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…
Director Dr. Stanford has worked as an equine veterinarian in Central Virginia for 37 years. The majority of that time was working at Woodside Equine Clinic in Ashland VA as a reproduction specialist as well as a general practitioner. Last summer he “retired” from private practice and is now the Lead Veterinarian for the Virginia…
More About Charitably 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 Kelsey Edwards is the program manager for the James River Horse Foundation program operating at the State Farm Work Center. Kelsey worked for 7 years at Woodside Equine Clinic as a Team Leader and as Equine Veterinary Assistant to Dr. David Stanford. Dr. Stanford has recently retired, and Kelsey became very interested in…
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…




