Linda Novy, President

Linda Novy and her horse Falco, a 24 year old Andalusian gelding who she adopted 20 years ago, board at the historic Marin Stables in Fairfax, just 5 minutes from Linda's house. There, she enjoys lessons with Becky Larcher, trail riding and trailering out.

Carolyn R. Gold, Vice President

Riding her horse, Wind Dancer, Registered Paso Fino and Spotted Saddle Horse.  Carolyn enjoys trail riding, showing, field trialing and  gymkannahs. She boards in West Marin.

Rena Gustafsson, Secretary

Rena boards her horse Sirius (a coming 14 year old haflinger gelding), at Creekside Equestrian Facility in Woodacre, Ca. She and Sirius have been together since he was 7, and have made many friends over the years at various barns, clinics and through the Marin Horse Council. Currently, they are learning dressage, and are hoping to parlay those techniques into working equitation events once they learn how to do a proper 20 meter circle. :)

Karen Bosko

Karen sponsors a quarter horse, Ben, at the Presidio Riding Club, where she also enjoys riding several other horses- Koa, a Clydesdale/Quarter Cross, Parker, a Missouri Foxtrotter,  Rhapsody, a Warmblood and Buddy, a Tennessee Walker.  Having grown up riding English on trails in Southern California near the Del Mar track, Karen will ride according to the owner’s preference.  She likes it all. And she loved riding Icelandics in Iceland last year!

Gini Griffin, Emerita, Web and Marketing Consultant to MHC

Gini and Kismet, a registered Rocky Mountain mare, travel the trails of Marin and Sonoma. Gini  boards at Longview Stables in Novato just at the edge of Indian Tree Preserve where she is also a mounted volunteer patrol for the Marin County Open Space. Gini and Kismet average over 700 miles on the trails yearly which inspired her to create Marin Sonoma Trail Riders on Facebook to “hook up” trail riders throughout the North Bay. Through her Rocky Mountain group, Gini manages to get in a couple horse camping trips in each year as well.

Joe Ehrmann

Joe takes lessons at Hunter Lane Equestrian Center in Santa Rosa. His teacher, Margaret Winterkorn, owns the Center and teaches her students in equi-therapy. He is working on beginning Dressage in a covered arena and in an open arena with the letters on the sides, front and the entrance. Practicing riding in circles, figure eights, reverse the course, Joe is  learning to be aware of the different speeds of the walk and trot and how to work effectively with them. Joe is also responsible for the ride outs that Marin Horse Council does and enjoys them very much.

Jessica Lashbrook

Jessica owns Marin Tack and Feed and was introduced to the love of horses at a young age. She competed in the field of 3 day eventing, and during that time enjoyed rescuing thoroughbreds off the track. She now enjoys finding rescues and rebuilding their trust in themselves and their human partners. Her favorite type of riding is adventuring outdoors with her equine partners where ever the journey takes them. She currently has three rescues, Billy, Sid and Hooch who reside at a leased space at Spirit Rock where she enjoys trail riding adventures.

Cheryl D.Bossio

Maisie is a Morgan cross mare that Cheryl rescued three years ago from Minnesota and trailered across the country to her home in California. What a change in climate for her!

Maisie’s home is at Dixon Ranch in Woodacre where she’s hopefully learning a few tricks of the trade from her 3 arena view! Cheryl's favorite place to ride is with friends in Bear Valley, Point Reyes.

Amory Willis

Amory Willis is past president of Marin Horse Council.  She continues to make a positive difference for the horse community.