
Jeff Newman
President & CEO
Industry expert with 25+ years experience creating, producing, and marketing over 70 live sports and entertainment events with seamless execution, maximizing brand equity...

Marissa Melzer
Event Director - Partnerships
Marissa is a lifelong equestrian who parlayed her passion for horses into a career in events and promotion....

Katie Hasse
Director - Ticketing & Development
Katie Hasse has a passion for Eventing and all equine-related sports. With over 20 years of riding experience, Katie founded ...

Joanie Morris
Competition Director
Joanie Morris has been involved in the sport of eventing for most of her life, first as a junior rider and more recently as the Managing Director of Eventing for the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) until August 2019....

Jake Cone
Director of Operations
Jake has years of experience planning, designing and building major events around the world, but it all started on a farm in Maryland. He grew up training horses.....

Mary Coldren
Competition Director
Mary has been involved with Eventing since 1984 as a Competitor, Volunteer, Organizer, Treasurer, Entry Secretary, and is a Licensed Official, holding an R TD license...

Connie Sawyer
Broadcast Production Director
Connie Sawyer grew up an equestrian in Pennsylvania riding and competing in hunters, jumpers and equitation. After graduating from Cornell University with a B.S. degree in Animal Science and competing across the North East...

Grace Hamilton
Project Manager - Partnerships
Grace Hamilton is a Maryland native and lifelong equestrian. She became involved with eventing over 10 years ago and enjoyed competing at the ....

Stephanie Dowling
Project Manager - Retail & Special Events
Stephanie’s Story Stephanie Dowling has been a professional equestrian for the last 20 years across multiple disciplines. She grew up…