USEA Convention Program

37 with David O'Connor to continue to grow Great Meadow. They succeeded in acquiring the first leg of the FEI Nations Cup of eventing to ever run outside of Europe. Darrin and her husband Bill have two children, Brooke and Wil, who also play polo and ride. Helen Murray Helen Murray grew up in an equestrian family in Hamilton, Massachusetts eventing, pony clubbing, and fox hunting, ultimately competing through the CCI2* level. In 2008, she accepted a position with the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), where she worked in the Marketing and Communications department for six years. In her time at the USEF, Helen covered many of equestrian sports' most prestigious competitions, including serving as the Press Officer for the U.S. teams at the 2012 Paralympic Games and the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Since 2015, Helen has worked for EQSportsNet, managing communications for the company and serving as a content expert and producer during live shows. In 2017 Helen took over as the Executive Director of the Event Riders Association of North America (ERAofNA). Tim Murray Tim Murray grew up fox hunting in Hamilton, Mass. and began eventing in 1970. He has competed through the Intermediate level, but for the last 10 years has focused his riding efforts at buying and retraining off-the-track Thoroughbreds. As his interest in competing diminished, Murray became involved as an eventing official. He obtained his "r" Technical Delegate (TD) license in 2013 and his "R" TD license in 2016. He recently passed his examination to become a FEI TD. Murray has also been active in the administrative side of the sport, serving six years on the USEA Board of Governors and six years as a trustee of the USEA Endowment Trust (now USEA Foundation). For 10 years he co-chaired the USEA Young Riders Committee and is currently a member of the USEA Eventing Licensed Officials Committee. In his non-horse time, Murray is a Trust & Estates lawyer in Boston, Mass. David O'Connor David O'Connor was a member of almost every U.S. Equestrian Team from 1986 until his retirement in 2004 and is one of America's most successful international three-day event riders. In 1995, David won both the Rolex Kentucky Three- Day Event and the Fair Hill CCI3*. The following year David rode Giltedge as a member of the silver medal-winning team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and was fifth individually aboard Custom Made. In 1997, David rode Custom Made to become only the second American to win the Badminton CCI4*. David's performances at the Olympics and Badminton led him to the title of USEA Rider of the Year in 1996 and 1997. At the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, David and Giltedge were members of the gold medal team and were the individual silver medalists. In 2000, David rode Custom Made to win the individual gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He was also a member of the bronze medal team aboard Giltedge, who then went on to win the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event the following year. Two years later, David once again stood on top of the podium as a member of the gold medal-winning team at the World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain. His partner was Giltedge, who with David represented the U.S. Team an outstanding five times. David is now retired from international competition but continues to support the sport by training riders and horses and designing courses across the country. He was the President of the United States Equestrian Federation from 2004-2012. He served as the coach for the Canadian Eventing Team from 2006 through 2012, leading them to silver medals at the 2007 Pan American Games and the 2010 World Equestrian Games. In 2013, he was appointed the Chef d'Equipe of the United States team, a role he held until 2017. In 2018 he became the chair of the FEI Eventing Committee.

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