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Pro Bono Contributors
Thanks to the following individuals who donate their time, talents, and skills for the benefit of Horses In The Hood:
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Craig Chambers, Board Member in Memoriam
Craig Chambers was a co-founder and part owner of Phidippides-Encino, a specialty store for runners and triathletes. For five years (1981-86), Craig ran to and from work across
Kathy Kusner, Founder & Chairman of the Board
Kathy Kusner was named Horsewoman of the Year before joining the United States Equestrian Team at the age of twenty one. As a member of the team, she rode in three Olympic Games
Kathy, in 1960, was named Horsewoman of the year by the American Horse Shows Association.
In 1990, Kathy was inducted into The Show Jumping Hall of Fame.
In 2000, Kathy was inducted into the Virginia Horse Show Association Hall of Fame.
In 2000, Kathy was chosen by The Chronicle of the Horse and the American Horse Show Association's as one of the 50 most influential horsemen of the 20th century.
In 2005, she received the the Pegasus Medal of Honor from the United States Federation.
In 2005, she was also inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame.
In 2012, Kathy was a recipent of the John Henry "Pop" Lloyd Humanitarian Award.
In 2016, she was inducted into the California Professional Horseman's Association Hall of Fame.
In 2017, she and "High Noon" were put on the "Wall of Honor" at the Upperville Horse Show.
In 2017, she was inducted into the Brooklyn Museum.
In 2017, she was inducted into Washington International Horse Show Hall of Fame.
Kathy mounted a successful legal challenge in 1968 to become the first licensed woman jockey in the
Jacob P. Wheeler, III
Jacob Wheeler is President of Searose International, Inc. a multi-diversified entertainment company, focused on film production, screenwriting and Internet marketing. He is currently in pre-production on a self-penned film entitled Hero's Caf. He has spent over 13 years in the financial services industry as a Stockbroker with Smith Barney and Bank Manager with Citibank both of the Citigroup family. A former U.S. Air Force Intelligence Specialist who left the military and spent more than twenty years as an entrepreneur in the Entertainment and Fashion Industries of Europe and Japan, Mr. Wheeler is a committed community activist. He has held various leadership roles and has served as guest speaker for local and national organizations including First A.M.E. Church of Los Angeles, The New Leaders, Summit 2000, the National Association of Securities Professionals (NASP), State Bar of California Annual Meeting, Boys & Girls Club of Venice and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). Mr. Wheeler's community based efforts have been characterized by his constant search for pragmatic approaches to policies, strategies and techniques that will significantly enhance the economic welfare of African Americans and other minorities through wealth creation. A member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Film Independent (FIND) and Film Industry Network (FIN), fluent in French and Italian, currently studying Spanish, he lives in Hollywood.
Glen D. Strauss, Treasurer
Glen D. Strauss is a Managing Director – Investments, PIM Portfolio Manager, with Wells Fargo Advisors. He holds a law degree from the University of Southern California and remains an active member of the State Bar. However, he does not currently practice law. Mr. Strauss is a concert pianist, bassoon player and co-founder of the Santa Monica Mountain Goats, a group that runs once a week in the Santa Monica Mountains. He also enjoys golf and racquetball. Mr. Strauss lives in Santa Monica, CA with his wife Krista and their children Andrew, Rachel, Michael and Julia.
Glenn Goodstein, Secretary
President, GSG Capital Advisors LLC; Trustee, Jewish Big Brothers.
Glenn has integrated a successful career in investment management and consulting with a commitment to community service. He founded GSG Capital Advisors in 1997 and later that year launched Mercury Partners LP, a hedge fund. Glenn has been a Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) since 1999. Glenn is also a Vice President of GKM Advisers, an SEC-registered Advisory firm located in Los Angeles. Glenn earned a B.A. in Economics from UCLA. Glen has also served on the Finance Review committee of the UCLA Alumni Association Board from 2000 thru 2002.
Inspired by his own valuable experience with Jewish Big Brothers, both as a youngster and as a Big Brother himself, Glenn has served as a member of the Board of Trustees for Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles/Camp Max Straus since 1990. He lives with his wife Laura and their children, Grant, Annie, and Hallie in Carlsbad, CA.
Nina Bonnie
Nina Bonnie's two main passions over the last 40 years have been horses and social welfare issues. She looks forward to serving on the Horses in the Hood Board as that brings both issues together! Nina has served on several boards that address the issue of the effects of poverty on young people. She served on the Board of St. Benedict, a day care center that takes high risk children and gives them a healthy start in life. In addition she was a long time board member of the Lincoln Foundation, which raises money for inner- city scholarships, develops enrichment programs and started Whitney Young Scholars, a program mentoring children from the 6th grade through graduation from high School with a guaranteed college placement. She started a 'Sponsorship' program at an independent elementary school which awards full scholarships to financially needy children. Nina was named as a 'Woman of Distinction' (a Louisville honor) in 2000 for her volunteer efforts in both the equine and social services area.
Nina grew up in Virginia with a pony as a 'best friend'. She started showing as a teenager and, after marrying and moving to Kentucky, she continued competing with considerable success in the Amateur Owner Hunter Division with championships at major shows including the indoor circuit, Florida and Indio, Devon, Upperville, Kentucky etc.
In 1985, she was asked by the Governor of Kentucky to chair the Kentucky Horse Park Commission, a state agency the governor reorganized to breathe life into a faltering institution. The Park has been a real success story and that has culminated in the FEI granting of the World Equestrian Games to the Park for 2010. Nina chaired the Commission for 12 years and until 2004 was chairman of the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation which was created in 1985 to garner private support for the Park. She still serves on that board. In 2001 Nina along with her husband Ned received The Lifetime Achievement Award from the Unites States Equestrian Federation for their respective contributions to the horse industry.
Joe Gillet Davies
Joe Gillet Davies has been the CEO of an automobile recycling facility in Los Angeles since moving to California from Maryland in 1995. Clean Steel recycles over 1000 cars a day. As an avocation, Joe is one of the top amateur steeplechase jockeys in the country, which involves traveling over 60,000 miles a year to compete in races, primarily in the mid-atlantic states. He has competed on international teams in England, Ireland, France, Italy and Russia. His most notable wins came in the 1998 and 2000 renewals of the Maryland Hunt Cup, considered one of the world's most challenging steeplechase races. Joe does color commentary for various racing broadcasts and is working on an equestrian sports documentary for Saddletude. He recently married Blythe Miller, who just retired as the leading professional steeplechase rider of all time and the first woman rider to ever win a Breeder's Cup race. ( 1998 and 2001).
Virginia Fout
About Virginia Fout, owner of V Productions, in the world and art of event planning, rarely do you get it all. But you can find Virginia Fout meticulously selecting floral arrangements one moment, organizing haute cuisine delight for 500 in another and the next, climbing scaffolding with cable cords to perfect an audio-visual moment. She brings a blend of both stylistic chic and no nonsense sensibility to V Productions, ultimately delivering clients around the globe customized and unprecedented event planning and production results. And while her talents are dichotomous, they are each sublime. For her range of expertise across the glamorous to the gritty, Fout credits her equestrian upbringing. When she wasn't mentally redesigning the cotillion entryway, Fout could be found sweeping stables, building fences and riding her beloved breed. But life in Middleburg, Virginia was all neigh, so with her imaginative aptitude, an art diploma and a mensa degree in organization, Fout traveled west to perfect her skills. Years with CNET, the technology information powerhouse, E! Entertainment Television, Columbia TriStar and Vivendi Universal, left Fout with a keen understanding that in this information age, design, imagery, sponsors and machinery must intersect. And after hundreds of transformative corporate and product events, dozens of dazzling media and launch tours, thousands of locations scouted and draped, and calories of hors devours sampled, she formed V Productions with the goal of energizing the events market. Since 2003 Fout has reinvigorated the annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar Party, movie premiere parties for Warner Bros. Pictures, product launch events for Vivendi Universal Games, and even planned her own wedding. To each job she brings her enviable rolodex, filled with her beloved vendors from talent wranglers, designers, lighting experts, florists and caterers to ice sculpture creators, scenic artists, crane and truck operators and secret service detail. With her no job is too small, or too big attitude, Fout approaches each event with pride and care, and integrates each client's distinct need into her planning. Her diligence, passion and combination of artistry and adulation for the joy of celebrating, presenting and just getting it done, have made her one of the most sought after event producers in the public and private sector. .
George Meyer
George Meyer was born in 1940 in Switzerland.
Miranda Scott
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