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Jenny Nell Schulte is an accomplished Dressage and Three Day Event rider and trainer, with more than 30 years of competition experience. She started in Therapeutic Riding almost 20 years ago with Fran Joswick Therapeutic Riding Center in California, as the Head Instructor. She spent 2 years as the Executive Director of REINS in San Diego before moving to the Seattle area to become the Head Instructor at Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center. In 1993, Jenny took a leave of absence to pursue training and competition goals. In 1999, she returned as Program Director and now manages a staff of 6 instructors, 180 riders and 17 program horses. |
Tracy McConnachie has worked at Little Bit for 14 years. She began as a volunteer in September of 1991, became the volunteer coordinator in March of 1991 and is now a full-time registered riding instructor. She thoroughly enjoys teaching and is delighted when a rider picks up the reins for the first time to guide their own horse through obstacles, over poles and for the first time, asks their horse to walk on. |
Polly Cohen is a NARHA registered riding instructor with 15 years of riding, teaching and showing experience. She moved from Oregon to Washington to work at Little Bit the end of 2002. |
| Marci Bender grew up in central Pennsylvania and studied Therapeutic Recreation at the Pennsylvania State University where she also rode and competed on the Intercollegiate circuit. Before coming to Little Bit, Marci worked as a Therpeutic Riding and Adaptive Skiing Instructor in Park City, Utah. She obtained Advanced instructor certification from NARHA at Equest in Wylie, Texas. Marci, who is also a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, joined the Little Bit team of instructors in March of 2004. |
| Christie Rankin, who hails from Virginia, earned her degree in Therapeutic Recreation from Georgia State University in 2002. For over 10 years Chrristie has worked with people with disabilites in many capacities. In the past, she has worked at a residential treatment center for at-risk yourth in Florida; a Therapeutic Recreation Aide at The Shepherd Spinal Center in Atlanta; and a Therapeutic Riding Instructor in Park City, Utah. She became a reigistered NARHA Instructor in 2003. Christie came to Little Bit first as a coordinator for the Pacific Science Center Summer Camp in 2004, and permanently in the fall of 2004 as an instructor. |
Deborah Culver began volunteering in therapeutic riding in 1997. In 1998, she received her registered certification and was an instructor at Equifriends in Snohomish until 2001. She joined the staff of Little Bit in 2001 as a part-time instructor and manager of the summer inclusive horse camps. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Counseling Psychology. |
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