Meet Our Team

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Lindsay grew up in Colorado and rode through college. She completed her bachelors at CU and her graduate work at UC, San Diego. For nearly a dozen years she has worked with non-profits around the world and locally. She is driven to create sustainable, scalable, and impactful non profit organizations. Lindsay is very excited to bring her expertise and love for horses to help the wonderful team at RMRT fulfill their mission to help all individuals reach their fullest potential. When she is not at RMRT, Lindsay is usually on the side of a field cheering for her kids, skiing, traveling, or running with her dog.

PROGRAM MANAGER

Katie grew up around horses, showing competitively in various western disciplines for 20+ years. She is excited to get to reconnect with her passion for horses here at RMRT. In her free time, she loves camping with her teenage daughters, Talley and Drue, and her two French Bulldogs.

LIVE-IN RANCH HAND

Michelle started as a volunteer in the therapeutic riding program at RMRT in February 2016 because it combined two things she’s passionate about - working with kids and working with horses. When RMRT began offering Equine-Assisted Learning to at-risk youth, she volunteered in that program as well and it ignited a passion in her to continue working in equine assisted services. She is now in graduate school to gain clinical licensure so that she can provide counseling to youth in both equine and academic settings. Michelle loves working with the members of RMRT’s collaborative interdisciplinary team who all prioritize the heath of the herd while pursuing a common mission to serve the community. She believes she would not be on the road she is on without her meaningful experiences at RMRT.

HORSE TRAINER/EQUINE MANAGER MARKETING MANAGER CODE 4: RMRT FIRST RESPONDERS PROGRAM™ INSTRUCTOR

PATH Intl. CTRI

Carrie has been part of RMRT’s team since 2018. She has been riding and working with horses for over 20 years. She started out riding Hunter/Jumper before switching to Eventing. She then found a love of exploring different riding disciplines and has done everything from Barrel Racing to Bareback Riding to Sidesaddle. In college she found her passions of helping horses find peace through groundwork based training and helping people find peace through working with horses. She has been a PATH Intl. Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor since 2014. In her free time she enjoys hiking with her family and working with her horse, Jackie.

CODE 4: RMRT FIRST RESPONDERS PROGRAM™ INSTRUCTOR

PATH Intl. CTRI

Cheryl Thompson has been a part of Therapeutic Riding for over 25 years. First as a volunteer, then later as a Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor. Then as a Certified Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Certified in Grief Healing with Horses. Her hobbies are stamping her own cards, walking her dog and working in her yard.

THERAPEUTIC RIDING INSTRUCTOR

PATH Intl. CTRI

After graduating from Hawaii Pacific University and then spending the better part of a decade in Hospitality Management, working in hotel operations, sales and marketing, Chandra decided to make a career change and get back into working with horses. Chandra is from Colorado and grew up riding in the mountains, although she was never able to have her own horse growing up due to the expense, she jumped at every opportunity to be around them. She has always had a passion and love for horses. In her free time she enjoys hiking, running, and hanging with her dog and cat.

INSTRUCTOR IN TRAINING

Jess is a lifelong lover of all creatures which is what brought her to Code 4: RMRT First Responders Program™ and volunteering here with all the great humans and barn residents. Continuing her passion of working with humans and animals she is excited and grateful to be working towards her PATH therapeutic riding instructor certification. In her free time Jess loves hiking with her dogs and husband and together they run their animal sanctuary called Tails of Two Cities Sanctuary.