned trainer of Arabian and Half-Arabian horses.
He began training over 35 years ago. His experience with horses has encompassed all breeds and disciplines from hunter/jumpers to Quarter
Horses. Tommy is currently featured on RFD-TV with a series called "CPR
for the Horse and Rider". The series features "real" horse situations
and explains how to have a safe, respectful and healthy relationship
with your horse. He currently trains and teaches at his farm in
Powhatan , Virginia.
Lance joined Naden/Lean, LLC in 1991. He provides accounting, tax, and consulting services for individuals and businesses which include dentists, other healthcare providers, retail, and equine.
Lance provides start-up services to new businesses including working with banks to help obtain financing. With his equine clients, he works to ensure they are in compliance with the federal, state, and local taxing authorities with respect to employment, business tax and reporting issues.
Lance grew up on farms with horses. He has owned horses for the last ten years (or could better be classified as chief stall cleaner for his wife's horses). His home zoo consists of five horses, four dogs, three cats, two sons and a goat. His wife Karen is a board member of the Potomac Valley Dressage Association.
Lance is a member of:
Dr. Robert Mowrey is currently a Professor and Extension Horse Commodity Coordinator at North Carolina State University. He has provided leadership to the horse extension programs in the Animal Science Department since 1981. His extension responsibilities include directing the North Carolina 4-H Horse Program and Adult Horse Extension Educational Programs. He has published over 700 Extension bulletins, popular press articles and news articles.
Dr. Mowrey has a BS degree in Animal Husbandry from Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture and an MS and Ph.D. degree in Animal Industries from Pennsylvania State University. He specializes in horse nutrition and farm management.
In addition to his responsibilities with North Carolina State University, Dr. Mowrey is an American Quarter Horse Association Judge, Palomino Horse Association Judge and National Snaffle Bit Association Judge. He has coached North Carolina State 4-H Horse Judging teams to multiple contest wins at the All- American Quarter Horse Congress, Eastern National 4-H Roundup, American Quarter Horse Youth World Championships, Eastern National 4-H Roundup, American Quarter Horse Youth World Championships, Region 12 Arabian Youth Championship, Southern Regional 4-H Championship and the Southern invitational Judging Contests.
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 and Advisor for
the 2-year Equine Business Management Program at the Institute of Applied
Agriculture. She teaches courses in Equine Nutrition, Health Management,
Reproduction, and Behavior. Erin lives with her fiance, Steuart Pittman, on a horse farm in Anne Arundel County where she enjoys riding her horses for pleasure, jumping, dressage and has recently become interested in Fox Hunting!
Steuart Pittman, Jr. Trainer, Event Rider Dodon Farm
Steuart began riding as a child in the hunt field, in pony races and at local shows. He was introduced to eventing through Pony Club and learned the fundamentals of dressage as a teenager from his inspiration and mentor, Ellen Shepherd. After a ten-year absence from horses Steuart returned full force in 1990.
Steuart's instruction has come from a variety of trainers, including Bruce Davidson to whom he goes regularly with his stallion Salute The Truth, Jim Wofford, Gunnar Ostergaard, Hans Jurgen, Stuart Black, Becky Langwost, and most recently Linda Zang for dressage. He credits most of what he knows to the horses that he has worked with. He believes that all of us learn from our horses, and in his teaching he attempts to speak from the viewpoint of the horse. The other major influence on Steuart's riding has been 20 years of daily practice in Tai Chi, an ancient Chinese practice of meditative movements designed to open up the free flow of energy through the body. Steuart often describes the interaction between horse and rider in terms of energy and encourages riders to think and feel in these terms.
In 2003 Steuart participated in the first training program and assessment of the US Eventing Association's Instructor Certification Program. After intensive coaching and practice teaching before Karen O'Connor, Eric Horgan, Don Sachey and others, Steuart went to Texas to be evaluated in the areas of dressage instruction, cross-country instruction, show jumping instruction, horse management, and safety. He passed in all areas and is now a part of the small group of trainers in the country certified to teach through the preliminary level. The program includes continuing education with the top trainers in the sport.
As the Equine Extension Agent for the Northern District of Virginia Cooperative Extension, Dr. Porr is responsible for equine programming for 19 counties in Northern Virginia . She received degrees from Texas A&M University (B.S. in Animal Science), the University of Florida (M.S. in Equine Nutrition and Exercise Physiology), and Virginia Tech (Ph.D. in Equine Nutrition and Exercise Physiology). From there, Dr. Porr took a position in teaching and 4-H extension with The Ohio State University, where she worked for four years before shifting to a teaching and research position at OSU's Agricultural Technical Institute. She later accepted a job with Buckeye Nutrition as a nutritional consultant and district manager before settling into her current position in Middleburg, Virginia . Dr. Porr now coordinates equine-related programs on a variety of topics for adult and youth audiences. She supports the horse industry through presentations at various professional and industry meetings and events as well as through extension publications. She also participates in on-farm consultations designed to assist horse owners who are having problems on their farms and to educate people on management techniques using the latest research findings.
Doug Tregoning Senior Agent, County Extension Director
University of Maryland Cooperative Extension-Montgomery County
18410 Muncaster Road
Derwood, Maryland 20855
Tel.: (301) 590-2809
E-mail:
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.
Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
College Park, Maryland 20742
Tel: (301) 405-1322
E-mail:
Dr. Vough retired as Forage Crops Extension Specialist in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland , College Park , in 2006. His extension focus was on Forage Systems Management. He has written several extension publications including Evaluating Hay Quality . He is currently doing consulting work for several state and federal agencies as well as being involved in a hay production and marketing business with his brother.
Carey A. Williams, Ph.D., is the Equine Extension Specialist and Assistant
Professor in the Department of Animal Science at Rutgers University.
Her research focus is in equine nutrition and exercise physiology, specifically
antioxidant supplementation and oxidative stress of the equine athlete.
Dr. Williams completed her bachelor degree in Equine Science at Colorado
State University (1998), and graduated with her master's (2000) and
doctorate (2003) degrees in Equine Nutrition from Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, where she was awarded the John Lee Pratt
Fellowship in Animal Nutrition. She is a member of various national
organizations and presented at their research symposia including Equine
Nutrition and Physiology Society, American Society of Animal Science,
and American Association of Veterinary Nutritionists. As a hobby she
trains and ompetes her young Thoroughbred mare at various Dressage shows
and Horse Trials.
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 eighteen years. He is a current and past member of a variety of agricultural boards and committees including:
Maryland Farm Bureau Equine Committee (2004-present)
Junior Gunpowder Farmers Club (2001-present)
Baltimore County Farm Bureau Board Member (2000-2007)
Baltimore County Farm Bureau President (2007-present)
Maryland Farm Bureau Board of Directors (2007-present)
Gunpowder Valley Conservancy Board Member (1997-2005)
Gunpowder Valley Conservancy Vice President (1999-2004)
Baltimore County Farm Bureau Ag. Education Foundation Treasurer (2001-present)
Baltimore County Agricultural Resource Center Treasurer (2004-present)
Maryland Horse Council Treasurer (1998-present)
Maryland Horse Industry Board (2004-present)
MidAtlantic Farm Credit has fifteen offices throughout central Maryland, the Eastern Shore of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, as well as southeastern Pennsylvania.
Kristen Wilson Regional 4-H Horse Specialist
Central Maryland Research and Education Center
11975 Homewood Road
Ellicott City, MD 21042
Tel.: 301-596-9478; Fax: 301-596-9632
E-mail:
Kristen Wilson was born in Annapolis , Maryland . However she grew up in the state of Florida . She earned a B.S. degree in Animal Science – Equine Industry from the University of Florida in 2003. She remained at University of Florida to earn a M.S. degree in Extension Education with a minor in Youth Development in 2005. Her research focused primarily on identifying the needs of adult horse owners in Florida in order to enhance the Florida Horse Extension programming efforts.
As the Regional Horse Extension Specialist for University of Maryland Cooperative Extension , Kristen provides statewide leadership for the Maryland 4-H Horse Program. Kristen coordinates statewide equine contests and educational programs for 4-Hers, volunteers and county educators. In addition, she teaches within the Institute of Applied Agriculture 's Equine Business Management Program. She also serves as a co-advisor to the UMCP Collegiate 4-H Club.
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:
