IEA Announces Board of Directors
Monday, July 6, 2020 (Columbus, Ohio) – The Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) Board of Directors recently approved the following slate of officers, founding board members and designees for the 2020-2021 IEA season with terms effective July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. The twelve-member IEA Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing all the operations of the organization. 
 
Officers:
  • President: Katie Schaaf                   
  • President Elect: Amanda Garner
  • Secretary: Samantha Fleming *
  • Treasurer: Christy Landwehr
 
Founding Board Members & Designees:
  • Founding Member: Tim Boone
  • Designee for Wayne Ackerer (Founding Member): Nancy Arledge
  • Designee for Myron Leff (Founding Member): Katie Morehead *
  • Designee for Roxane Durant (Founding Member): Nancy Kohler-Cunningham
 
Members at Large:
  • Leah Fiorentino

  * Indicates new board members
 
Rotating off the IEA Board from the 2019-2020 season is Gary Carpenter (Commissioner at National Reining Horse Association - NRHA) and Tammy Hurd-Harvey (Treasurer).
 
About the IEA Board Members:
Roxane Durant –  Founding Member and IEA Executive Director
Myron Leff – Founding Member, IEA Chief Operating Officer and Director of Marketing
Tim Boone – Founding Member
Wayne Ackerer – Founding Member, former IEA Hunt Seat/Western Coach and Judge
Katie Schaaf – IEA Hunt Seat Coach, USEF ‘r” Judge
Amanda Garner – IEA Dressage Coach
Samantha Fleming – IEA Hunt Seat Coach
Christy Landwehr – Executive Director at Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA)
Nancy Arledge – IEA Hunt Seat and Dressage Coach
Katie Morehead – IEA Western Coach; Chair IEA Western Committee
Nancy Kohler-Cunningham – IHSA Coach, USEF ‘r” Judge
Leah Fiorentino – Executive Director at National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA)

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ABOUT INTERSCHOLASTIC EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION (IEA)
Now in its 19th year, the IEA has over 14,500 members across the United States riding and coaching Hunt Seat, Western and Dressage disciplines. The non-profit (501(c)3) IEA was organized to promote and improve the quality of equestrian competition and instruction available to middle and secondary school students and is open to public and private schools and barn teams. There is no need for a rider to own a horse because the IEA supplies a mount and tack to each equestrian for competitions. Its purpose is to set minimum standards for competition, provide information concerning the creation and development of school associated equestrian sport programs, to generally promote the common interests of safe riding instruction and competition and education on matters related to equestrian competition at the middle and secondary school levels. For more information, please visit rideiea.org .
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