USEA Convention Program

28 the Millstreet CCI4*-S. In addition to working with young riders, Erik has had the privilege to coach greats such as Mark Todd, Andrew Nicholson, Caroline Powell, and Blyth Tait. With these athletes the New Zealand team has won individual and team medals at World Championships and Olympic Games. During Erik's years with the New Zealand team, five different riders won 10 CCI5*-L events around the world, and in 2013 the New Zealand riders won every CCI4* in the northern hemisphere under his leadership. Prior to working with New Zealand, Erik worked with the Swedish Eventing Team as coach and took on the responsibility of putting together a high performance training program. He was commissioned by the Swedish Olympic Committee to specifically coach Sara Algottson, individual silver medalist at the 2012 Olympics in London, and Linda Algottson, double World Cup Final winner and two-time European Championship individual silver medalist. Erik has had the fortune to work with and learn from many of the best equestrian coaches in the world, including eventers Mark Todd and Vaughn Jefferie; show jumpers George Morris, Henk Nooren, and Luis Alvera Cevera; and dressage riders Carl Hester, Kyra Kyrklund, Isobel Wessels, and Steven Clarke. Harold "Tink" Eichell Harold "Tink" Eichell is secretary of the USEA Board of Governors, serves on the Executive Committee, the Administration and Finance Committee, and the USEA Area VIII Council. He is also Treasurer and on the Board of the USEA Foundation. Harold has been an active volunteer in Areas I and VIII for the past 35 years, helping with everything from course design and building to announcing to serving as an Area Steward at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. He enjoyed competing at the Novice level for many years. Harold had a long business career in general management and finance with large corporations and small entrepreneurial enterprises. He and his wife, Nanette, own and live on a small horse farm, with three active event riders, in Georgetown, Kentucky. Jonathan Elliott Jonathan Elliott has been in the sport of eventing for over 20 years. He competed at the North American Junior/Young Rider Championships three times, placing eighth in 1992 and winning a silver medal in 1995. Jonathan was also the 1996 recipient of the Lionel Guerrand-Hermes Memorial Award, a United States Equestrian Team award for a young rider who has best represented the Team's ideals of horsemanship and sportsmanship across all three disciplines. He continued in the sport, competing at the Burghley Horse Trials and Kentucky Three-Day Event. Currently, Jonathan and his wife, Suzy, and their three children, Avery, Quinn, and Landon, run Aspen Farms in Washington, where they host two USEA recognized events offering Beginner Novice through Advanced. Jonathan is an ICP Certified Instructor; chair of the USEA Organizers Committee and the USEF Calendar Working Group; a member of the USEF Eventing Sport Committee and USEF Emerging Athletes Working Group; a member of the USEA Competitions, Rules, and Calendar Committee; has coached the Area VII Young Rider Team; is the Area VII Organizer Representative; and has served as the chair of the Professional Horseman's Council. Dave Emmons David along with his late wife, Sue, organized Hunters Run Horse Trials in Metamora, Michigan for 24 years with their last event in 2014. David is an "r" technical delegate. Hunters Run Horse Trial used the American Horse Trials Foundation for many years to improve their courses and improve their event. Donna Fields Donna Field has been working with the American Horse Trials Foundation since the fall of 1987. In 1995 she was elected Executive Director.

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