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Board of Directors: Officers The purpose of CanTRA’s Board of Directors is move the organization toward its goals in a well-planned, efficient and co-operative manner. The Board collectively sets policies and procedures for the accreditation and certification programs, works to promote CanTRA to the public, sets parameters for the operations of the charity and acts as a court of appeal. CanTRA’s Board is composed of experienced and enthusiastic individuals with a passion for therapeutic riding and service to people with disabilities. Eliane Trempe President Quebec Eliane is CanTRA’s representative for Quebec, and plays an invaluable role in bringing therapeutic riding information to Canada’s Francophone population on behalf of CanTRA and through her involvement with the Fédération Québécoise d'Équitation Thérapeutique. She is a psychology graduate and current counselor for mature students, and has worked with children for over 15 years. Eliane also enjoys recreational trail riding and photography. Eliane is a CanTRA certified CTRAI and is currently working toward her CTRI certification. Ann Caine Past President Ontario Ann was a founding member of CanTRA and is currently Executive Director of Sunrise Therapeutic Riding and Learning Centre. This dual role helps her voice the concerns of CanTRA member centres to the Board. Ann comes from a nursing background, has over 35 year of experience in the field of therapeutic riding, and represented Canada in the first International Paralympic Equestrain Committee. She also enjoys gardening, interior design, spending time with her grandchildren, and volunteering in her local community. Gay Wood 1st Vice President Ontario Daphne Davey 2nd Vice President Prince Edward Island Daphne Davey lives in Prince Edward Island. Originally from England, she trained at a riding school before emigrating to Canada. After exploring the possibilities of therapeutic riding while living in Québec and Ontario, she moved to the Island and co-founded The Joyriders Therapeutic Riding Association, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2009. She still coaches and fills other roles in the organization. Daphne’s career has been in the not-for-profit sector, using her organizational skills to build and develop voluntary organizations. She is also a freelance editor. She and her horse competed for many years in horse trials and related disciplines. Her “family” now includes a pony and two donkeys. Daphne is a founding board member and honourary life member of CanTRA. Kevin Cahill Treasurer Ontario Kevin joined the CanTRA Board of Directors in September of 2006. He left a background in biochemistry and medical supply sales to pursue his current career as an independent investment and insurance broker. Kevin is a dedicated family man and is active in the Guelph community as a minor league hockey coach, Rotary Club membership chair, and assistant director for the local branch of Business Network International. Kevin’s financial expertise and role as Treasurer is a welcome addition to our Board’s skills.

Board of Directors: Directors Ruth Carter New Brunswick Ruth trained as an RNA and worked in the medical field for 10 years. She then retrained and has worked as a bookkeeper for the past 20 years, currently with the Fredericton Community Foundation in New Brunswick. Interest in the area of therapeutic riding began when Ruth saw an article in the newspaper about the Frederiction Therapeutic Riding Association (FTRA) which was operating at the stable she was riding at. Ruth joined because of her love of horses and it gave her another reason to spend time at the barn! Ruth says she "joined for the horses and stayed for the riders." Ruth has been a volunteer leader, sidewalker and Program Co-ordinator with FTRA. Upon achieving her certification as an Assistant Instructor with CanTRA she began to teach. In 2006 she completed her exam as a CanTRA Intermediate Instructor, has been a mentor for other candidate instructors and is now Head Instructor at FTRA and Chair of FTRA's Program Co-ordination Team. Ruth was also helpful in starting Shining Horizons Therapeutic Riding Association in Saint John and was the instructor there for many years. In the 1990's Ruth was Co-organizer and Show Secretary for the Atlantic CanTRA Games. The Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists and the New Brunswick Association of Occupational Therapists recently awarded Ruth with a Citation Award acknowledging her work with therapeutic riding in New Brunwick. In her 'spare' time Ruth enjoys reading a good mystery, volunteering at her local SPCA and has recently taken up quilting. Anita LeMaître Quebec Anita has been involved in therapeutic riding since 1999. She is an Equine Technician, English Riding Level 1 Coach and has taught at l"Institut de technologie agro-alimentaire campus de La Pocatière (ITA) since 1988. Anita became interested in therapeutic riding when ITA hosted a therapeutic riding program and she was asked to be the Instructor for these activities. She achieved her Canadian Therapeutic Riding Assistant Instructor certification in 2001. From 2003 - 2007 Anita complemented her work at ITA by teaching therapeutic riding at her riding school and breeding farm - La Ventée. Anita is a founding member of the Fédération Québécoise d’Équitation Thérapeutique, (FQET) and is still active as president. Being part of the CanTRA Board of Directors provides Anita the opportunity to work and exchange ideas with a group of like-minded professionals from all across the country. Anita also enjoys raising, training and showing her own horses before she sells them. To relax, Anita enjoys cooking and finds it a wonderful way to relax and create. Margaret Rigby British Columbia Melanie Stone Newfoundland Jeff Tiessen Ontario ___________________________________________________________________________ Honourary Directors: Lisa Burd Australia John Davies North Carolina,USA Mary Longden Australia Dr. Ian Millar Ontario Mea Renahan Ontario ___________________________________________________________________________

CanTRA Staff Donna Naylor, Executive Director Email: ctra1@golden.net Donna brings over twenty years of business experience to her role as Executive Director. In 2001 she transitioned from a successful full-time career in management with organizations that support people with disabilities, and started her own business as a certified reflexologist. She became Executive Director for CanTRA in December, 2004 and currently balances her role at CanTRA with her reflexology practice. Donna works 28 hours/week on average, though her hours vary from week to week depending on the projects at hand. Louise Niven, Administrative Assistant Email: ctra@golden.net Louise is an essential part of CanTRA's staff, handling many of the day-to-day duties involved in running a national organization. She joined CanTRA as Administrative Assistant in May 2006. With over twenty years of administrative and secretarial experience, working in both Canada and England, Louise now lives with her husband and two daughters in Guelph. Louise is in the middle of a long distance writing course. Her other hobbies include photography, cross-stitch and researching her family tree. Louise works a 23-hour week at the CanTRA office. Nanci Picken, Development Co-ordinator Email: ctra3@golden.net Nanci has owned horses and ponies since she was 8 years old and was always responsible for their care. She became certified as an English Coach 1 in 1982. In 1990, Nanci was asked to be the Head Instructor for the Georgian Riding Association for Challenged Equestrians (GRACE). It was then that she worked her way up to CTRI by training therapy horses, teaching people with disabilities, training volunteers and candidate instructors, fundraising, and all the aspects of managing a Therapeutic Riding Facility. Nanci remained with GRACE for 11 years. Nanci is also involved with Equine Canada as a Hunter Jumper Recorded Judge and a Senior Steward and spends her spring and summer weekends at horse shows all over Ontario. Nanci has been involved with CanTRA as a Coach, Examiner, Zone Chair, former Board Member, Certification and Standards Committee Member, and currently as Development Co-ordinator organizing technicals, exams, workshops, and Risk Management Evaluations across Canada. Nanci lives on a small organic beef farm with her two horses, dog Riley, and 3 cats near Owen Sound, Ontario. CanTRA Head Office Tel: (519)767-0700 Fax: (519)767-0435 Mailing / Location Address: 5420 Hwy. 6 N., Suite 11, R.R. #5, Guelph, Ontario, N1H 6J2

CanTRA Committees Certification and Education Co-Chair: Gay Wood, CTRI, Examiner, ON Co-Chair: Nicola Thibodeau, CanTRA Coach, Examiner, ON Certification Group: Sallie Murphy, CTRII, NS Nanci Picken, Development Co-ordinator & CanTRA Coach/Examiner, ON Linda Rault, CTRI/Examiner, AB Education Group: Anita LeMaitre, CTRAI, QC Standards and Quality Management Acting Chair: Ann Caine, ON Ann Caine, ON Jane James, CanTRA Coach/Examiner, BC Erin McCormick, CTRII, SK Nanci Picken, Development Co-ordinator, CanTRA Coach/Examiner, ON Medical Chair: Wendy Roberts, P.T./CTRII, NS Bran Davies, P.T., BC Trish Helm-Neima, P.T./CTRAI, PE Gillian Lawrence, M.D./CTRAI, NS Marion Slatter-Blitstein, P.T., BC Finance Chair: Kevin Cahill, ON Donna Naylor, Executive Director, ON Fundraising and Public Relations Chair: Ann Caine, Past President, ON Jo-Anne Chevalier, CanTRA Coach/Examiner, Zone 4 Deputy Chair, ON Sandra Evans, CTRI/ Zone 1 Chair, BC Sallie Murphy, CTRII/ Zone 6 Chair, NS Donna Naylor, Executive Director, ON Nanci Picken, CanTRA Coach/Examiner/ Zone 4 chair, ON Linda Rault, CanTRA Coach/Examiner/ Zone 2 Chair, AB Catherine Sneath, CTRI/ Zone 3 Chair, SK Melanie Stone, CTRII/ Zone 6 Deputy Chair, NF Bill Thomas, CTRI, ON Eliane Trempe, CTRAI/ Zone 5 Chair, QC Equine Facilitated Wellness - Canada Co-Chair: Susan Cressy, CanTRA Coach/Examiner, ON Co-Chair: Deborah Marshall, BC Eileen Bona, M.Ed., AB Kate Burns Margaret Schneider, Ph.D., C. Psych., ON

CanTRA Examiners British Columbia Fionna Christensen, CanTRA Coach Pippa Hodge, P.T./CanTRA Coach Jane James, CanTRA Coach Margaret Rigby, EC Coach 2, CanTRA Coach Alberta Linda Rault, CanTRA Coach Ontario Jo-Anne Chevalier, CanTRA Coach Susan Cressy, CanTRA Coach Sonia Koczekan, CanTRA Coach Nanci Picken, CanTRA Coach Paula Rolfe, CTRI Nicola Thibodeau, CanTRA Coach Hilary Webb, CanTRA Coach Gay Wood, CTRI Nova Scotia Lisa Burd, CTRI Evelyn Fraser, CanTRA Coach

Provincial Associations British Columbia British Columbia Therapeutic Riding Assocation (BCTRA) Fionna Christensen President Victoria, B.C. Ontario Ontario Therapeutic Riding Association (OnTRA) Karen Sibbald President Pickering, ON Contact via website OnTRA Québec Fédération Québécoise d'Équitation Thérapeutique (FQET) Eliane Trempe St-Ours, QC

CanTRA Zone Chairs Click here for a map of CanTRA's 6 zones. If you would like to get in touch with any of the CanTRA Zone Chairs please email your query to ctra@golden.net and we will forward it for you. Zone 1: British Columbia and Yukon Sandra Evans (CTRI), Chair British Columbia Zone 2: Alberta and Northwest Territories Linda Rault (CanTRA Coach, CanTRA Examiner), Chair Alberta Zone 3: Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Nunavut Catherine Sneath (CTRI), Chair Saskatchewan Zone 4: Ontario Nanci Picken (CanTRA Coach, CanTRA Examiner), Chair Ontario Jo-Anne Chevalier (CanTRA Coach), Deputy Chair Ontario Zone 5: Quebec Eliane Trempe (CTRAI), Chair Québec Zone 6: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, Newfoundland and Labrador Sallie Murphy (CTRII), Chair Nova Scotia Melanie Stone (CTRII), Deputy Chair Newfoundland

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