About the Founder
My adult equestrian experience spans over thirty years and includes: avid trail riding, competing, stable management, training, volunteering with special needs organizations, serving as a Former Deputy Sheriff with the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department Mounted Unit, writing for Western Horseman Magazine, barn building, barn sales, working with various equestrian Search & Rescue Teams (both in Colorado and California), trail boss for pack trips in Colorado, organizing/managing a PRCA-sanctioned event (while with Jaycees), a Charity-Celebrity Trail Ride in Golden Gate Park benefiting Cure Autism Now, and an annual fundraising trail ride in Woodside, CA for B.O.K. Ranch.
- Started riding ponies at age 6
- Purchased my first horse in 1974
- Served as a MAU (Mounted Assistance Unit) with CA State Parks
- Trail Boss for pack trips north of Steamboat Springs, Colorado and in Illinois
- Past Deputy (San Francisco Sheriff's Department Mounted Unit)
- Law Enforcement Certification – Equine (Colorado)
- Past Member - “Save the Trails” committees - Rocky Mountain & Estes National Parks
- Past Member - Marin County Sheriff's Dept. Mounted Search & Rescue Team (California)
- Past Member - Jefferson County Sheriff's Dept. Mounted Search & Rescue Team (Colorado)
- Trail Boss on Colorado ranch rides
- Past Member - B.O.K. Ranch Board of Directors
- Trail Rider - Colorado Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and many others across the USA
- Member - San Mateo County Horsemen's Association & Santa Clara County Horseman’s Association
- Past Member - Novato Horseman's Association
- Member - Fellowship of Christian Cowboys
