Nick Attwood is the President of Attwood Equestrian Surfaces, one of the nation's premier footing companies. A 1984 graduate of the University of Wolverhampton (UK) with a degree in applied chemistry, Nick has invested significant time into the research and development of synthetic riding surfaces and the construction of riding arenas and tracks. He has installed footing in Australia, Hong Kong, Europe and the Middle East. Since 1991, with the creation of Attwood Equestrian Surfaces, he has focused on the United States and introduced "Equation," the original dust-free footing, in the US. The company has installed arenas in 38 states, totaling more than 2 million square feet of surfaces. Nick has served as a panelist at the USDF Annual Convention, as a guest speaker at the Equine Affaire and as a contributing editor for the USDF's Underfoot book.

Jeannine M. Berger, D.V.M., is an associate staff veterinarian in the Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, Clinical Animal Behavior at the University of California at Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine. She is a boarded veterinary behaviorist, a well-published writer and a seasoned educator. Dr. Berger has a wide range of horse experience: riding lessons in dressage, jumping, eventing and diverse western disciplines. In conjunction with her veterinary education, she has completed many years of practice at both the University of Zurich and at UC Davis. Dr. Berger has also completed several instructional Natural Horsemanship clinics and has conducted seminars in horse handling locally and internationally. Recent presentations have ranged from seminars for veterinarians at the University of Zurich to presentations to Welsh pony and 4-H clubs in California. Dr. Berger is highly regarded for her ability to communicate behavior science to audiences of all ages and levels of experience.

Dr. Berger has done research in the areas of repetitive behavior such as cribbing and headshaking as well as foal rejection and weaning. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists and is a well-traveled and versatile lecturer. She currently works with problem horses and teaches owners how to conduct behavior modification to improve the horse-human relationship.

Tim Cordes, D.V.M. was raised with horses and has spent his life working with horses in one capacity or another: as an owner, private practitioner and government veterinarian/epidemiologist. Dr. Cordes received his veterinary degree from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. He then did an internship and residency in equine surgery at Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

For the next sixteen years Dr. Cordes was an equine practitioner as a principal of an equine referral hospital and veterinarian for the United States Equestrian Team (USET) and Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI). He has been with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services since 1994 as its Senior Staff Veterinarian for Equine Programs, responsible for program diseases including equine infectious anemia, equine viral arteritis, and West Nile equine encephalitis.

At the DHS/USDA Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostician School, he lectures on equine piroplasmosis, dourine and glanders; additionally, he is an instructor in the laboratory in both the clinical assessment and postmortem examination of horses with African horse sickness. He has published numerous educational articles and produced several educational videos.

Laura Florence has had an affinity for horses since early childhood. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of New Mexico, and knowing that she wanted to work with horses, she took an apprentice position with a farrier in New Mexico and became an American Farrier’s Association Certified Farrier.

Ms. Florence began her own business, serving a wide variety of clients from backyard companions to competitive sport horses. She developed a keen interest in lameness issues and worked closely with veterinarians on hoof problems, including laminitis. In 2000, Laura relocated to Chester County, PA, and joined the University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center Farrier Service. As Resident Farrier for seven years, she honed her skills while treating a broad range of hoof diseases.

Ever inquisitive, Ms. Florence continued to seek more information about the nature and function of the horse’s foot and how to best support this through proper hoof care. Through her observations and experience, it became increasingly evident that a natural approach to hoof care is key to restoring and maintaining optimum hoof structure. These conclusions produced more questions, which led her to the semi-feral pony herd at New Bolton Center. In 2003, as a Special Research Fellow of the Dorothy Russell Havemeyer Foundation, Ms. Florence began a research project describing the characteristics and morphology of the hoof within this herd of semi-feral ponies. Using over 30 different measurements and characteristic evaluations to describe the hoof and its changes, data from this project is producing some of the first quantitative descriptions of the “natural” foot.

In 2007, she left New Bolton Center to begin a private practice dedicated to the rehabilitation and maintenance of the horse’s hoof through a holistic approach.

Michael N. Fugaro, V.M.D., D.A.C.V.S., is Associate Professor of Equine Studies/Veterinarian with Centenary College and an adjunct professor in the Department of Animal Sciences with Rutgers University. Dr. Fugaro teaches a full course load at Centenary College, while providing medical and surgical services to the over 100 college-owned horses as well as the outside equine community. In the spring of 2008, he initiated an advanced equine health management course with Centenary and Rutgers, and the practice now employs seven veterinarians. He also has served the United States Equestrian Team in various capacities over the last 15 years.

Dr. Fugaro graduated from the University of Delaware and received a bachelor’s degree in animal science. He completed his veterinary training at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine, completed an internship at University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, and a large animal surgical residency at Purdue University. Dr. Fugaro has practiced large animal medicine and surgery in Bucks and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania, and Hunterdon, Warren, Sussex, and Morris counties in New Jersey.

Prior to arriving at Centenary College, Dr. Fugaro was one of the principal veterinarians representing the State Veterinarian for the New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s Division of Animal Health. Dr. Fugaro is board certified in large animal surgery and a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. In addition, he remains active with the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Association of Equine Practitioners, the New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association, the Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association, and the New Jersey Association of Equine Practitioners. He also is a part-time State Veterinarian for the New Jersey Racing Commission which includes the Meadowlands, Freehold Raceway, and Monmouth Park.

Brendan W. Furlong, M.V.B., M.R.C.V.S., was born and reared on a horse farm in Ireland. He graduated from the Veterinary College of Ireland with honors in 1976. He came to the United States for a two-year internship in 1977. Dr. Furlong then started his own equine veterinary practice (BW Furlong and Associates Equine Veterinarians) in 1980. The practice provides ambulatory and hospital care for more than 3,000 clients and 20,000 horses, with offices in Oldwick, NJ; Wellington, FL; and Ocala, FL.

Dr. Furlong is involved exclusively with performance horses, and his practice now employs seven veterinarians. He also has served the United States Equestrian Team in various capacities over the last 15 years.

David W. Horohov, Ph.D., is the William Robert Mills Chair and Professor in the Department of Veterinary Science of the Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center at the University of Kentucky. His research program focuses on the immune response of horses to various infectious and non-infectious diseases. Dr. Horohov is a co-investigator on a multi-institutional USDA project to develop better tools and reagents for the characterization of the horse’s immune response. These reagents will be used for the development of improved diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for a variety of equine diseases.

The major research focus of Dr. Horohov’s laboratory is on the characterization of the immune response of young foals, which typically exhibit unique susceptibility to a number of infectious agents. In addition, he has an interest in the immune response of older horses, such as those over 20 years of age, which constitute about 15 percent of the equine population and many of which remain actively involved in equestrian sports and in reproductive capacities as stallions and broodmares.

Dr. Horohov is Past-President of the American Association of Veterinary Immunologists, a member of the American Association of Immunologists and the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases. He is a member of various research committees and a reviewer, guest editor and prolific writer of peer-reviewed journal articles. He also is an accomplished presenter.

Dr. Horohov received his bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University and his master’s degree from Purdue University. He earned his doctorate from the University of Tennessee, and was a Staff Fellow at the Food and Drug Administration in Bethesda, MD, and later Professor of Veterinary Immunology at Louisiana State University. He is a Faculty Collaborator with Rutgers Equine Science Center and an adjunct member of the Graduate Faculty in Animal Sciences at Rutgers.

Daniel P. Keenan, D.V.M., has been a general equine practitioner in New Jersey since graduating from the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University in 1984. He has owned his own practice since 1988. His main interests are general medicine, sports medicine, and reproduction.

Keenan McAlister Equine is a 100% ambulatory equine practice located in central New Jersey, serving areas of Mercer, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Ocean, Camden, Burlington and Middlesex counties. The practice is equally divided among show horses, breeding stock, and pleasure horses with an emphasis on sports medicine, lameness diagnosis and treatment, wellness care, preventative medicine and reproduction.

Celeste Kunz, V.M.D., of Kunz Equine, LLC, in Perrineville, NJ, specializes in equine medicine and surgery and acts as the Emergency Veterinarian during races at The Meadowlands. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and holds veterinary licenses in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Kentucky, and Florida.

Dr. Kunz is known internationally as an expert in catastrophic injury management. She presented papers at the International Conference of Racing Analysts and Veterinarians in Dubai and Tokyo for “Management of Catastrophic Injuries on the Racetrack” and “Managing Infectious Disease at a Racetrack” respectively, and this October will lecture in Turkey on “Assessment of Traumatic Neurological Injury in the Horse” and “Communicating the Story of an Equine Injury.”

Dr. Kunz is the former Chief Examining Veterinarian of The New York Racing Association and served on The Breeders Cup Veterinary Examining Team for five years and The Triple Crown Examining Veterinary team for six years. She is a representative for The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) as an “On Call” media expert, working with CNN, ESPN, and other local and national media. In December 2007, she was appointed to The Professional Conduct and Ethics Committee for a two-year term.

Karyn Malinowski, Ph.D., is Director of the Rutgers Equine Science Center at the Rutgers/New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Her equine research and extension programs concentrate on improving the well-being and quality of life of the equine athlete while ensuring the vitality and viability of the equine industry, both statewide and nationally. She has received numerous awards for her work, including a leadership award from the American Youth Horse Council, a lifetime achievement award from the Rutgers Graduate School in 2007, and the American Horse Council’s most prestigious national citation, the Van Ness Award, in 2001. She was named "Outstanding Equine Educator" by the Equine Nutrition and Physiology Society, also in 2001. And in 2008, she and her team were cited for their work on the 2007 New Jersey Equine Economic Impact Study by the Northeast Cooperative Extension Directors.

Dr. Malinowski grew up and still lives in Somerset County. She has been a “horse person” since she took her first pony ride as a toddler, and she has been involved in various horse disciplines and organizations throughout her career. She holds bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees from Rutgers.

David Marshall, V.M.D., grew up in central Pennsylvania with an early passion for horses and science. He received his B.S. degree from Penn State University in 1971 and his veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975.

Dr. Marshall spent his first five years in private practice emphasizing equine medicine and surgery. In 1980 he returned to the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center to not only teach, but to further his equine surgical skills.

After leaving New Bolton Center, Dr. Marshall started a veterinary practice in southeastern Pennsylvania specializing in equine medicine, surgery, and reproduction. Pursuing a personal desire to return to teaching, Dr. Marshall joined the Department of Animal Science faculty at the University of Delaware in spring of 2002. He serves as an assistant professor in equine animal science and an equine extension veterinarian with Delaware Cooperative Extension Service. At the University of Delaware, Dr. Marshall teaches four undergraduate courses in equine science, pregnancy and foal physiology, mare and stallion reproduction, and equine diseases and lameness. His extension responsibilities include providing equine continuing education to the greater Delaware area.

Kenneth H. McKeever, Ph.D., FACSM, is Associate Director-Research for the Rutgers Equine Science Center and Associate Professor in Rutgers’ School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. He has focused his basic research on comparative exercise and cardiovascular physiology with a particular interest in baroreceptor function as well as renal and neuroendocrine control of blood pressure, blood volume, and fluid and electrolyte balance. On an applied level, his research has focused on the effects of ergogenic (performance-enhancing) practices on the physiological responses of the equine athlete. Research in the lab is focused on basic physiology of the equine athlete. His mission is not to cure sick horses, but rather to enhance understanding of the equine athlete and its physiology to prevent problems before they occur. He has lectured on the many similarities between horses and humans and is using the horse as a model to study the effects of aging on a variety of physiological systems. Ultimately his goal is to provide information for horse owners around the world and to find new ways to make happier, healthier, horses.

Scott E. Palmer, V.M.D., is a 1976 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He has acquired international recognition for his studies in equine sports injuries, arthroscopy, laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery using lasers. He is Hospital Director and a staff surgeon at the New Jersey Equine Clinic, where he has practiced for 32 years. His achievements and dedication to equine medicine have twice earned him the New Jersey Association of Equine Practitioners “Veterinarian of the Year” award. Dr. Palmer is a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, certified in Equine Practice first in 1989 and re-certifying in 1999 and 2008.

Dr. Palmer has a long tradition of volunteer service to organized veterinary medicine. He was President of the New Jersey Association of Equine Practitioners, a board member of the New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association and served as a trustee of the New Jersey Veterinary Education Foundation. He also served as a member of the Council of Regents and as President of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners. He is a Past President of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, an international association of more than 10,000 veterinarians and veterinary students in 57 countries world-wide. While serving as the 51st President of the AAEP in 2005, Dr. Palmer expanded the availability of AAEP’s continuing education to veterinarians around the world and presided over the first Unwanted Horse Summit in Washington, DC. He is currently serving as Chairman of the AAEP Racing Task Force.

Dr. Palmer has published more than 25 scientific papers and written numerous book chapters in veterinary textbooks. He has presented scientific and educational topics at equine seminars worldwide. He also plays a vital role in the “On Call” program of the American Association of Equine Practitioners. This program provides veterinary expertise for live media coverage of major equine sporting events. Dr. Palmer is most often “On Call” for Harness and Thoroughbred racing at the Meadowlands or at Monmouth Park racetracks. He has served as a member of the broadcast team for CBS and NBC Sports, ESPN, The Fox Network and the Learning Channel.

Heidi Potter is an experienced instructor, trainer and clinician. She is one of fifteen Level III Centered Riding© Instructor/Clinicians in the U.S. She is very successful at helping students of any discipline find improved balance, comfort, communication and confidence in the saddle. Mindfulness is the key element of her program, "In Harmony With Horses". Students working with Heidi quickly learn how strongly their minds, bodies and emotions influence their horses. She is known and appreciated for her clear, kind and consistent training and teaching style. Reminding her students to try to understand things from the horse’s perspective allows her to take them to the next level in building a more enjoyable and trusting relationship. Her program strongly emphasizes starting this relationship on the ground and then progressing to under saddle work. Many of her skills and insights are gained from her experience as a Martial Artist and a Yoga practitioner. Heidi has studied under several wonderful teachers, including Sally Swift, the founder of Centered Riding©. As a CHA (Certified Horsemanship Association) Clinic Instructor who is certified at the Master Level, Heidi always puts an emphasis on safety, whether working on the ground or in the saddle. She is most recently featured in John Lyon’s Perfect Horse magazine where she has written a two-part article entitled “Quiet Harmony”. Heidi teaches, trains and conducts clinics throughout the country, as well as at her family's southern Vermont farm, Maple Ridge Stable. Heidi can be contacted via her website www.InHarmonyWithHorses.com or by calling 802-380-3268.

Sarah L. Ralston, V.M.D., Ph.D., D.A.C.V.N., is Associate Director-Teaching with the Rutgers Equine Science Center and Associate Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at Rutgers’ School of Environmental and Biological Sciences specializing in equine nutrition. She has been a key faculty member with the Rutgers Equine Science Center since its inception.

The recipient of a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982, Dr. Ralston received her VMD degree from its School of Veterinary Medicine in 1980. She earned her board certification from the American College of Veterinary Nutrition in 1989.

She occupied the Mark Morris Chair of Clinical Nutrition in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Colorado State University's School of Veterinary Medicine prior to joining Rutgers in 1989. She is an adjunct professor in the Department of Large Animal Medicine at New Bolton Center and has served on several regional and national committees, including the American College of Veterinary Nutrition board of directors; American Board of Veterinary Specialties and New Jersey Veterinary Medical Education Contract Program Advisory Committee. She is also on the advisory boards of The Horse, Equine Practice and Journal of Equine Veterinary Science and a frequent contributor to popular journals such as Equus, Dressage Today and Practical Horseman.

She has also served as consultant to many of the nation's leading producers of equine feeds, including Purina Mills, Inc., Nutrena and Blue Seal Feeds, and is currently on the equine advisory board of Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Inc.

Dr. Ralston currently teaches undergraduate courses in Horse Management and Equine Nutrition and serves as an advisor to undergraduate students. She leads the Young Horse Teaching and Research Program at Rutgers. Her research is focused on glucose/insulin metabolism and developmental orthopedic disease in young horses with side interests in nutritional modulation of stress, metabonomics and pasture management.

Eric Scott, News Director for Millennium Radio New Jersey, manages New Jersey’s largest radio news staff for Millennium Radio, New Jersey 101.5 and affiliated stations.

A veteran journalist, he is acclaimed as a reporter who tells it like it is. Mr. Scott has worked as a local and national correspondent for CBS, NBC, and Mutual News. He is known as a tenacious interviewer and tireless investigator.

Possessing one of the most distinctive voices in the industry, Mr. Scott anchors the morning news broadcasts for all 12 Millennium Radio stations, the Millennium Radio New Jersey News Network, and the Millennium flagship station: New Jersey 101.5 FM. In addition to reporting the news, Mr. Scott frequently provides analysis of and insight into issues and developments that occur in the state and region. His broadcasts reach millions of New Jersey residents with news about their state, as well as their hometown, and have consistently been recognized as among the best in the industry.

Originally from a small farm town in Western New York State, Mr. Scott began his broadcasting career at the age of 14. He is an avid tennis player, amateur chef and gardener. He lives in Lawrenceville, NJ, with his wife Janet and two young sons Donavan and Alexander.

Carey A. Williams, Ph.D., Associate Director-Outreach with the Rutgers Equine Science Center, joined the Rutgers Cooperative Extension in July 2003 as its Extension Specialist in Equine Management, taking an active role in teaching, conducting research and working with the equine and academic communities to ensure the viability of the horse industry in New Jersey.

A Wisconsin native, Dr. Williams earned her doctorate degree in animal and poultry sciences (with an emphasis on equine nutrition and exercise physiology) in June 2003 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She holds a master’s degree in equine nutrition, also from Virginia Tech, and a bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University.

While at Virginia Tech she was a Pratt Fellow in Equine Nutrition. She designed and conducted various research projects dealing with equine nutrition and exercise physiology and assisted in the breeding, care and feeding of approximately 100 horses. Dr. Williams was a teaching assistant at both Colorado State and Virginia Tech, teaching courses ranging from equine behavior and training to animal anatomy. At Rutgers, Dr. Williams maintains a herd of Standardbred horses for nutrition and exercise physiology research; more specifically how we can decrease the stress of intense exercise using nutrition. She also works with agricultural agents within Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the Natural Resource Conservation Service to carry out equine pasture management initiatives.

Dr. Williams is a member of many associations, including the American Association of Veterinary Nutritionists and The Equine Science Society. She has recently been awarded the Northeast Section of the American Society of Animals Science and the American Dairy Science Association’s Outstanding Young Educator award in 2007, along with Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension’s Merle V. Adams Award to an outstanding junior faculty member in 2007. As a hobby she trains and competes with her Thoroughbred mare at various New Jersey dressage shows and horse trials.

Chris Wittstruck, Esq., is Program Coordinator for Paralegal Studies with Hofstra University’s Center for Continuing Education, as well as the Founder and Coordinator of the Racehorse Ownership Institute at Hofstra. He received his bachelor’s and law degrees from Saint John's University, and is an attorney licensed to practice before the Courts of New York State and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He is a licensed Thoroughbred owner in New York State, as well as a Standardbred owner licensed by New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.

Mr. Wittstruck is a charter member of the Albany Law School Racing and Wagering Law Network and is a contributor of treatises on critical legal issues regarding the racing industry. He writes the monthly "Racing and the Law" column for the United States Trotting Association. A director of the Standardbred Owners Association of New York, Mr. Wittstruck is also a member of the Harness Horse Association of Central New York and the New York City Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association ("USHWA"). Mr. Wittstruck was named the 2006 National "USHWAn of the Year."

A prolific writer and lecturer, Mr. Wittstruck has been interviewed extensively on television and radio and in print publications.