| | Kristy Pigeon |
| | Founder and Executive Director |
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 | Kristy attended University of California at Berkeley and Mills College. She received B.A. degrees in Biology and Art. Her equestrian interests include team roping and trail riding. She is a certified therapeutic riding instructor under the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association, (NARHA). |
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| | Wendy Collins |
| | Program Director |
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 | As a child, growing up in Southern California, Wendy showed horses in stock saddle seat, western pleasure, and English jumping. She is a certified Linda Tellington Jones practitioner for TTeam and a certified therapeutic riding instructor through NARHA. Wendy is an ordained minister working independently. She is a founding member of the Hospice of the Wood River Valley and the Animal Hospice for Compassionate Crossings. She has been at Sagebrush for ten years, and she now manages all of the different therapeutic riding programs.
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| | Kelly Cole |
| | Riding Instructor |
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 | Kelly's focus at the Sagebrush is teaching able-bodied equestrians and assisting with SETCH programs. Kelly has competed in cutting and ski joring events. In 2004 Kelly was the Idaho Women's Ski Joring Champion! Three of her horses, Camo, Otis and Raider, are used in the therapeutic riding program. |
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| | Lindsey Jameson |
| | Therapeutic Riding Instructor |
| | Lindsey joined the Sagebrush team in 2005 and became a certified therapeutic riding instructor through NARHA in February 2006. Her prior work experience includes teaching western horseback riding, mentoring "at risk" youth, and leading outdoor education trips. She graduated from Colby College in 2003 with the independent major "Nature and Nurture in the Human Condition", with a focus on Biology and Psychology. She grew up riding horses in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains, and competing in Jumping and Dressage.
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| | Joan Heinz |
| | Therapeutic Riding Instructor |
| | Joan came to Sagebrush the summer of 2007 after earning a BS in Equine Studies/Therapeutic Riding Instruction with a minor in Psychology from Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana. She earned her NARHA certification as a therapeutic riding instructor in March 2007. Joan grew up around horses. As a child, she followed her father through the mountains inspecting trails for the Forest Service. She continued the tradition with her own children, covering most of the Flattops Wilderness and Brown's Park areas of northwestern Colorado on horseback. She was active in 4-H as a child and with her own children. She coached for a nationally competitive vaulting team and was successful at both the trot and canter levels in individual, pas de duex and team events. As well as riding and packing in the mountains, Joan enjoys jumping and hunt seat equitation. At Sagebrush Joan oversees the maintenance of our 22 therapy horses!
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| | Deidrie Lindsey |
| | Therapeutic Riding Instructor |
| | Deidrie joined the Sagebrush team in September 2007. She is a Certified Equine Assisted Psychotherapist through EAGALA, and a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor II in the State of Idaho. She has a lifetime of horse experience, including owning and training horses in western pleasure, trail, reining, gymkhana, English pleasure, jumping and eventing. She has worked rehabilitating injured race horses. She has ten years experience counseling adolescents and adults.
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| | Ashlee Mussard |
| | Therapeutic Riding Instructor |
| | Ashlee grew up in Dillon, Montana where she was involved in 4-H and rodeo. She competed in all rodeo events, Western Horsemanship and various other 4-H projects. She also competed in the California Gymkhana Association and numerous rodeo associations in Arizona. In August 2006, Ashlee spent six weeks at the Equest Program in Wylie, Texas completing a therapeutic riding instruction program and becoming certified through NARHA. She has since taught for the Butte Special Riders summer program and the Bitterroot Therapeutic Riding Program. During her free time, Ashlee enjoys starting colts and running barrels.
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| | Lisa Scales |
| | Therapeutic Riding Instructor |
| | Lisa started working at Sagebrush in 1998, and in 2006 took time off to have her daughter, Ripley. She is a certified instructor through NARHA. For the summer of 2008 she is back part-time teaching therapeutic riding lessons.
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| | Carlos Araya |
| | Facility Manager |
| | Carlos started working at Sagebrush in April 2008. He grew up in Chile helping his father who was an equine veterinarian. He has experience guiding pack and fly-fishing trips and working with at-risk youth.
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| | Esther Ochsman |
| | President |
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| | Ann Leonardo |
| | Executive Vice President and Treasurer |
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| | Cheri Schenkar |
| | Vice President for Operations |
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| | Mary Ahern |
| | Vice President for Governance |
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| | Lynn Kaplan |
| | Secretary |
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| | Leslie Benz |
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| | Patty Carter |
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| | Bob Dittmer |
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| | Janie Flammer |
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| | John McDonald |
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| | Susan Passovoy |
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| | Carol Nie |
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| | Elaine Shusterman |
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| | Scott Porter |
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| | Teri Szombathy |
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