United States Eventing Association

Vero Beach, FL - Allison Springer has been elected to serve as the new President of the Professional Riders Organization. She took over January 1^st from Phillip Dutton who stepped down after serving two terms as president. “I’m very proud of what we’ve been able to do as a rider driven organization,” said Dutton. “I think it’s good to have a new person come in who has some fresh ideas. It keeps us from getting stale and I feel Allison will be a great president for us.” Dutton, an original founder of PRO will continue on the executive board as a director of the organization.

Allison Springer, also an original founding member of PRO was elected at the PRO Annual Meeting in December. “Being one of the founding members is one of my proudest achievements in the sport of eventing. I want to acknowledge how much we have grown as an organization under Phillip’s leadership,” said Springer. “I personally want to continue Phillip’s work and build on his accomplishments to help the sport grow.”

Since its inception, PRO has sought to promote eventing by bringing together the vast community of the sport while providing a sustainable support system for riders, owners and organizers. PRO works actively with the UK based Event Riders Association (ERA) and all NGBs to represent the voice of the riders.

Doug Payne, (Apex, NC) - Competitor, ICP Certified Trainer, USEF Judge and Technical Delegate;

Marcia Kulak, (Scotia, NY) – Competitor, ICP Certified Trainer and USEF Eventing Team Selector;

Tamra Smith, (Murrieta, CA) – Competitor and ICP Certified Trainer

have also been elected to the executive board to serve a two-year term.

PRO Executive Board:

Allison Springer, President (2015) Sinead Halpin (2015))

Buck Davidson, Vice-President (2015) Mark Hart (2015)

Yvonne Ocrant, Secretary (2015) Marcia Kulak (2015)

Shannon Lilley, Treasurer (2014) Leslie Law (2015)

Max Corcoran (2014) Doug Payne (2015)

Phillip Dutton, Founding Director Tamra Smith (2015)

Laura VanderVliet, Founding Director