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Executive Committee
President:
Pat Trowbridge
BowTie, Inc.
213-385-0333
ptrowbridge@bowtieinc.com
Pat is Group Publisher – BowTie Equine Titles, Horse
Illustrated, Young Rider, Horses USA and Quarter Horses. Pat
began his publishing career with BowTie in 1996. During his 10 years with
BowTie he has held the following positions; Advertising Sales
Representative, Advertising Sales Manager, Advertising Director for Equine
Publications, Group Advertising Director for Equine, Canine and Feline
Publications, Group Publisher, and Director of Corporate Special Projects.
Pat became involved with American Horse Publications in 1998. In 2002, he
was elected to the Board of Directors and currently serves as AHP President. He has been elected to the WETA Board of Directors beginning in June of 2007. Pat grew up riding horses on his family’s small farm
in Kansas. He now resides in Southern California.
First Vice President: Jennifer Bryant
Affiliate Member
610-344-0116
jennifer@jenniferbryant.net
Jennifer of West Chester, PA, is the AHP board’s
inaugural affiliate member. She has been a full-time freelancer since 1998,
during which time she has edited one magazine (USDF Connection), written or
co-written three books (Olympic Equestrian; A Gymnastic Riding System Using
Mind, Body & Spirit; The USDF Guide to Dressage), written numerous articles,
and edited several books. Jennifer is a former editor of Dressage & CT
magazine and of the regional all-breed publication Hoof Print. She got her
start editing management and HRD books for Pfeiffer & Co. A longtime
dressage enthusiast and horse owner, Jennifer is a US Dressage Federation
silver medalist.
Second Vice President: Kimberly Brown
The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care
859-276-6771
kbrown@thehorse.com
Kim is Editor-in-Chief of The
Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care, a monthly all-breed, all-discipline
equine health magazine, and a contributing editor to The Blood-Horse, a
weekly Thoroughbred news magazine. Both publications are owned by Lexington,
Ky.-based Blood-Horse Publications. Kim has been a member of AHP since 1980
(when she started at Blood-Horse), and she is a member of the AHP Executive
Committee. Kim has a small farm in Central Kentucky where she lives with her
husband, Ben, daughters Barbara and Beth, an old Quarter Horse gelding named
Dusty, a Quarter Horse filly named Graycie, a couple of Miniature Horse
geldings named Hawk and Captain Jack, a Miniature Donkey named Molly, 21
goats, 63 chickens, two Border Collies (Star and Buck), a Beagle/Basset
cross (Desdamona), and three cats (Trent, Trevor, and Toby).
Executive
Board Member: Sandy Kucharski
The Sentinel
847-362-0570 ext 209
5lazyk@owc.net
Sandy was born
with a passion for horses and got her first pony when she was six. As a
youth, she gained experience through 4-H, riding western and hunt seat, and
participating in Horse Bowl, Judging and speech. She is currently a 4-H
leader, on their county Horse Committee, and a board member of their local
saddle association. She and her family own and board seven horses on their
farm in Woodstock, IL. 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, WY. 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!).
Executive Board Member:
Cheryl Erpelding
California Riding Magazine
888-272-0472
cheryl@ridingmagazine.com
Cheryl is CEO Riding’s Publications Inc. and started her publishing business
in Dec. 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 is a million dollar plus company that publishes California
Riding Magazine, (20-23,000 copies per month), California Horseman’s
Directory, Sport Horse Stallion Directory and provides design services for
California’s horse industry. She currently shows Riding Magazine’s Press
Pass in the hunter division and also rides dressage and has competed in
competitive trail riding on her mustang Lil’ Cooper.
Immediate Past President:
Dean Hoffman
hoffman.communications@yahoo.com
Dean worked on a Kentucky horse farm and with a racing
stable as a teenager, then graduated with honors from Ohio University with a
degree in journalism. He has worked for public relations and advertising
agencies and was the executive editor of Hoots Beats magazine for 25 years.
The author of four books, he has written for many international
publications, and spoken to horse groups throughout Europe and in Australia.
He currently operates Hoffman Communications in Columbus, Ohio, and was
inducted into the Hall of Fame Communicators’ Corner at the Harness Racing
Museum in July, 2007.
Executive Director: Christine W. Brune
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, a position she held
for 20 years. 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
Daytona Beach in 1994, where she lives with her mother, Jean, and dogs,
Fritz and Dickie Boy. 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.
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Directors
Lauren Davis Baker
Flying Changes Magazine, Inc.
360-687-0203
lauren@flyingchanges.com
Lauren is owner, editor, and publisher of Flying Changes magazine, a
northwest sporthorse magazine she began in 1993. Her mission is to serve as
a resource for the local riding community by promoting Northwest talent,
businesses, and horses. A background in technical writing and marketing
communications with Hewlett-Packard gave her a practical education in
marketing, publishing, and customer service. Lauren especially enjoys
writing humor and relationship-oriented pieces for the publication,
examining horse culture from new and interesting perspectives. Horse crazy
since birth, Lauren enjoys dressage and trail riding with her boys, Nick and
Napoleon.
Doug Hayes
The American Quarter Horse Journal
The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal
806-378-4384
dhayes@aqha.org
Doug is Director of Advertising for The American Quarter Horse Journal and
The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal. He is a past President of
American Horse Publications. Doug grew up on a Kansas farm and has owned
horses all his life. He and his wife, Tadhi, have three children, Ben, Casey
and Emma. All but Ben live on five acres outside Amarillo, Texas. Doug
presently owns two American Quarter Horse geldings and is an avid team
roper. He is also a rabid Kansas State University football and basketball
fan.
Dean Jacobson
Virginia Horse Journal
540-351-0278
vhj@virginiahorse.com
Dean, Publisher of the Virginia Horse Journal, has been a
member of AHP since 1995, and a director of American Horse Publications
since 2003. He has enjoyed horses as a trail rider, breeder and fox hunter.
He and his wife founded the Virginia Horse Journal in 1995. Dean has
been the President of the Virginia Horse Council and a member of the
Virginia Horse Industry Board. He has conducted Virginia Equestrian Business
Seminars which provided topics including business planning, accounting,
business law, advertising and promotion as well as business Internet site
applications. As a director of AHP he has served on the Vision Award
committee and been an AHP seminar session speaker.
Cathy Laws Primedia 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 Primedia
Equine Network as editorial director since 2001. Primedia 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.
Brian Sosby
Equestrian Magazine
859-225-6934
bsosby@usef.org
An award-winning writer based in
Lexington, KY, Brian has been Editor of EQUESTRIAN magazine, the official
magazine of American equestrian sport since 1937, for the past five years.
Brian has covered both U.S. and international events, including the 2006 FEI
World Equestrian Games in Germany, the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece,
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.
Patty Tiberg Cowboy Publishing Group 817-737-6397
patty.tiberg@cowboypublishing.com With three
decades of experience in the performance horse industry, Patty is the
general manager for Cowboy Publishing Group. She is responsible for all
day-to-day operations of sales, editorial and circulation for three national
publications: Quarter Horse News, Barrel Horse News and
Performance Horse. Patty has been with Cowboy Publishing Group since
2000 when she joined the organization as the marketing director. 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
Board of Directors and is a member of the fundraising committee for the
Kinderfrog’s School at Texas Christian University. Patty and her husband,
Steven, have a 4-year-old son, Colby, and a 2-year-old daughter, Taylor. |
