Steve  has been a horseman since age 10 even though he did not come from an Ag family.  He started by working for free at  Clark’s Riding Stable at Central and the Rio Grande in Albuquerque.  On weekends, his mom would drop him off at sunrise and pick him up at sunset.  He cleaned saddles and picked up manure.  They finally gave him riding lessons for his work. He loved horses and he finally got a horse for Christmas.  He was one of the few boys in the State in the 1950s who rode English.  For the next 70+ years he has been a horseman.  He has been very active in the horse community wherever he lived and is a lifetime member of the New Mexico Horse Council.

Stacey is a proud lifelong resident of New Mexico and currently reside in Roswell. Professionally, she is a Speech Language Pathologist, serving in the Birth to 3 population in Roswell and surrounding areas. The characteristics of her work that she enjoys the most are meeting new children, families and caregivers and providing them with coaching, advocacy and strategies to improve their overall communication and relationships with each other. Currently, she serves as the Joint District Commissioner of the Roswell Tumbleweed Pony Club

Patty was born and raised in Arizona, but has lived in New Mexico for over 40 years. She was the Horse Project Leader for a local 4-H club for over 10 years. Patty is a Life Member of the American Quarter Horse Association where she served on the AQHA Foundation Committee for 2 years and has also been a member of the Corrales Equestrian Advisory Commission for over 5 years. She is a Life Member of the New Mexico Horse Council. Patty believes the Council serves a vital role in representing the equestrians of New Mexico and their equines.

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Howard has been a member of Northern New Mexico Horsemen’s Association since 2015 and has served as President for the past 3 years. He is an avid trail rider and Past President and current Board member of the Chuck Wagon Trail Riders of New Mexico, a 66-year-old men’s trail riding group.

Inspired by her grandmother, a renowned equestrian, Madeline has dedicated her life to horses. With a background in Eventing, Polo, and equine massage therapy, she brings a unique perspective to the equestrian world. As a USEA-certified cross-country course designer, she is committed to creating challenging and safe courses while fostering a supportive community for riders in Southern New Mexico. Madeline is driven to share her knowledge and experience, helping riders learn, grow, and thrive.

Cheryl is an ER Nurse and founder of Whispering Spirit Ranch where she specializes in breeding world champion horses and providing Equine Animal Assisted Therapy.  Cheryl is actively involved in mounted search and rescue, and personal wilderness trail riding. She also has a soft heart for random rescues. 

Dr Jessica Waugh grew up like any horse lover who happened to be born in the city - waiting for one to show up on her suburban front lawn every Christmas morning! By age 11 she'd convinced her parents the horse craziness wasn’t going away and remembers jumping lessons at the historic Golden Gate Stables - by high school she was cleaning barns and exercising horses in the San Francisco Bay Area and had decided she would be an equine veterinarian one day. She attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo where she showed english and western equitation with the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association, coached the western show team, worked at the Equine Center, started Quarter Horse horse colts for reined cow work, worked with Thoroughbred yearlings prepping for sale and at the track sales and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Animal Science and a Minor in Equine Science. She graduated from Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine with her Doctorate in 2010. She moved to New Mexico for her equine internship, met her husband and never left the state! Having the opportunity to share horses with her children and others to continue the legacy New Mexico's horsemen and horsewomen have created is her favorite past-time in our beautiful state making it all possible with horses and securing a future for all of our aspiring horsepersons!