Education:
1983 BA Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon.
Major: Business Administration and Home Economics. Minor: Religion.
Career Highlights:
1983-1984 Meier & Frank/May Company (Retail-Clothing). HR-Staffing Coordinator.
1984-1986 Orion Group (multi-line) Insurance. Human Resources Representative.
1986-1989 Woodmere Farm. Managed 60 stall hunter-jumper show barn, organized clinics and schooling shows, hauled horses, arranged for farrier and vet, accounts payable and receivable, taught lessons when instructors were out of town. Property was sold and turned into a housing development.
1986-1997 Columbia Hardwood & Moulding, Inc. Owner/Board member. As one of four owners, managed our family lumber manufacturing operation (as a board of directors with an on site GM). I was the Broker’s primary contact in all aspects of marketing and selling the operating company.
1990-1996 Show Office Assistant Secretary to Barbara Baierle. Worked at A Circuit Hunter/Jumper Shows in Oregon, Washington and BC Canada (8-10 per year).
1990-2009 JEMPAK Partners, LLC/Tigard Central Industrial Park. Property Manager. Complete management of approximately 250,000 square feet of warehouse and office space for lease. Main responsibilities: Advertising, negotiate leases, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, arrange for tenant improvements, maintenance and repairs, capital improvements, tenant and vendor communication, report to owners at partnership meetings. Sold real estate, dissolved partnership.
1991-Present Owner/Manager of Equestrian Events, Inc. dba: Crescendo Farms in Beaverton, Oregon. 36 acre farm has been developed over the years (since 1991) into an Equestrian Education Center. We have 33 stalls and keep 28 horses on the property year round (6 of which are pasture boarders). The extra stalls are for horses participating in clinics and shows put on at Crescendo Farms, or doing occasional lay up care for referrals from our vet. I own three school horses and currently teach 20+ lessons a week (school horse and client lessons) and incorporate training rides on client horses as needed. In addition to Centered Riding Open and Instructor Update clinics, we host clinics in dressage, hunter/jumper and natural horsemanship on a regular basis. Students attend shows in dressage and hunter/jumper disciplines, responsibilities involving coaching at shows, client, entry and equipment organization, horse hauling. Other responsibilities include management of staff, facilities and property, setting a high standard in horse, client and facility care, maintenance and upkeep. Promoting a well balanced and warm atmosphere that contributes to the well being of horse and rider and encourage sportsmanship and support of each other in the education process.
1984 Olympics – Los Angeles, California
1985-88 Northwest Horse Council (now Oregon Hunter-Jumper Association)
1987 Horse Show Management Seminar. Monroe, WA
1988 Assisted Trainer in taking a clients horse to Indoors @ Madison Square Garden
1989 AHSA Convention, Baltimore, Maryland
1990 World Cup Show Jumping. Del Mar, CA (not sure if the year is correct!).
1990 AHSA Convention, Costa Mesa, California
1990 World Equestrian Games, Stockholm, Sweden + Tour with Charles DeKunffy including Germany and Holland
2000 HOST FACILITY: USDF Instructor’s Certification Workshop: Lunging (R.Savedra)
2002 USDF Convention. Portland, OR
2004 NW Equine Expo. Albany, OR
2005 World Cup Dressage and Show Jumping, Las Vegas, Nevada
2005 HOST FACILITY: USDF Instructor’s Certification Workshops (May-July-Oct).
2007 HOST FACILITY: USDF “L” Judges Workshop (April)
2008&9- HOST FACILITY: Arena Driving Trial (October of each year)
2010 World Equestrian Games – Lexington, KY
2011 Audit: USDF “L” Program (A,B & C)
1987-2011 Dawn Ruthven Clinics held 3-4 times a year. Organizer, Rider, Assistant.
1989 Sally Swift CR Clinic (Auditor) Klamath Falls, OR
1990 Sally Swift CR Clinic (Student Rider) Lebanon, OR
1992 Sally Swift CR Instructor Update/Open Clinic (Organizer) Hillsboro, OR
1999 CR Symposium, Wilmington, DE
2000 CR 2 Part Instructors Clinic. Dawn Ruthven/Saundra Code. @ CF
2000-2001 Member, Centered Riding BOT
2001 CR Gathering & BOT Meeting, Brattleboro, VT
2001 CR Update. Saundra Code, Dawn Ruthven, Sally Haney, Sue Leffler. Doylestown, PA
2002 CR Instructors Update Clinic. Dawn Ruthven/Saundra Code @ CF
2003 Alexander Technique 2-day Clinic. Barbara Conable @ CF
2003 Alexander Technique at SweetBriar College, Lynchburg, VA (2 weeks)
2004 CR Instructors Update Clinic. Dawn Ruthven/Peggy Brown. @ CF
2006 AASW Training, Victoria, BC – Equestrian Focus, Demo rider (4 days)
2007 January 07: Living In A Body Workshop (Part 1). @ CF Robyn Avalon
2007 Alexander Alliance Southwest Training Program
2007 August 07: Living In A Body Workshop (Part 1). @ CF Robyn Avalon
2008 January 08: Living In A Body Workshop (Part 1 and 2) @ CF Robyn Avalon
2009 January 09: Living In A Body Workshop (Part 1 and 2) @ CF Robyn Avalon
2009 June & August: CR Instructors Certification Clinic (Host, Organizer) @ CF Dawn Ruthven
2009 August: CR Update Clinic (Host, Organizer, Participant) @ CF Dawn Ruthven
2009 August: Living In A Body Workshop (Part 1). @ CF Robyn Avalon
2012 Alexander Alliance SW/NW Graduate: Certified Alexander Technique Teacher
2013 Lessons & Training with Margarete Tushaus, AT Teacher/Trainer from Germany at Crescendo Farms
2014 Graduate AT Training, Victoria, BC: Robyn Avalon-NM, Sakiko Ishitsubo-Japan, Margarete Tushaus-Germany
Since 1986, in addition to Centered Riding, I have either organized*, attended as a rider or an auditor the following clinics: Hunter Jumper: Judy Richter*, Anne Kursinski*, Kevin Freeman*, John Turner*, George Morris. Dressage: Anne Gribbons, Debbie McDonald. Natural Horsemanship: Dave Williams*, Tom Dorrance, Ray Hunt, Buck Brannaman, Clinton Anderson.