Florida Horse Park 2009 Board of Directors


Connie Duff Wise                               
Chairperson
Connie Duff Wise State Farm Insurance
The Villages, FL

 


Cecile Hetzel Dunn 
1st Vice-Chairperson                   
Dunn Haven Farm
Lady Lake, Florida

Craig G. Bachrodt
2nd Vice-Chairperson
President, Palm Chevrolet
Ocala, Florida

 


Chester Weber
Secretary 
Live Oak Combined Driving/Live Oak Stud
Ocala, Florida

 

 

Damian Guthrie
Treasurer
Local Businessman and International Show Jumper
Reddick, Florida

 


Jena Brooks
Director, Office of Greenways and Trails
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Tallahassee, Florida 

Darren M. Chiacchia
Independence Farm
Olympic Veteran in the sport of Eventing
Ocala, Florida and Springville, New York
 
 
 

 
 

 
Carol B. Dover, FMP
President/Chief Executive Officer
Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association
Tallahassee, Florida 
 

 


 
 

 
Richard Hancock
Executive Vice-President
Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' & Owners' Association
Ocala, Florida 
 

 


 
Deborah Cox May
Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Tallahassee, Florida
 

  
Ed McNamara
Owner, Winning Edge Tack Shop and 123tack.com
Ocala, Florida
 
 

 
Karen O’Connor
International Eventing Competitor
2000 & 2004 Olympic Medalist
 
 

 
Tim Petty
Petty Quarter Horses
Ocala, Florida
 

 

 


 

 
  
Randy Samko
Vice-President Marketing/Sales
Seminole Feed
 

 
Jo Ann Doke Smith
Farmer, Leader in Florida Agriculture
Named 1985 Woman of the Year in Agriculture by the Florida Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services  
 
 

 Chris Machen
 Gainsville, Florida