USEA Convention Program

11 usea board of governors show office. She has a strong interest in course design and worked with Tremaine Cooper and Eric Bull on the design and construction of the courses at Longview. After her retirement six years ago, Denise wanted to increase her level of giving back to the sport and became Chair of Area IV. She now continues competing and supporting the USEA and eventing through her ser vice on the USEA Board of Governors. AREA V - DEBRA DEALCUAZ (V.P. OF AREA AFFAIRS) Debra Dealcuaz is an amateur rider from North Texas who has been riding since she was 2 years old. She ser ved on the board of the North Texas Eventing Association for eight years, three of them as President and two as Treasurer. She joined the USEA Board of Governors in 2014 and does double duty as she also ser ves as the Area V Treasurer. Debra is a member of the USEA Administration and Finance Committee and is Chair of the Area Affairs Committee. Her lifelong passion for the sport resulted in her becoming a "r" Technical Delegate in 2005. AREA VI - ERIC MARKELL Eric Markell is founder and CEO of Markell & Company LLC, a business advisor y ser vice specializing in business strategy. Eric is a retired senior executive of Puget Sound Energy where he held positions as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Resources Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. Eric is a member of the Board of Directors of ENMAX Corporation, a Calgar y-based power company, and has been a member of the Board of Directors of The Hudson Renewable Energy Institute in New York since 2013. Eric, his wife Ellen Ahearn and their daughter Alex Ahearn, have been continuously involved in competitive eventing since 2004. They have progressed together in the sport through leasing and ownership of a series of horses, including their current ownership of the ver y successful German Sport Horse gelding, Mai Baum. In 2016 Eric established MB Group LLC that acquired MB MaiBlume, a 7-year-old German Sport horse mare, and MB MaiStein, a 4-year-old Oldenberg gelding. Eric has been a regular attendee and supporter of events in both Areas VI and VII, and through his family's ongoing close relationship with, and support for Tamra Smith, has taken on the challenge to support their three horses in high performance competition. AREA VII - JONATHAN ELLIOTT (ORGANIZERS' REPRESENTATIVE AND V.P. OF COMPETITIONS) Jonathan Elliott has been in the sport of eventing for over 20 years. Starting with the NAJYRC he competed three times, placing eighth in 1992 and winning individual silver in 1995. Jonathan was also the 1996 recipient of the Lionel Guerrand-Hermes Memorial Award, a USET 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 both the Burghley and Rolex CCI4*s. Currently Jonathan and his wife Suzy run Aspen Farms in Washington, where they host two USEA Horse Trials, offering Beginner Novice through Advanced. Jonathan is an ICP certified instructor, USEA Board of Governors and Executive Committee member, USEA V.P. of Competitions, chairs the USEA Organizers Committee and the USEF Calendar Working Group, a member of the USEF Eventing Sport Committee, a member of the USEA Competitions, Rules, and Calendar Committee, a member of the USEF Emerging Athletes Working Group, has coached the Area VII YR Team, and is a former chair of the USEA's Professional Horseman's Council.

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