Executive Committee
President: Cheryl Erpelding
California Riding Magazine
888-272-0472
cheryl@ridingmagazine.com
Cheryl is CEO Riding ’s Publications Inc. and started her publishing business in December 1986. San Diego County Riding Magazine was an 8-page startup with a press run of 2,500 copies. She hand drew her logo, typeset and shot her printing plate negatives with a graphics arts camera in her garage. Riding’s Publications publishes the statewide monthly California Riding Magazine, the annual California Horseman’s Directory and provides design services for California’s horse industry. She currently owns a young thoroughbred that is showing in the baby green hunters, "Riding Magazine's Latest Edition," a.k.a. "Eddie."
First Vice President: Brian Sosby
Equestrian Magazine
859-225-6934
bsosby@usef.org
An award-winning writer based in Lexington, KY, Brian has been Editor of equestrian, the official magazine of American equestrian sport since 1937, for the past nine years. Brian has covered both U.S. and international events, including the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Germany, the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro and the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. His coverage of equestrian events, as well as feature articles, has been widely read by magazine and Internet readers around the world. Brian lives in Lexington, KY, and his office is located in the bucolic Kentucky Horse Park.
Second Vice President: Patty Tiberg
Cowboy Publishing Group
817-737-6397
patty.tiberg@cowboypublishing.com
With three decades of experience in the equine industry, Patty is the Group Publisher for Cowboy Publishing Group overseeing the management of Western Horseman, Quarter Horse News and Barrel Horse News. A graduate of Texas A&M, Patty worked as the director of member services at the Horse Industry Alliance and served four years as a Board member for the Alabama Quarter Horse Association. In 2005, the Fort Worth Business Press honored her as one of the “Top 40 Under 40,” a program that recognizes young community leaders. Patty is an active volunteer for several youth programs in her community. She serves on the Kennedy Center’s Imagination Celebration Executive Committee and is a member of the fundraising committee for the Kinderfrog’s School at Texas Christian University. Patty and her husband, Steven, have a son, Colby, and a daughter, Taylor.
Executive Board Member: Summer Best
The Florida Horse Park
352-307-6699
foundation@flhorsepark.com
Summer Best is executive director for the Foundation of the Florida Horse Park. Her career has included roles as managing editor for Florida Equine Publications since 2006, as well as advertising manager for The Florida Horse magazine, Wire to Wire and Horse Capital Digest. A past recipient of the AHP Student Award, Summer has worked as field editor for The American Quarter Horse Journal, Director of Marketing/magazine editor for Seminole Feed, and as owner/founder of SunHorse Publishing and Promotions. She is a sixth-generation native Floridian and graduate of the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications. Summer’s farm, L’Estate, is home to competitive Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred hunter-types, some good ol’ boy all-around horses, an occasional pony prospect, three happy barn cats, a small herd of black Angus cattle, and her favorite dog ever, “Delta,” the Giant Schnauzer.
Executive Board Member: Christine Hamilton
The American Quarter Horse Journal
970-472-8082
chamilton@aqha.org
Christine has been with The American Quarter Horse Journal since 2003, initially as a field editor; she has been an editor since November 2008. Prior to that, she was a freelance writer for such publications as Horse Sport, The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal, Southwest Racing News and the Journal. She graduated from The University of Alabama in 1990 with an English degree and proceeded to make her living in the horse business primarily at breeding facilities such as: Colorado State University’s Equine Reproduction Laboratory; Bob Moore Farms, a leading racing quarter horse breeder in Norman, Oklahoma; and Royal Vista Equine, an embryo transfer facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. She also pursued a Master’s degree at the University of Oklahoma where she taught composition. Hooked on horses as a girl, her Air Force family hauled her horse from base to base. She rides whenever she gets the chance.
Immediate Past President: Sandy Kucharski
The Sentinel
847-362-0570 ext 209
fivelazyk@dls.net
Sandy was born with a passion for horses and became the proud owner of a Shetland pony at the age of six. Horses have been part of her life ever since. After graduating from Northern Illinois University, her interests in journalism and graphic design brought her to the magazine and book publishing world. In 1995, she was able to combine her love of horses and journalism when she accepted the position of editor with The Sentinel, a mid-western regional horse publication. At that time, she also attended her first AHP seminar in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and was hooked. She met some of her “magazine idols” and found a brotherhood of equine journalists who were very open and willing to share knowledge (and a good time!). She lives with her family and several horses on their farm in Woodstock, Illinois.
Executive Director: Christine W. Brune
American Horse Publications
386-760-7743
ahorsepubs@aol.com
Chris has been an AHP member since the mid 70s when she was Editor of Eastern/Western Quarter Horse Journal. In 1992, she took on the role of Executive Director and holds the record of attending every seminar since her first one. Her family showed Quarter Horses, both regionally and nationally, for many years. Born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, she moved to South Daytona, Florida in 1994, where she lives with her Miniature Schnauzer, Dickie Boy, and sister and brother-in-law, Judy and Gary Lincoln. Officially one of AHP’s old-timers, Chris has enjoyed watching the association’s growth in numbers and services over the years and has made many long-lasting friendships. |
Directors
Whitney Allen
USHJA In Stride/USHJA.org
859-225-6707
wallen@ushja.org
A native of Pennsylvania Whitney began riding hunters/ jumpers and hunter paces in 1988 and continued to ride and compete competitively until 1998. She continues to ride recreationally and certainly misses her time in the show ring. She is a 1998 graduate of Centenary College with an Equine Science degree and 2005 graduate of the University of Kentucky with a Masters in Sports Management. She worked for the United States Equestrian Federation from 1998-2005 managing five national championships including the USEF Pony Finals. She began working for the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) in 2005 as the Marketing and Communications Director. While continuing as Marketing and Communications Director for USHJA, she began working for the USHJA Foundation as Managing Director. In the first year at USHJA she managed their newsletter which developed into the Association magazine which reaches over 40,000 members. Among her other duties she acted as managing editor of the publication until 2010. Today she continues to work for USHJA and the USHJA Foundation both located at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. When not working, Whitney enjoys reading, attending horse events, cooking with her husband at their home in Lexington and caring for their two dogs, two cats and her horse who she has owned for 22 years.
Kimberly S. Brown
Equinews/KER.com
859-873-1988
kbrown@ker.com
Kim is the global marketing manager for Kentucky Equine Research. She has extensive experience in publishing and editing for leading equine industry magazines. A Kentucky native and a graduate of the University of Kentucky, Kim and her family live in Versailles, Kentucky. Kim enjoys riding and training Jewell, her Quarter Horse mare. Kim has been a member of AHP since 1980.
Stephanie Church
The Horse: Your Guide to Equine Health Care
859-276-6771
schurch@thehorse.com
Stephanie is Editor-in-Chief of The Horse. She received a B.A. in Journalism and Equestrian Studies from Averett College in Danville, Virginia, and has worked in five positions at the magazine since 1999. Her equine background is in eventing, and she enjoys photography, cooking, cycling, swimming, and traveling in her free time. Stephanie was the 1998 AHP Student Award Winner.
Diana De Rosa
Individual Member
516-848-4867
Dderosa1@optonline.net
Diana is a veteran equestrian journalist, who has traveled the world and recorded history for close to 30 years. For many years De Rosa trained horses and competed both nationally and internationally, which helps her understand the horse world from many different angles. A language major in college, De Rosa went on to run a riding school, then was editor of an equine magazine and eventually focused on her writing and photography. She has over 1000 published stories and photos to her credit. De Rosa has covered the past six Summer Olympic Games (including being on assignment for USA Today for the 1992 Olympics). She has also covered or been on staff at every World Equestrian Games, numerous Pan American Games and World Cups. Besides being a writer and photographer, De Rosa also owns her own PR firm called Press Link. Some of her past clients include DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox. She also does some TV and radio reporting and voiceovers. For eight years until his death on October 11, 2004, she also worked with Christopher Reeve.
Cathy Laws
Active Interest Media/Equine Network
410-749-2086
clawsone@aol.com
Cathy has been writing and editing for publication for more than 20 years. For 11 years she was the editor of SPUR Magazine, an award-winning national bi-monthly devoted to English equestrian sport. In 2000 she founded Equestrian Life, a content/shopping website that was acquired by the U.S. Equestrian Team. She has been with Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Equine Network as editorial director since 2001. AIM Interest Media/Equine Network publishes EQUUS, Practical Horseman, Horse & Rider and Dressage Today magazines as well as several special publications, equine books and DVDs, and the websites EquiSearch.com and Equine.com. She grew up foxhunting, Pony Clubbing and showing hunters and now rides her Thoroughbred mare, Classical, whenever she gets a chance.
Milt Toby
Individual Member
502-867-0241
milt.toby@miltonctoby.com
Milt Toby is an attorney, author, and photographer with a lifelong involvement in the horse industry. He has been writing professionally about horses since 1972, first as a staff writer and photographer for The Blood-Horse and since 1984 as a freelancer for a number of publications. His sixth book, Dancer’s Image: The Forgotten Story of the 1968 Kentucky Derby, was published in 2011. His earlier books include The Complete Equine Legal and Business Handbook and Ruffian. Milt’s equine law blog, “Horses and the Law,” appears weekly at www.thehorse.com and he contributes a monthly column to the Paint Horse Journal. Wearing his attorney’s hat, Milt drafts and reviews publishing contracts for authors and magazines. He is Chair of the American Society of Journalists and Authors’ Contracts Committee, which reviews and interprets publishing contracts for writers, and he served as Chair of the Kentucky Bar Association’s Equine Law Section.
Administrative Assistant: Judy Lincoln
American Horse Publications
386-760-7743
ahorsepubs2@aol.com
Many AHP members met Judy at the 2011 AHP seminar in San Diego where she assisted with registration and production of the seminar activities. Prior to moving to South Daytona, Florida from Massachusetts, Judy worked as a Customer Service Representative in the screen-printing industry. She also was Managing Editor for Eastern/Western Quarter Horse Journal for 16 years, where she had the opportunity to be involved with AHP members, awards contests, and seminars. Judy grew up showing American Quarter Horses nationally with her family. She is married to Gary Lincoln and has two children, Matthew and Jessica.
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