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The CEPEC
Team
CEPEC was initiated by Karl
Bastian, the former President of the Sonoma County Horse
Council, who recruited Wanda Smith to launch the
project and be its Executive Director.
Board of Directors |
- President, Jack May, Land
Conservationist & Developer, Dressage Stable Owner
- Vice President, Jennifer
Sloan, Executive Director of Arts Council of Sonoma County, Arabian Ranch
Owner
- Treasurer, Lyle Smith,
President of Martin Ranch Supply, Santa Rosa Junior College Advisory Committee
Member, Quarter Horse Ranch Owner
- Secretary, Sue Buxton, DVM,
Veterinarian, Eventing Competitor
- Member at Large, Alan
Wollenberg, Retired San Francisco Judge, Quarter Horse Rancher &
Breeder
- Executive Director, Wanda
Smith, CEPEC Executive Director
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Jack May |
Jennifer Sloan |
Lyle
Smith |
Sue Buxton,
DVM |
Alan
Wollenberg |
Wanda Smith |
| Advisory Team |
Engineering &
Design
- Arenas, Footing, Site Traffic Flow,
Dan Carr,
- Landscape Architecture,
Paul Neundorfer
- 3D Modeling, Diane
Engdahl, Sun Coast
Design
- Civil
Engineering, Brelje and Race,
Jack Locey
- Interior Architecture, Rouillard & Associates
- Trail Design
& Construction , Barth Campbell
- Infrastructure Englineeing, Thomas Sawyer
- Sustainable Design, Wendy Wallace, Quattrocchi Kwok
Architects
- Sewage Systems, Jim Quigley
- Equestrian Complex Design,
Lachlan Oldaker,
GH2 Gralla Equestrian
Architects
- Construction, Jesse Gladman,
Jim Murphy and
Associates
- Sculptures, Jan
Mapes
Environment
- Biology,
Geoff Monk
- Mammology, Kim Fitts,
Bioconsultant LLC
- Environments,
Tim DeGraff,
WRA
- Geology, Michael Malone
- Hydrology, Steve
Mack
- Paleontology, Tom
McConnell
- Waste and Recycling Mangement, Lou Ratto,
North Bay Corporation,
- Historial Archiving, Barbara Molland,
Far Field Farms
Academia
- Sonoma State University Liaison, Professor
Bill
Silver
- UC Davis Academic
Liaison, Professor Jan
Roser
- Intercollegiate Events, Caroline Thune
Finance
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Discipline Representatives
- AQHA Shows,
Melissa Zanetti
- Cutting,
Chris Brown
- Draft Horse Events, Nolan
Darnell
- Dressage, Sharon Marshall
- Driving,
Ted Draper
- Endurance,
Tony
Benedetti
- Eventing, Yves Sauvignon
(West Coast) and DeAnna
Hines (East Coast)
- Hunter-Jumper,
Rudy Leone
- Para Equestrian Riders, Shirely Johnson-Foell
- Polo, Carol Molln
- Reined Cow Horse, Corolynn Vogt
- Reining,
Keli
Hendricks
- Race Horse Training, Rhoda
March
- Trail, Jonathon
Ayers
- Trainer Liaison,
Clay Jackson
Equine
Facilities& Services
Public
Relations
- U.S.
Marketing, MaryAnn Peters
- International Marketing,
Judy Porter
- Internet Marketing &
Social Networking, Linda Patrick
- Public Relations, Kassy
Perry, Perry Communications
California Regional
Representatives
- Central Valley, Nancy Easton
Government
-
District Representative for US Congressman Mike Thompson, Cheryl
Diehm
- District Representative for US Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, Wendy
Freiberg
- District Representative
for California Senator Mark Leno, Carol Mills
- Open Space District,
Misty Arias
- Permit Acquisition, Dana
Dirricco
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Wanda originally hails from San Francisco
where she spent her childhood riding horses in Pacifica during the school
season and in Sonoma County during the summers. During the 1970's, she and her
family had a Quarter Horse ranch in Bonny Doon near Santa Cruz. In the early
1980's, Wanda lived in Europe where she rode horses at the Chantilly Chateau in
France and during the winter in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
 In 1994, Wanda moved to
Sonoma County and started showing cutting horses. At that time, the
contribution of horses to Sonoma County was not well known. It motivated Wanda
to write a book (Horses of the
Wine County) illustrating the history and economic contributions of
horses to Sonoma County. It also included the various breeds, champion horses
and riders, contributors, associations, and equine events in Sonoma County.
Wanda was asked to make a presentation to the Sonoma County Horse Council about
the book. Because of her entrepreneurial background and experience with horses,
she was recruited to create and manage an Olympic level equestrian center in
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Wanda's background includes a Masters of Science degree in
Engineering from Stanford University and over 40 years experience in product
and project design, research, and management in several Fortune 100 companies.
Her entrepreneurial background includes creating research centers around the
world for Hewlett Packard, founding an international research & development
consulting company, and helping start up several small
companies.
Because of her contributions to the computer
industry, Wanda was included in the 1984 Esquire Register of People
Changing America with Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Bill and Hillary Clinton,
Charles Schwab, Steven Speilberg, and Sally Ride.
Wanda has also served on several public and
private, profit and non-profit Boards including the San Jose Medical Research
Foundation, Silicon Valley Ergonomics Institute, Sweetwater Springs Water
District (as a publicly elected official), Occidental Equestriennes, and
Vintage Cutting Horse Association. |
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The Sonoma County Horse Council was founded
in 1993 to be a central organization to advocate for horse owners and
businesses and to protect their mutual interests.
The mission of the Horse Council
is to:
- Promote and preserve the horse
agriculture, industry and recreation in Sonoma County
- Communicate horse-related issues to members
- Inform the public about horse community goals and projects
- Support private and public equestrian
facilities
- Promote all aspects of the equine
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Partnering with other organizations, such as the Farm Bureau and
horse clubs, the Horse Council's role expanded to include monitoring
regulations and legislation affecting the horse community and acting as a
liaison with local government entities. The Council addresses concerns of the
horse community as a resource to guide owners and lovers of horses toward
knowledgeable sources of information to help them with questions of horse
ownership and use, land issues and stewardship, as well as political concerns.
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