USEA Convention Program

9 usea board of governors AREA I - KATHERINE COOPER Katherine Cooper lives in Epping, N.H. She has ser ved on the USEA Board of Governors since 2012. Prior to this, she ser ved three years as the Area I Chair. Katherine is the Secretar y of the USEA Foundation and has ser ved on the Foundation Board since 2013. She also ser ves as the chair of the USEA Legal Committee, the Equine Medical Research Committee, and the Nominating Committee. She represented the USEA on the USEF Horse Welfare Initiative Task Force for two years. An attorney, Katherine was a trial lawyer for 15 years working as an assistant attorney general and criminal defense lawyer. She presently works part-time as the Executive Director of the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and part-time as a trainer of horses and riders at Beniah Lane Farm, LLC. An eventer since 1981, Katherine currently competes at the Preliminar y and Novice levels with her two OTTBs. She is also a USEF "r" technical delegate. AREA II - MORGAN ROWSELL Morgan is a leading licensed cross-countr y course designer and builder. He currently works 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-countr y world, including John Williams, 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 necessar y to becoming 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 (USET) competitor. They live with their two children in New Jersey. AREA III - LESLIE LAW (V.P. OF ACTIVE ATHLETES) Leslie Law is well-known as an international event rider. Riding Shear L'Eau he was the individual Olympic gold medalist at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and helped Great Britain earn the team silver medal. Leslie has a long record of major successes including a team silver in the 2000 Olympics, European team gold in 2001, 2003 and 2005, team bronze at the World Equestrian Games in 2002, and second, third, fourth, and fifth places at Badminton CCI4*. Since arriving in the U.S. in 2006 Leslie has racked up a huge list of accomplishments including being a three time winner of the USEA Adequan Gold Cup Final at the American Eventing Championship, Young Event Horse Champion, along with multiple CCI3* and CIC3* wins. He has now become one of the most sought-after coaches and clinicians in the U.S., and acts as the American Developing Riders Coach. Leslie has ser ved the USEA through his work on the Board of Governors, his support of the Young Event Horse program and the Young Riders program. AREA IV - DENISE DAILEY- THOMAS Denise Dailey-Thomas presently lives on a 1,200 acre cattle ranch in Northwest Missouri from which she manages her residential rental properties. Denise spent 35 years working for various television stations or consulting for television groups, a career that fortunately supported her lifelong horse habit. She grew up riding western pleasure horses, and as a young adult was headed for the hunter/jumper discipline when she connected with a trainer who told her that after she ran her first cross-countr y course she would be hooked on eventing. Since that first competition 35 years ago, Denise has competed regularly at the Beginner Novice through Preliminar y levels. Denise was a member of the Kansas City Longview Horse Park Board that helped to raise funds for the all-purpose arenas, new cross-countr y courses and the permanent

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