Per the Maryland Horse Council's bylaws the elections of a slate of Board emebers is currently underway. All members in good standing of the Maryland Horse Council are invited to click on the link below and vote in the elections for the Council's Board of Directors. Please vote before midnight on Friday November 13th, 2020.
After extensive evaluation the Nominating Committee has put forward the following slate of members to serve on the Board of Directors of the Maryland Horse Council from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023:
Nominee
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Representing
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Background information
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Neil Agate
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Individuals
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Private horse owner; founder and owner of business technology firm Four Gate LLC and web/internet company ASAPSites.com; Board member of Congressional Polo Club, delegate for the United States Polo Association; current President of the Maryland Horse Council.
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Ahesamahk Dahn
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Industry Professionals
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Founder and Exec. Director the charitable riding program “The City Ranch” in Baltimore; former US Army; Buffalo Soldier 10th Calvary Regiment re-enactor; Current Treasurer of Maryland Horse Council
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Dawn Edgerton-Cameron
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Individuals
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Private horse owner and eventer, financial advisor for Edward Jones,
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Jordyn Egan
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Associations
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Director of Special Projects for the Maryland Horse Industry Foundation and Assistant Director of Maryland Million Ltd.
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Kim Egan
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Individuals
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Private horse owner active in eventing, dressage and foxhunting; attorney, retired partner from DLA Piper, LLP with focus on food and drug regulation; founder Salt Box Consulting; serves on Maryland Horse Council Executive and Legislative Committees.
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Royce Herman
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Individuals
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Private horse owner; retired sales executive from Sysco; trail rider and mounted cowboy shooting; gunsmith; Board member Tuckahoe Equestrian Center; former treasurer of Maryland Horse Council; serves on Maryland Horse Council Political Action Committee
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Erica Lancaster
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Individuals
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Riding instructor, horse owner; Real Estate agent with Long & Foster; Maryland Hospitality Coordinator; Current member of the Maryland Horse Council Executive, Legislative and Political Action Committees.
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Crystal Brumme Pickett
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Industry Professionals
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Founder and Former publisher of The Equiery; owner of East View (boarding retired horses); treasurer of the Maryland Steeplechase Assoc.; Joint Master of the Howard County-Iron Bridge Hounds; Board member of the Maryland Ag Counil; LEAD Maryland fellow; Acting Secretary of the Maryland Horse Council
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Corinne Pouliquen
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Industry Professionals
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Owner of Park Overlook Farm (trail rides, pony parties). Intellectual property attorney, partner at Berenato & White, LLC; president of the Maryland State Bar Ag Law Section; member of Maryland Horse Council Executive and Legislative Committees
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Jane Seigler
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Industry Professionals
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Owner of Dressage at Sundown training farm; co-founder and former owner of Reddemeade Equestrian Center and Equishare; former board member of the Potomac Valley Dressage Association; retired attorney from Wald, Harkrader & Ross, specializing in federal energy regulatory matters; immediate past president of Maryland Horse Council; current member or chair of Maryland Horse Council Executive, Legislative and Business Networking Committees.
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Carolann Sharp
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Individuals
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Private horse owner; teacher in Baltimore County schools; active member of League of Maryland Horsemen, Trail Riders of Today; Current member of the Maryland Horse Council Executive Committee.
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Jane Thery
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Individuals
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Horse owner; founder of Green Horse Enterprises, LLC; retired from Organization of American States where she provided support for the Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiations; directed and managed the economic portfolio of the Summits of the Americas Secretariat, including trade, development, investment and finance; consulted for the Inter-American Development Bank, The Rockefeller Foundation, and The Pew Charitable Trusts; Maryland Horse Council Farm Stewardship Committee Chair
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Keith Wills
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Industry Professionals
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Recovering horse owner, Loan Officer with Mid-Atlantic Farm Credit, former director Baltimore County Farm Bureau; councilman for town of Shrewsbury; LEAD Maryland fellow; former treasurer for Maryland Horse Council; current member of Maryland Horse Council Financial Review Committee
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