Director Pam is a long-time resident of Richmond, Virginia and attended the University of Richmond. Her business experience includes 11 years as an Office Administrator of a busy dental practice and a successful career as a real estate agent. During this time she served as a Director on the board of a regional Bank, Jefferson…
More About Ace of Hearts Ace is a 2004, 15.1h bay mare. She has the sweetest disposition and is well behaved. Easy to groom and will show you love in return; she is a bit of a “diva” as she knows how beautiful she is. Ace would make a wonderful pasture buddy and companion to…
Director Carter graduated from the College of William and Mary with a degree in Sociology and a minor in English. Upon graduating, she worked as a business consultant in the telecom field and eventually landed on a training and documentation team. This introduction to employee development would be the start of a 25-year Training and…
Director Shannon obtained a bachelor’s degree in animal science and an MBA from Oklahoma State University. Shannon has spent the last 18+ years working in the financial services industry with a focus on investment operations and compliance. She grew up in a horse-focused family and started riding at an early age. The love of horses…
More About Charitable Gifted Charitably Gifted came to us from Aftercare Charles Town – Equine Encore Performance at Charles Town! He is a sweet boy who will be making new horse friends and getting spoiled by the women in our program. He will now begin his next career as part of our equine care and…
Director Samantha has a bachelor’s degree in business management from Virginia Tech. She has spent the last 21 years in the insurance industry. Working for 18 years on the claim side of the business and now in product. She begged her parents to let her ride horses and finally at the age of 8 was…
Program Manager Sarah Fink is the program manager for the James River Horse Foundation program operating at the State Farm Work Center. Sarah is an experienced equine professional with an extensive background in barn management and horse training. She has a passion for hands-on education and horses helping people. A native of Louisa, VA Sarah…
More About Selway Welcome home, Selway! We are so happy to welcome back this wonderful 22 year old gelding by Horse Chestnut. Selway raced 6 times as a 3 and 4 year old finishing 2nd, twice and 3rd, 3 times!
Bookkeeper Lisa is a longtime resident of Goochland County. A lifetime love for all creatures great and small started at an early age when she began riding and showing her first pony. After a 17 year career in the financial industry, Lisa spent 7 years working for a local thoroughbred race horse breeder learning about…
Operations Administrator Cynthia (CJ) as the Operations Administrator oversees various aspects of our organization’s programs and operations including the TAA (Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance) grants, sponsorship management, marketing and collaboration with the Program Manager on working with the Department of Corrections (DOC). CJ is the past program manager for the James River Horse Foundation and an…