Get to know your 2024-2025 PCHA Board of Directors

Owner/ Trainer Whitethorne, LLC. Imports and sells/leases top-quality hunters and jumpers. Creator of American Tradition of Excellence Class. Hosts clinics with top industry professionals at her home farm. Has competed at the grand prix level in the U.S. and Canada with her jumpers and locally in the dressage world.

PCHA 1st Vice President and past President (1989-1990). First woman President. Has served on the PCHA Board for over 35 years. Member of the PCA Executive Committee, Western and Reining Committee and Western and Reining AmateurCommittee. Has shown western horses for most of her life. Was Chairman of the PCHA Jack and Linda Baker Reining Classic for the past 12 years and is now Co-Chair with Dana Avila. Along with Renee Baker, she has been on the Awards Committee for the past 10 years. She and Renee are responsible for ordering and designing the year-end award buckles.

I’ve been involved in the hunter/jumper/equitation disciplines since I was a teenager. I started with Judy Martin and have worked with many trainers in the past 30 years. I’ve had success in showing and training top hunters and jumpers as well as equitation riders. I also
am venturing into the reining world.

PCHA member for 28 years. Served on PCHA Board and as Secretary for numerous years. Past Co-Chair and Vice-Chair of the Zone 10 Hunter Committee. Zone 10 Jumper Committee coordinator for Young Riders, Prix des States and Pony Jumper Championships. She has a degree in Agricultural Business Management. Holds licenses as USEF Jumper Judge and Steward, FEI Jumper and Vaulting Steward. Sally has been associated with the horse show industry for the past 32 years as a show secretary and manager. Currently produces her shows at Sonoma Horse Park in
Petaluma, CA. Enjoys working on the PCHA Board and Zone 10 Committee.

Amateur-Owner exhibitor on the PCHA Circuit. Has been an owner/rider in shows for over 35 years. Winner LAHSA, Foxfield, PCHA Adult Horsemanship Class Finals and PHA West Equitation Championships. Graduate of California State University-Northridge with a degree in Business administration and a specialty in accounting.

After growing up riding in Northern California, my husband and I started Shady Lane Farm, a successful training stable in the SF East Bay. We focus primarily on jumpers, but we also breed a few young horses every year. We value both top-level competitions as well as an affordable way to start young horses and riders. I am motivated to be on the PCHA board to give back to our horse community that has given me so much over the past 20 years. I believe that we live in one of the most beautiful places in the world, and we have the potential to host some of the best horse shows in the world. I hope that through PCHA, we can work to promote better sport as well as work to make the entry-level end of our sport more affordable.

Trainer for over 40 years. Has business in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. PCHA Grand Prix Rider of the Year 1984,1987, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995. Has been inducted into the show jumping hall of fame as well as the show hunter hall of fame.

I was raised in San Diego County and competed at PCHA shows through my junior and professional career in the Hunter/Jumper community. I have ridden and coached multiple PCHA Year End and Medal Final Champions. I am currently a member of the CPHA board. I would like to be involved in the continuing growth and improvement of our sport on the Pacific Coast.

Growing up on a cattle/Quarter Horse ranch in Colorado, we raised and competed reining and cutting horses, showing at Texas A&M, Colorado Stock show and other venues. Arriving in California and falling in love with jumping horses, I opened a very successful Hunter-Jumper barn in Orange County which built quickly to 82 horses in training before I got hurt and sold it to Robert Ridland. Taking Teams all over the world to compete was a love and passion – Brussels, Bogota, Canada, Antwerp etc. Governance experience includes Executive Director for West Coast Active Riders for 8 years, Board of Directors for California Professional Horsemen 9 years (currently South Vice President), Executive Director Equestrian Young Professionals 7 years, Zone 10 Hunter-Jumper committee member CHAIR or CO-CHAIR 2008-2021 and am really proud to have been appointed by the US Olympic Committee to 1996 USOC Show Jumping Director of the Olympic Festival.

I have ridden and competed 35+ years and I have always enjoyed what the show world has offered me and I believe it is important to give back. I served on the NorCal Hunter Jumper board for over ten years as Secretary. I would like to continue to support our sport in any way I can. I have been competing as an amateur for over 20 years in the AO Hunters, AO Jumpers and Equitation divisions. I would like to support the Amateur voice with the PCHA and be an advocate for all of the Amateur divisions.

I have been a PCHA member for over 50 years. I have managed horse
shows for over 35 years and served on the PCHA Board for over 20 years. A cum laude graduate of UCLA and have owned and operated Equestrian Enterprises, INC since 1989. I have competed as a junior and amateur-owner hunter/jumper competitor and won PCHA championships. I am also a USEF and FEI licensed Steward.

Kelly has professionally trained horses and riders for more than 30 years. She specializes in hunters, jumpers and equitation. Kelly is widely recognized for developing confident, elegantly precise riders and for bringing out the best performance in her horses. In addition to successfully competing at horse shows throughout Northern and Southern California, Kelly’s accomplishments include: Zone 10 Chef d’Equipe at NAYRC in Lexington, KY (silver medial jr team), produced many winners of regional Medal Finals (Nor Cal, CPHA, PCHA, WCE) coached students to several top ten finishes in the Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search West Coast Finals and achieved numerous Zone 10 and PCHA year-end award Championships with students and horses at all levels

I have been riding all breeds of western and English-type horses for the past 45 years. I have been judging western and English open horse shows for the past 35 years and designing trail courses for the past 30 years. I am currently a registered judge with USEF in the western division, reining division and Morgan horse division. I also hold an ETI judges card. I have
also served on the Board of Directors for PCHA for the past 22 years as well as on the Western Committee. I have been vice-chairman of the western council for USEF, also serving on the awards committee for USEF. I have been on these committees for 23 plus years. Also, a CPHA Western Director, along with being a past CRHA Director. Carry membership cards in the following organizations: USEF, PCHA, NRHA, IAHA, AQHA, PCQHA, NRHP, QHA Professional Horseman, CRHA, CPHA-western, AMHA, ETI and NSBA.

Owner/operator of Track One Events, an event management exhibitor and ranch owner. An active horse show secretary for the past 19 years in multiple rated horse shows throughout the country. Organizational partner in several fundraising events directly related with the equestrian industry.

Professional trainer for 30+ years. Worked for PCHA office 10 years. On the board for numerous years. Multiple championships in PCHA, AQHA and APHA. Top 10 at all 3 worlds.

PCHA member for over 20 years, PCHA Board (2012 – present), Western Show Manager PCHA/LSAC (2003 – 2022), LSAC show Board (2003 – present), Gold Coast Western Manager (2023 – present). Horse Show participant showing in the Trail Divisions (2000 – present). Retired from City of Rancho Palos Verdes after 46+ years. Hobbies include enjoying time with Family and Friends, riding horses and house-sitting animals while owners are away on vacations.