Our Human Staff

Equi-librium lovingly refers to our administrative team, instructors, and therapists as “human staff” as the horses are our “equine staff” holding equally important jobs!

As a charitable non-profit organization, Equi-librium is governed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors, and managed by a professional staff of 30 paid employees. The staff is assisted by over 200 active volunteers who support the daily operations of the program. As a Premier Accredited Center of PATH International, our instructors are Certified in Equine Assisted Activities and the therapists are Registered with both PATH International and the American Hippotherapy Association.

Our staff bios are currently under construction! Check back soon!

 

Administrative TEAM

JESSIE SHAPPELL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | jessie@equi-librium.org

karin nifong, program director, ctri, ESMHL | karin@equi-librium.org

kimberly gapinski, equine operations DIRECTOR | kimberly@equi-librium.org

dawn fetherman, administrative director | ADMIN@equi-librium.org

MICHELLE DERRY, volunteer coordinator | MICHELLE@equi-librium.org

brett viglione, facilities DIRECTOR | brett@equi-librium.org

program team

christina coxe, outreach coordinator, ctri, ESMHL | christina@equi-librium.org

donna mowry, driving instructor, ctri | donna@equi-librium.org

petra eichelberger, ctri | petra@equi-librium.org

john murdoch, driving instructor | john@equi-librium.org

PAM SPIGEL, CTRI | pam@equi-librium.org

joan glass, ctri-in-training | joan@equi-librium.org

jenn o’hara, ctri-in-training | jennifer@equi-librium.org

sara minnich, ctri-in-training | sara@equi-librium.org

sara miller, CTRI-IN-TRAINING

horse care team

brandy novak, lead barn staff

Kaelyn ryan, lead barn staff

trista allen, lead barn staff

cheyenne white, lead barn staff

parker christensen, barn staff

colin homschek, barn staff

bill joachim, volunteer

 

Board of Directors

Raymond Szczucki, Chairperson: Account Engineer, Chubb

Wenda Boyer, Vice Chair: Braided Love Horsehair Jewelry

matthew hotchkiss, treasurer: bright star consulting

kathryn majewski, secretary: biolumina

Ronald Brubaker, Victaulic

olivia fraunfelter, fitzpatrick lentz & bubba

helena seip, community volunteer

kimberly stolarik, good shepherd rehabilitation

keaton yoo, air products