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40 and two children. They enjoy outdoor activities including bicycling and camping. Dawn Robbins Dawn Robbins is an amateur eventer from Ojai, California. She began eventing later in life and has ridden through the Intermediate level. Dawn is a private consultant in the field 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 on the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors. Dawn is married to her non-horsey, supportive, and very understanding husband Mark, a pilot, bridge, and golf enthusiast, and they share their home with an energetic Jack Russell mix, Wolfgang. Morgan Rowsell Morgan Rowsell is a leading licensed cross-country course designer and builder, currently working with some of the most important U.S. competitive events and equestrian training facilities. Morgan began his career working for – and then alongside – many of the most respected names in the cross-country world, including John Williams, Captain 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 become an independent designer. Now successful in his own right, his experience includes projects in the U.S., Ireland, and Latin America. Morgan is also an experienced equestrian who enjoys eventing, fox hunting, polo, and show jumping. He is married to Virginia Jenkins Rowsell, an Advanced Rider and former United States Equestrian Team competitor. They live with their two children in New Jersey. Alice Sarno Alice Sarno started her love affair with eventing in the late 1960s and has been teaching, competing, and training ever since. She has brought up generations of riders in eventing and maintains relationships with them. In her own competitive career, Alice rode through the Advanced level and had many successes including being the Area X Senior Rider of the Year in 1987 and receiving the USCTA Appaloosa Sport Horse of the Year in 1992 and 1993. She has worn many hats in the eventing world including organizer of the Coconino Horse Trials since 1991, ICP Level III Certified Instructor, Area X Adult Rider Coordinator, Area X Organizer Representative since 2014, as well as currently running numerous schooling shows, unrecognized horse trials, and derbies at Carefree Farms, where she teaches, trains, and rides in Phoenix, Arizona. Alice has a true love and passion for the sport and enjoys the opportunity to utilize her vast experience to support the eventing community on a national level by serving on the Board of Governors. Jerry Schurink Hendrickus "Jerry" Schurink grew up in Shaftsbury, Vermont on his family's Doornhof Farm. The family farm played host to horse trials and dressage shows from 1974-1990, during which Jerry helped host and also competed. Jerry was a member of the 1979 Area I Young Rider gold medal team, coached by Tad Coffin. During college at the University of New Hampshire, he was part of the developing rider program for three years under coach Jack LeGoff at the USET Training Center in Hamilton, Massachusetts. Jerry has been in higher education for over 27 years. He spent 22 of those years at the University of Massachusetts as Head Coach and Director of Equine Studies in the Department of Vet and Animal Sciences. Jerry now

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