Pat Trowbridge started with AHP in 1998. In 2002, he was elected to the Board of Directors and served as President from 2007 to 2008 and 2015 to 2016. He currently serves on the Strategic Planning and Nominating Committees. Trowbridge is a Media Professional Member. Prior to his most recent position, he was English Group Publisher at Equine Network LLC, Vice President and Group Publisher - Equine Titles for Lumina Media (formerly i-5 Publishing), publishers of Horse Illustrated, Young Rider, and HorseChannel.com. He began his career with BowTie, Inc. in 1996. During his over 20 years with BowTie/Lumina Media, he held many positions including Advertising Sales Representative, Advertising Sales Manager, Advertising Director for Equine Publications, Group Advertising Director for Equine, Canine and Feline Publications, Group Publisher, Director of Corporate Special Projects, and Associate Publisher for Trade Titles.
Every year since 2001, Barrie Reightler has designed the AHP Annual Conference logo and numerous other logos for the association. She earned the Chris Brune Spirit Award in 2006 and was inducted into the AHP Circle of Champions in 2013.
Jennifer Paulson has a 25-year history in publishing, media, and advertising. She operates her own creative content strategy business, Jen Paulson Creative, to consult on projects for associations, brands, and publications. She served on the AHP board as a director from 2012-2015. She was re-elected director in 2019.
A native of Pennsylvania, Whitney Allen began riding hunters/ jumpers and hunter paces in 1988 and continued to ride and compete competitively until 1998.
A former AHP Student Award winner, Jennifer Denison has more than 25 years of editorial experience in the equine media industry.
Jennifer Bryant is an award-winning writer, editor, and photojournalist. A longtime horse owner and rider, Jennifer rode hunter-seat equitation and eventers before focusing on dressage. She is the author or co-author of three books and the longtime editor of the US Dressage Federation's award-winning member magazine, USDF Connection. Her coverage of Olympic Games, World Championships, and World Cup Finals has garnered numerous AHP awards. She is a current AHP board member and a past AHP president.
Keith Dane is a horseman who has been involved with gaited horses for most of his life, as an owner, breeder, and amateur trainer/exhibitor. His involvement began with Tennessee Walking Horses, and he has always been dedicated to the promotion and protection of the breed. He is also a horse show judge licensed with many gaited breed organizations, and has experience in North America and Europe, having judged several national and international championships.
Dane has been working to protect horses for more than thirty years. He co-founded of one of the first show organizations for sound gaited horses, which was created as an alternative to the “Big Lick” shows that involve cruelty in training, and served as its president for several years. He later served the Friends of Sound Horses (FOSH) organization as its president and Director of Judges for its Independent Judges Association.
As Senior Director on Equine Protection for The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Dane directs the domestic horse welfare policy work for the nation’s largest animal protection organization. Those efforts include securing passage of state and federal legislation to improve the welfare of horses used in sport, work and racing, protecting America’s horses from slaughter in the U.S. and abroad, and the rehoming of America’s at-risk and homeless horses.
Prior to joining HSUS, Dane served as executive director of FOSH and served as its liaison to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its certified inspection program under the Horse Protection Act.
Diana De Rosa is a veteran equestrian photojournalist, who has traveled the world (over 40 countries) and recorded equestrian history for over 40 years.
Rebecca M. Didier was the Managing Editor, Art Director, and Cover Designer for Trafalgar Square Books, the leading publisher of equestrian books, for 23 years. She worked with top riders, trainers, and equine experts from around the globe to bring their books to print. In addition, under her leadership, TSB published a specialized list of craft titles, and a limited number of canine and nature books. The book Naturally Curious: A Photographic Field Guide and Month-By-Month Journey Through the Fields, Woods, and Marshes of New England by naturalist Mary Holland and conceived of and edited by Rebecca, is a winner of the National Outdoor Book Award. Rebecca has designed more than 250 book covers for the nonfiction, biography, memoir, and fiction genres, as well as packaging for videos, including the Telly-Award-Winning series 7 Clinics with Buck Brannaman, from the director of the international hit feature film Buck. She is co-author of the book Dressage with Mind, Body & Soul with world-renowned animal behaviorist Linda Tellington-Jones and Finding Your Superhorse with trainer and clinician Lynn Palm, as well as author of the forthcoming biography The Greatest Horse Trainer on Earth: The Sylvia Zerbini Story. Rebecca lives in Andover, New Hampshire, with her husband, son, and redbone coonhound, and enjoys riding horses and motorcycles, and writing her own stories, whenever she can.
Emily Marquez-Dulin is an accomplished leader and nonprofit administrator with over 25 years of experience in management, strategic planning, operations, fundraising, marketing, public relations, community outreach and special events. At present, Emily is the Chief Executive Officer of Brooke USA. She has also served as consultant, Executive Director, and in a variety of senior leadership roles at local, state, national, and international organizations.
Emily possesses a Master of Arts degree in public relations administration and a Bachelor of Arts degree in foreign languages from the University of Miami. Procter & Gamble de Venezuela trained her in brand management, and she is certified in “The Art of Asking” by the Institute of Charitable Giving.
Emily is the recipient of the prestigious Price Waterhouse Up & Comers Award, the United Way’s Dorothy Shula Award, and she is listed in Who’s Who of Female Executives and Who’s Who in America. Most recently, she received the Miami Women Who Rock Award for her work in the not-for-profit sector.
She lives in Doral, Florida with her husband Doug and son Matthew.
Heather Wallace is the best-selling and award-winning fiction and non-fiction author, known for titles Back Door Horse and Confessions of a Timid Rider. She is also co-host of the popular Adulting with Horses podcast. Follow her journey as an author and returning adult equestrian at www.timidrider.com. In her spare time, of which she has little, she hangs out with her three children, three dogs, and two horses in the wilds of New Jersey. Follow her on social media @timidrider.
