/TheEquiery

@equiery

your Maryland Horse Council Publication

The Equiery is published 12 times a year (monthly), and is distributed free at various points of sale and service throughout Maryland. To find your nearest yt6 distributor, visit  www.equiery.com/distributors.  Contact us for more information on equestrian services in Maryland.
1-800-244-9580 / 410-489-7826
info@equiery.com
www.equiery.com
P.O. Box 610 /
15928 Frederick Road
Lisbon, MD 21765

EQUIERY STAFF
Editor-in-Chief/Art Director
Katherine Rizzo
katherine.rizzo@equiery.com
Associate Publisher/Ad Sales
Tracy McKenna
tracy.mckenna@equiery.com
Marketing Coordinator
Emily Nessel
emily.nessel@equiery.com
Bookkeeping
Carolyn Del Grosso
carolyn@equiery.com
Advertising Design
Peggy Ingles & Kristen Barth

Free home delivery of  The Equiery print edition is included with a Maryland Horse Council membership.
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Membership Coordinator
Emily Nessel
membership@mdhorsecouncil.org

Our Sponsors
B&D Builders
MidAtlantic Farm Credit
Paradise Energy Solutions
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation
MD Horse Trials at Loch Moy Farm
The Right Horse Initiative

One Common Bond - The Horse  •  One Common Voice -
THE Maryland Horse Council
As a grassroots membership-based organization, the mission of the Maryland Horse Council is to unify and serve Maryland’s diverse community of equine owners and enthusiasts and horse-related industries and businesses for the following purposes:
• Improve the lives and welfare of horses and horse people in Maryland
• Improve and maintain lands related to horses (including but not limited to farmland,  parkland and open space)
• Enhance existing and create new networks within the community
• Enhance internal communication within the community
• Provide a unified voice to state legislators and regulators
• Provide a template for state-level relationships that can be executed at the county-level  by MHC members

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee meets monthly or more often to oversee the daily business affairs of the Maryland Horse Council, including its related entities The Equiery, the Maryland Equine Transition  Service, the MHC PAC, and the newly established MHC Foundation.

Neil Agate, President
Ahesahmahk Dahn, Treasurer
Crystal Brumme Pickett, Acting Secretary
Erica Lancaster
Corinne Pouliquen
Kimberly K. Egan
Jane Seigler
Carolann Sharpe

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors meets quarterly, determines policies and elects the Officers and Executive Committee.
Terms July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2021
Directors Representing Associations
Christy Clagett, Maryland Association for Wildlife Conservation
Erin Ochoa, Days End Farm Horse Rescue
Directors Representing Industry Professionals
Directors Representing Individual Members

Ahesahmahk Dahn, City Ranch
Renee Dixon, Freedom Hills Therapeutic RC
Carolyn Krome, Persimmon Tree Farm
Crystal Brumme Pickett, FreeStyle Marketing
Corinne Pouliquen, Park Overlook Farm
Pete Radue, Damascus Equine Associates
Jane Seigler, Dressage at Sundown
Keith Wills, MidAtlantic Farm Credit

Neil Agate
John Blackburn
Amy Burk
Jordyn Egan
Mike Erskine
Royce Herman
Erica Lancaster
Katie Nechamkin
Jennifer Purcell
Bill Reightler
Jane Thery
Regina Welsh

MHC FOUNDATION/MARYLAND EQUINE TRANSITION SERVICE

Initial Interim Board of Directors
Carrie Hull
Neil Agate
Jane Seigler
Staff
Brittney Vallot, Program Consultant
Emily Stakem, Program Coordinator
Katy Whipple, Assessment Specialist
Jessica Avila-Franco, Development Officer