New chair for Dressage Canada
Sarah Bradley has been named the novel chair of Dressage Canada, joining 2 novel board members inward adding strength to the organisation’s sport together with trouble organization experience.
Bradley, of Roberts Creek, BC, is currently the chair of the Equine Canada’s (EC) Bylaws & Governance Committee which is task a review of EC’s bylaws. She has also served equally a manager on the EC Board, president of Horse Council British Columbia, president of Horse Trials British Columbia together with chair of Equine Canada Provinces Council.
“I am honored yesteryear the chance to operate alongside the Dressage Canada Board equally they proceed to educate into an effective, collaborative team, together with await frontward to the side yesteryear side nine months,” said Bradley.
“Many thank y'all become to Rénee Young for all her fourth dimension together with attention during her term equally chair.”
Bradley volition last taking over the reins from Michael Gallagher, Equine Canada president, together with Kerri McGregor, Equine Canada Sport Council chair, who convey been serving equally Dressage Canada’s interim co-chairs spell the Sport Council Working Group completed their written report together with recommendations.
Peggy Hambly, chair of Sport Council Working Group, said it had been a pleasance to operate alongside the people on the working group. “The expertise is near overwhelming. We striking our pace inward our starting fourth dimension coming together together with convey non lost whatever momentum. Each fellow member has been extremely of import inward all recommendations. It is our sincere promise that non alone dressage benefits from this practise only each together with every discipline.”
Equine Canada Sport Council chair Kerri McGregor, said she and Gallagher had enjoyed working alongside Dressage Canada over the concluding few months. “We are real encouraged yesteryear both the dedication together with professionalism of the volunteers involved, together with at how rapidly changes convey been implemented. We give thank y'all everyone for beingness together with therefore welcoming to us, together with await frontward to their continuing accomplishments.”
Gallagher said: “I intend nosotros convey a superb grouping of volunteers inside Dressage Canada that volition deed our sport forward.”
In improver to the seat of chair, Dressage Canada has likewise filled 2 vacancies on the Board. In answer to community feedback provided inward early on 2012 to the Sport Council Working Group, Dressage Canada sought to fill upward these vacancies alongside individuals who possess rigid trouble organization acumen together with commission experience. Dressage Canada’s Athletes Council was likewise consulted during this process, equally the Board felt that input from an private who has unopen sense equally an possessor of a squad Equus caballus would furnish an of import perspective.
Joining the board is Rebecca Schoenhardt, of Georgetown, ON, together with Michael Horgan, of Toronto, ON.
Schoenhardt, a graduate from the North American Junior together with Young Rider Championships ranks together with one-time Canadian Equestrian Team listed athlete, is currently working towards her MBA at the prestigious Schulich School of Business.
Horgan is the electrical flow chairman of The Hurley Group, Canada together with president of Hurley of America Inc. His substantial sense inward community service includes past-director of the Sunnybrook Foundation of the Sunnybrook Health Services Centre together with governor of Havergal College. Horgan’s wife, Mary Ellen Horgan, is the possessor of Winston, Tina Irwin’s silvery medal winning Equus caballus at the 2011 Pan American Games, together with both are dedicated supporters of dressage sport inward Canada.
Their appointed price volition cease Dec 31, 2012, at which request the vacancies volition no longer exist. 2013 volition last the starting fourth dimension amount yr nether Dressage Canada’s novel governance system, a transition that began inward early on 2011 together with volition final result inward the Dressage Canada Board beingness wholly populated yesteryear the commission chairs.
Dressage Canada likewise welcomes Olympic bronze medalist Gina Smith to her novel business office equally chair of the High Performance Committee. Many volition already last familiar alongside Smith non alone from her long listing of accomplishments inward the contest ring, only likewise inside her business office alongside the Canadian Dressage Team equally assistant chef d’équipe for the 2010 World Equestrian Games together with chef d’équipe for the 2011 Pan American Games Silver medal squad together with the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games Team.
Bradley, Schoenhardt, Horgan together with Smith volition last joining existing Dressage Canada Board members:
Wendy Christoff — chair, Coaching Committee,
Joanna Crilly — chair, Rules Committee,
MH Lessard — chair, Competitions Committee,
Joan McCartney — chair, Officials Committee,
Nancy MacLachlan — Athlete Council Representative,
Kristy Nahirniak — chair, Development Committee, and
Rénee Young — Director-at-Large.
A 2nd Athlete Council Representative is to last identified.
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