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Jan Clifford, Executive Director,

jan@horsepower.org
Jan is the founder and Executive Director of HORSEPOWER. Jan owned and operated an accounting practice in Dallas, Texas for fifteen years as well as a horse boarding facility for five years. Jan is a level two certified riding instructor by the Association for Horsemanship Safety and Education and a Registered Riding Instructor by PATH Intl.
 

Tim Clifford, Youth Director, tim@horsepower.org
Tim joined HORSEPOWER as a volunteer in 1999 and joined the staff full-time in July of 2002; He is retired from Guilford County schools where he was a teacher, coach, and principal. His last 14 years were served as the principal of McIver Education Center where he worked with students with special needs ages 3 to 22. Tim was born and raised in Pennsylvania; received his BS from Appalachian State University and his masters at North Carolina A&T State University. He has two sons Chris and Josh; 2 step-children Mady and Scott and 6 grandchildren.

Donna Reece, Equine & Barn Director, donna@horsepower.org
Donna joined HORSEPOWER in April 2003. She became interested in horses back in  high school and has been working in the horse business, in some form, since then. Whether it was in Virginia, Arkansas, Texas, or North Carolina Ms. Reece was a member of any and all horse organizations. She was an AQHA youth director in Virginia and a leader in the 4H. She worked at a thoroughbred race horse center and from 1991 to 1996 she trained and showed horses as a business, then in 1996 she hauled horses coast to coast for 7 years until finding a home at HORSEPOWER. She is a PATH Intl. registered instructor.

Jessica Holliday,Volunteer Coordinator, volunteer@horsepower.org
Jess joined HORSEPOWER in January 2008 as the volunteer coordinator. She is a graduate from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, with a Bachelor of Environmental Science in Human Development and Family Studies. She started a three hundred hour internship with HORSEPOWER in May 2007 and completed it in October of 2007. Jess, her boyfriend Colt and their Son Lane live in Stokesdale. She is a PATH Intl. registered instructor
Emily Mann, Instructor
Emily first joined HORSEPOWER in 1994 as a volunteer. She graduated from East Carolina University after studying recreational therapy and sign language. In 2003 she was volunteer coordinator for HORSEPOWER, but returned to a volunteer position when she wanted to devote more time to starting a family. She is a PATH Intl. registered instructor and lives in Colfax with her husband and two young children.
Jean Martin, Insructor
Jean joined HORSEPOWER in August 2008 as a volunteer. Her love for children and horses made it a perfect fit for her. She was a flight attendant with Piedmont and USAIRWAYS for over 20 years and a graduate of Johnson & Wales Culinary School in Charleston, S.C. She is currently a business owner with her husband Eric and a mother of two children, Haley and Walker. They have a dog named Harley. She is a PATH Intl. registered instructor.
Chris Puckett, Instructor

Chris joined HORSEPOWER in 1996. She became a PATH Intl. registered Instructor in 2001.  Chris was awarded the State of NC Governors Certificate of Appreciation in 1998, she was nominated as NARHA's Volunteer of the year in the southeast region, and the Received the NC award for Outstanding Volunteer Service in 2004. Chris is a member of HORSEPOWER's Board of Directors. She lives in Greensboro with her husband of 35 years. They have one grown son.

     

 

 

 

 

 

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