High Hopes, Therapeutic Riding, Old Lyme, Connecticut

Staff & Board of Trustees

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As a charitable nonprofit organization, High Hopes is governed by a 21-member all-volunteer Board of Trustees, and managed by a professional staff of 27 paid employees, of whom 8 are full-time. The staff is augmented by over 500 active volunteers who further support our daily operations.

PROGRAM STAFF

Laura Brown , Special Programs Manager

Ext. 18 lbrown@highhopestr.org

Sarah Carlson, Program Assistant/Instructor

Ext. 15 scarlson@highhopestr.org

Renya Craig, Receptionist/Program Assistant
Ext. 10 rcraig@highhopestr.org

Jeanna Pellino, Program Director
Ext. 16 jpellino@highhopestr.org

Susan Robidoux, Volunteer Manager
Ext. 12 srobidoux@highhopestr.org

INSTRUCTORS & THERAPISTS

Barbara Abrams, Instructor/LPC

David Bradham, Instructor/Driving Program

Jonnie Edwards, Instructor

Michelle Hayward, Instructor

Carolyn Jagielski, Physical Therapist/Instructor

Donna Latella, Occupational Therapist/Instrustor

Dawn Nelligan, Instructor

Pattie Peoples, Instructor

Holly Ridgway, Instructor

Kathryn Vine, Instructor

Mary Washburn, Instructor/Driving Program

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Kitty Stalsburg, Executive Director
Ext. 13 kstalsburg@highhopestr.org

Susan Shulman, Office Manager

Ext. 21 sshulman@highhopestr.org

Wendy Knight, Development Assistant
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Linda Lee-Picazio, Finance Director
Ext. 11 lpicazio@highhopestr.org

Jennifer Piner-Wyman, Development Assistant

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Sara Slayton Qua, Development Director
Ext. 22 squa@highhopestr.org

BARN & FACILITY STAFF

Mike Bianca, Farm Caretaker

Lauren Fitzgerald, Equine Program Coordinator
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Juanita Paris, Barn Assistant

Holly Sundmacker, Equine Operations Director
Ext. 27 hsundmacker@highhopestr.org

BOARD OF TRUSTEES
FOUNDER	Mary K. “Sis” Gould†
TRUSTEES	OFFICERS Cheryl Kelly Heffernan, Chairman Michael V. Ganey, Vice Chairman John M. Catlett, Vice Chairman for Development Deborah A. Welles, Treasurer Elizabeth L. David, Secretary TRUSTEES Barbara Earle Ballard Sarah Hill Canning James M. Childs Christopher M. Coyle Jane I. Davison Jeb Embree Katharine H. Gildersleeve Laura Giordano Jennifer Johnson Pauline C. Knoll Margaret Mummert Penny Nelson Jeffrey Ridgway Hugh Scott Anthony C. Thurston Kelvin N. Tyler
ADVISORY TRUSTEES HONORARY TRUSTEES CHAIRMEN EMERITI	Charles C. Kingsley, Legal Advisor David E. Walker, MD, Medical Advisor Lyttleton B.P. Gould, Jr. Frank Hamilton, Jr. Grace Hamilton Wayne O. Southwick, M.D. John C. Evans Sherley Furgueson Betsy Horn Barbara Kashanski† Judith F. Lightfoot Pete Pierson† A. Rives Potts Jeffrey Ridgway* Roger M. Smith Anthony C. Thurston* Kelvin N. Tyler*

Rives Potts Receiving the Sally Aubrey Award

†Deceased *Currently Serving as a Trustee

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