Officers and Directors

Linda L. Allen, Director

Steve Chidester, Director

Anne Warner Cribbs, Director, Executive Director

Bob Garcia, President

Derek di Grazia, Director

Tim G. Eastman, DVM, MPVM, ACVS, Director

Myron E. (“Doc”) Etienne, Jr. Chairman

James T. Hendrick, Director, Secretary

Loris A. Henry, Director

Barbra I. Higgins, Director, CFO

Jay E. Hubert, Director

Charles L. Lloyd, III, Director

Camille Stahl Penhoet, Director. 

Advisory Council

Jody Cutler, Moorpark, CA - Past President, American Driving Society

Fritz Grupe, Lodi Ca. Former U.S. Pairs Combined Driving Champion

Phyllis Grupe, Lodi Ca. Breeder,Competitor and SOF (Supporter of Fritz)

Hilda Gurney, Moorpark, CA - Olympic Bronze medal, 4 Gold and 2 Silver Pan Am medals in dressage, 3-Day National Champion (1969)

Bobby Ingersoll, Reno, NV, National Reined Cow-Horse Association Hall of Fame Inductee 1996

Rod Hisken Eventful Acres owner and first Chairman of the Monterey Horse Park (2002 - 2007) is passionate about the mission of the horse park - to preserve land for equestrian activities and public recreation; to provide a venue to host local, national and international competitions, training and education; to ensure that this extraordinary land in this unique setting will be enjoyed by future generations. Rod's facility, Eventful Acres is a 35 acre equestrian facility in Oregon House, California located in the beautiful, rural, Sierra Foothills.

J. Ashton Moore, San Juan Bautista, CA - Co-Founder, Am. Vaulting Assn.

David O’Connor, The Plains, VA - 3-Day Olympic Gold (Indiv.) Silver and Bronze (Team) medals, Pan Am Gold (Team) and Silver (Indiv.)  World Equestrian Games Gold and Bronze medals.

Karen O’Connor, The Plains, VA - 3-Day Olympic Bronze and Silver (Team) medals, World Equestrian Games bronze (Team) medal. 2007 Pan Am Gold (Individual & Team) medals.

C. Mike Tomlinson, DVM, Thousand Oaks, CA -  Past President of Am. Endurance Ride Conference, Federation Equestrian International veterinarian

Sheila Varian, Arroyo Grande, CA - Cowgirl Hall of Fame Arabian breeder and reined cow horse competitor

Jimmy Wofford, Upperville, VA - Eventing Hall of Fame, Olympic Silver (indiv.) and 2 Silver (Team) medals, 4-time Natl. Champ.

Linda L. Allen
Director

Ms. Allen has been active in the equestrian community as a competitor, breeder, trainer, author, course designer and consultant for over 30 years. The winner of numerous prestigious awards as a competitor and course designer, she has designed the show jumping courses for international events including the 1996 Olympic Games and the 1999 World Breeding Championships, and served as the Technical Delegate for the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) at the 1999 Pan American Games and the 1994 World Equestrian Games.

Steve Chidester
Director

Mr. Chidester is an architect and planner and the President of Shaw Architecture Planning, Inc., a design-oriented firm that specializes in environmental planning and the governmental approval process for construction projects. A life long Californian, he has been a resident of Monterey for over 30 years and owns, trains and competes with his horses in endurance competitions. Mr. Chidester was educated at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Anne Warner Cribbs
Director
Executive Director

Cribbs is the President and CEO of BASOC, which submitted the bid to bring the 2012 Olympic Games to the San Francisco Bay Area, a catalyst for the creation of the Monterey Horse Park. An Olympian, entrepreneur and civic leader, Ms. Cribbs brings over 20 years of sports management experience to the Monterey Horse Park. She received her AA degree from Foothill College, where she won the Outstanding Female Graduate Award, and continued to earn her Bachelor’s Degree from Stanford University in Political Science. She was inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame as an Olympian and a Trailblazer - for her efforts as a co-founder of the American Basketball League - the ABL and her support of women's sports.

Bob Garcia
President

Mr. Garcia is Director of Quality Control for Turner Construction’s Northern California business unit.  Turner is the largest general contracting company in the US and has extensive experience in developing major sporting venues throughout the country.  Mr. Garcia has thirty years in the construction industry and has had the opportunity to manage a variety of construction projects for many of the Fortune 500 companies.  Mr. Garcia is a second generation native Californian, he and his family live on the San Francisco Bay Peninsula with their two dogs and five horses.  During the spring, summer and fall you can find Mr. Garcia and his wife riding their horses through the Santa Cruz Mountains.  He is a graduate of San Jose State University.

Derek di Grazia
Director

Mr. Di Grazia is an internationally renowned course designer, trainer, and competitor in the discipline of Eventing. A businessman and long time resident of Monterey County, he brings an impressive wealth of knowledge about Eventing and competition design to the Monterey Horse Park. Mr. Di Grazia earned his Bachelors Degree from Georgetown University.

Tim G. Eastman
DVM, MPVM, ACVS
Director

Dr. Eastman joined Steinbeck Country Equine Clinic, a full service equine care facility in Salinas, CA., in 2002. Board certified in Equine Surgery, he is committed to round the clock equine care, using the most advanced technology. A 1991 Graduate of Cal Poly in Animal Sciences with a business minor and a 1996 Graduate of UC Davis with a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine and a masters in Preventative Veterinary Medicine, he did his internship at the Littleton Large Animal Clinic in Littleton, Colorado and his 3 year surgical residency at Texas A & M. He is a native of Salinas.

Myron E. (“Doc”) Etienne, Jr.
Chairman

Mr. Etienne is the senior partner in the law firm of Noland, Hamerly, Etienne & Hoss and has practiced since 1953. Recently inducted into the Pro Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame, he is actively involved in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the California Rodeo, headquartered in Salinas, California since 1962. Mr. Etienne is a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy and received his law degree from the University of California Hastings College of Law.

James T. Hendrick
Director
Secretary

Mr. Hendrick is a partner in the law firm of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP and specializes in insurance coverage matters in domestic and international markets. Mr. Hendrick, who is a recreational rider, his wife (eventing and combined driving competitor) and daughter (eventing and college equestrian team) own and care for seven horses. A graduate of the University of Illinois, he earned his law degree at Harvard Law School and began to practice law at Thelen following active duty in the United States Navy.

Loris A. Henry
Director

Ms. Henry is a life-long equestrian who began her career by obtaining her British Horse Society Assistant Instructor certificate at Burton Hall in Ireland. She is a USA Eq "R" Combined Training judge an FEI “C” Eventing judge and a USA Eq "S” Dressage judge and has earned Bronze and Silver USDF Medals. Ms. Henry was president of the California Dressage Society 1984-86 and is a former President of the United States Eventing Association and served on its Board of Governors from 1991 - 2001.

Barbra I. Higgins
Director
CFO

Ms. Higgins is an accountant and attorney, specializing in business consulting. Currently President of Higgins Arana Business CPR, based in Oakland, providing small businesses with a COO/CFO, analyzing companies’ current positions, creating plans to guide owners in implementation, and measuring the results through financial performance. Director of the 2002 Modern Pentathlon World Championships held at Stanford University, Ms. Higgins serves on the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors as Grants Committee Chairperson and on the Northern California Olympian Board of Directors as Treasurer. A graduate of Florida International University, she earned her law degree at the University of Miami School of Law. She was a member of the 1984 Panamanian Olympic Fencing Team and is a frequent motivational speaker for school assemblies and community service clubs.

Jay E. Hubert
Director

Mr. Hubert is retired from the California State Board of Equalization. He and his wife have been breeding and showing Registered Welsh Ponies for over 30 years. In the 1980’s, he was introduced to Carriage Driving and began to compete in American Driving Society pleasure shows. That led to Combined Driving competition and then to tandem driving with his home bred Section A Welsh mares. He was elected to the ADS Board in 2001 and currently serves as Chair of the Safety & Education Committee. He is a CDE course designer, a former USEF (ASHA) steward and member of the Board of the Welsh Pony and Cob Society of America. He is also proud to be a founding director of Project R.I.D.E., Inc., a therapeutic riding and driving program in Elk Grove, California.

Charles L. Lloyd, III
Director

Mr. Lloyd, an eventing competitor, is a past President of the United States Eventing Association and served on the Board of Directors of USA Equestrian and on the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee of the United States Equestrian Team. Mr. Lloyd has extensive business experience and has managed companies in both the software and equestrian industries. A graduate of Stanford University, Mr. Lloyd went on to do graduate work at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service before founding his first company.

Camille Stahl Penhoet
Director

Ms. Penhoet is a native of the Monterey Peninsula who competed in eventing to the Advanced level under the legendary horseman and eventing coach at Pebble Beach, Dick Collins.  While on the Board of Directors of the California Dressage Society, she became a founding member of the United States Dressage Federation.  She currently competes in FEI sanctioned dressage competitions on the West Coast.  Camille and her husband own Toyon Farm, a dressage training center in Napa, California.  She earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from Stanford University and the M. Ed. degree from the University of Washington in Seattle.