USEA Convention Program

29 C O N V E N T I O N S P E A K E R S founding member of the Masterson Park Equestrian Trust Foundation. He is also a member of the USEF Connemara Committee and sits on the American Connemara Association Board of Governors. Wayne currently competes in in-hand, dressage, and eventing with three fifth-generation homebreds. DAWN ROBBINS Dawn Robbins is an amateur eventer from Ojai, California. She began eventing later in life and has ridden through the Intermediate level. She currently rides her own 15-year-old off-the-track Thoroughbred at the Preliminary level and is aiming toward a one-star in 2019. Dawn is a private consultant in the field of Geographic Information Systems, a sector of Information Technology. In addition to her day job, she is quite busy with a project called 'Equimaps', involving course mapping for event organizers. Dawn has been on the Area VI Council as the Adult Rider Coordinator, and she currently serves as the national Adult Rider Committee Co-Chair and sits on the Executive Committee of the USEA Board of Governors. Dawn is married to her non-horsey, supportive, and very understanding husband, Mark, who is a pilot, bridge, and golf enthusiast, and they share their home with an energetic Jack Russell mix named Wolfgang. WAYLON ROBERTS An Ontario, Canada native, Waylon Roberts' passion for riding developed growing up at Dreamcrest Farm with his Olympian parents Kelly Plitz and Ian Roberts. In 2008, Waylon completed his first four-star at Rolex Kentucky CCI4* and since then he's brought numerous horses through the levels of eventing. Waylon has trained with some of the world's top international riders including John Whitaker, Oliver Townend, Tiny Clapham, and Phillip Dutton. Now based in Pennsylvania, Waylon has placed in the top 10 at every YEH Championships he's competed in, including a fourth and fifth place finish in the 2018 USEA YEH East Coast 5-year-old Championship. In 2018 he completed the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI4* with Kelecyn Cognac, Great Meadow International FEI Nations Cup CICO3*, Fair Hill International CCI3* Championships with Lancaster, and YEH Championships with UNanimous and Café Noir. MORGAN ROWSELL Morgan Rowsell is a leading, licensed cross-country course designer and builder. He currently works with some of the most important competitive events and equestrian training facilities in the U.S. Morgan began his career working for – and then alongside – many of the most respected names in the cross-country world, including John Williams, Mark Phillips, Mike Etherington-Smith, Tommy Brennan, and Tremaine Cooper. Having learned the ropes from the best, Morgan went on to complete the rigorous intellectual and practical accreditations necessary to becoming an independent designer. Now successful in his own right, his experience includes projects in the US, Ireland, and Latin America. Morgan is also an experienced equestrian, who enjoys eventing, fox-hunting, polo, and show jumping. Morgan currently serves as the USEA Area II representative on the USEA Board of Governors. He is married to Virginia Jenkins Rowsell, an Advanced Rider and former United States Equestrian Team (USET) competitor. They live with their two children in New Jersey. BRIAN SABO Born into a West Hills Hunt family, Brian Sabo was quickly immersed into the U.S. Pony Club system at Woodland Hills Pony Club with Hilda Gurney. In 1974,

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