USEA Convention Program

29 convention speakers Commonwealth Dressage and Combined Training Association (CDCTA) in Northern Virginia, ser ving on the Board of Directors as treasurer, budget chair and secretar y. She was organizer of the original CDCTA Spring Horse Trials at Commonwealth Park, and has been involved as rider, volunteer, coordinator or official in almost ever y CDCTA horse trial. Janet has been CDCTA's Affiliate Representative to USEA since 2004, and is also the Affiliate Coordinator for both Area II and USEA, where she is also co-chair of the Membership Committee. A licensed "r" Eventing TD, Janet keeps her horses (four at the moment, aged six to 35) at home while working full time in IT/Telephony. ANN HALLER Ann Haller is a well-travelled "Army Brat" with a passion for people, horses and the outdoors. Her aunt, who had Ann riding on her first horse at the age of 3, instilled her love of horses. Ann's riding experiences are as varied as the places she and her family lived, but a central theme growing up was the Pony Club. Fox hunting, equitation, show hunters, eventing, western horsemanship, 4-H, vaulting and trail riding are all integral to Ann's patchwork quilt of horsemanship. Ann is a graduate H-A pony clubber from Hood Pony Club (Texas), having been a member of more than half a dozen pony clubs. She has continued to be involved in Pony Club for over 25 years as an instructor, clinician, coach, National Examiner, Chief Horse Management Judge, RIC, HMO, past member of the USPC National Eventing and Horse Management Committees, and past member of the USPC Board of Governors. In 2004, Ann was asked to coach the USPC International Show Jumping Exchange Team that went to Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2006, Ann was inducted into the USPC Academy of Achievement. MARK HART Dr. Mark Hart is on the Board of the USEA Foundation, co-chairs the USEA Development Committee and is an immediate past member of the USEA Board of Governors and Executive Committee ser ving as Vice President of Membership and Program Development, the USEA Equine Cardiovascular Task Force and USEA Area VII Council. He currently chairs the USEF Eventing Owners Task Force, ser ves on the USEF Safety Committee and is the USEF Team Physician. He is a human cardiologist practicing in Portland, Oregon and got involved in the sport of eventing years ago through his daughter as an "eventing dad." Dr. Hart also had the incredible experience of co-owning, with Amy and Greg Tr yon, Poggio II who competed for Team USA on multiple Olympic and World Equestrian Games Teams. His main objective is supporting the USEA so it can continue to ser ve the diverse needs of its many different members as the sport of eventing evolves and continue to foster an inclusive atmosphere that makes eventing special. SUE HERSHEY Sue has ridden since the age of 10, fox hunting as a teenager with the Genesee Valley Hunt (NY) Hounds, one of the oldest sustained hunts in the U.S. She also was a member of the Genesee Valley Hunt Pony Club, competing in rallies and event competitions and finishing as an "A." After completing college and graduate school, she worked for 30 years in the regular world as a high school teacher and the school/college counselor at The Winchester Thurston School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After she convinced her husband that their two small children could not learn to really ride unless their ponies were close to them, horses have lived with them ever since on their suburban property just outside of the city. Having evented with success through

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