Experience

General Background/Competition & Coaching Experience

United States Pony Club Membership

  • Greenville Foothills Pony Club member 1995-1998
  • Western North Carolina Pony Club 1999-2001
  • Lifetime USPC membership 2001-present
  • Achieved B & HA certification in 2001 when the age limit for USPC was 21.

USPC Experience

  • Graduate HA.
  • USPC National Examiner since 2008.
  • Qualified to be an examiner for the HB & HA, Eventing C3, B, and A, Dressage C3, B, and A, and Show Jumping C3 (in addition to local levels).
  • Prepped multiple candidates through the HA and A level.
  • Served as a joint Carolina Region Regional Instructional Coordinator (RIC) 2013-2023, in charge of organizing the USPC national certifications for the Carolina Region in this role.
  • Currently serving on the USPC D-A Curriculum Committee and helped write the 2024 edition of the USPC Standards of Proficiency.
  • Extensive involvement with the USPC Interpacific Exchange:
    • Coach for the USPC IPE Team: Hong Kong 2010, New Zealand 2011, Australia 2013, Canada 2015
    • Co-organizer for IPE when USPC hosted it in the Carolinas in 2017
    • Team Manager for USPC IPE Team in Hong Kong 2019 when USPC won the Nation’s Cup
    • Personal students represented IPE in 2010, 2017, and Nation’s Cup winning team in 2023

Competition Experience

  • Preliminary level Eventing
  • Second level Dressage
  • 1.10 meter Jumpers
  • Local level Hunter/Equitation
  • Fox Hunting experience: Live and drag hunts with foxhunts in South Carolina, North Carolina, and California.

Training

Developed multiple young horses through Training level eventing, lower level dressage, foxhunting, and H/J. Experience restarting/reschooling, troubleshooting, and tuning up horses of all levels in multiple disciplines.

Coaching Experience

Eventing Coaching

  • National levels: Starter level through Intermediate level
  • FEI level: Two star level

Dressage Coaching

  • USDF Intro through Third level
  • Coached the Furman University Intercollegiate Dressage Team in 2011-2012.

Teaching Experience

I began teaching riding lessons in 2000 while in college. My students have ranged from children as young as five years old to adults in their 70’s, and have been a mix of recreational/pleasure riders as well as riders competing in dressage, eventing, show jumping, hunters, equitation, fox hunting, mounted archery, mounted games, tetrathlon, western dressage, and working equitation. Have had riders qualify and compete at USEA Area Championships, American Eventing Championships, USDF Regional Championships, USPC Championships, Interpacific Exchange teams, International Mounted Games Exchange teams, International Foxhunting Exchange teams, and International Tetrathlon Exchange teams.

Farm Management Experience

Barn Manager for Riverbend Equestrian Park in Greenville, SC 2011-2022. Ran day to day operations of the 15 horse, 70 acre facility. Had a 30+ lesson/week lesson program. Had boarders and school horses. Hosted Pony Club activities, horse shows, clinics, non horse related events.