Board of Directors

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PRESIDENT: Emily Parr

VICE PRESIDENT:Jamison Strasser

SECRETARY: Sarah Vagnoni

Education Committee Chair. Sarah is the Stable Manager and Road Manager for Memory’s Hill Stables. She regularly competed as SWVHJA junior member from the intermediates through the children’s whilst developing a passion for horses and horse care. She continues to show as a member of the organization, and assists Memory’s Hill in hosting SWVHJA shows and other events. Sarah frequently travels with Memory’s Hill to all levels of horse show, attending SWVHJA shows and USEF rated shows, handling everything from show entries, set up, horse care, and rider needs. When she is not on the road, she enjoys spending time with her horse, Millie, and her dog Elmer.

TREASURER: Kayleigh Burke

PARLIAMENTARIAN: Jamison Strasser

Members at Large:

Tamara Adcock-Wenning- Review Committee

Liz Hinds- Education Committee, Junior Committee

Brittany Jacobs- Education Committee

Holly Flory- Jumper committee chair, Junior Committee

Catherine Daniel- Education Committee, Junior Committee Review Committee

Kayleigh Burke- Treasurer, Jumper Committee, Communications Committee

Laura Lemon- Communications Committee chair

Jamison Strasser- VP, Review Committee, Jumper Committee

Vice President. Review Committee Chair. Parliamentarian. Jamison is a full-time professional civil engineer and a longtime member of SWVHJA. She began riding in 1999 at Vineyard Farm under the tutelage of the late Sarah Davis, kickstarting a passion for horses, Thoroughbreds especially, and hunters. Her junior years were spent bouncing between horses and divisions (and in the dirt!), prior to finding success in the 2’6” divisions with a talented Thoroughbred named Bailey. She graduated from UVA in 2013 and moved around the state for work, riding and showing whenever possible. In 2020 she moved home to Hot Springs, VA permanently and returned to Vineyard Farm. The same year she purchased her first horse, Z Town, and reentered the show ring. Since purchasing Z, she’s had mixed success in many of the SWVHJA amateur and open divisions and in the Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program championships and performance awards. When she isn’t working or at the barn, she might be found volunteering with Bath Animal Welfare Foundation, trail running, or walking Snaffle and Tonka, her unruly dogs, around the family farm.

Executive Secretary: Maggie Evans