DONNA THAYER – Running for East Region Rep
I have been a member of ODS for twenty years, most of those years as an active member of the Central Oregon Chapter.  I have held the offices of president, secretary, and treasurer for my chapter as well as chairing several committees and re-writing the chapter bylaws.  For the past two years, I have been the Eastern Region Representative and drafted the new ODS bylaws.  I am currently serving on the committee to revise the ODS Procedures Manual.  I have worked with other non-profit organizations in my community, serving on the Board of Directors at Healing Reins Therapeutic Riding Center and as the current president of the Board of Trustees of Family Kitchen, a program devoted to the prevention of hunger in Deschutes County.  My husband and I care for our three horses on twenty beautiful acres.  I enjoy showing at both league and ODS/USDF shows, and we all love trail riding.KIMBERLEE BARKER – Running for Central Region Rep
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GAYE McCABE – Running for Central Region Rep
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PATTY ARMSTRONG – Running for North Region Rep
We moved to Yamhill County following my husbands retirement from the US Navy in 1996. I  began riding in 1994 while we were stationed in Fallon, Nevada. I had been involved with the Sierra Nevada Chapter of CDS. I brought my now 25 year old Anglo-Trakehner mare, Lita to Oregon when we moved and attended my first ODS meeting/CMC, in Dec.2006. I was our chapters ODS rep and was very active in the development of the Fall Festival… was it in 1998?   On the chapter level, I have competed (although not recently) and have also helped with the schooling shows we have put on. I recently went through scribe training and look forward to the opportunity to participate in shows in this new capacity! My children are now out of college and on their own, which has opened up some free time. I volunteered at the recent Jane Savoie Clinic and the ODS Championship Show, both held at Devonwood.  Skills and experiences: I have extensive volunteer experience with 4-H livestock projects: horse, dairy goats, poultry, swine. In addition to having children participate in these projects, I was also a leader and was the 4-H Dairy Goat Superintendent at the Clackamas County Fair for 4 years. I was also involved in the local FFA program when my children were members. I can handle numerous projects simultaneously and do not miss meetings or deadlines. I graduated from college with a degree in graphic design and in 2003 started a web design company, Dark Horse Solutions. I feel I am organized, intelligent, practical, a problem solver, and a people person.   Holding the position of North Region Rep would benefit both myself and ODS. It is important to volunteer and to use ones skills and resources to give to organizations one is passionate about! I can’t think of many activities that would rank higher than those involving horses.

ROSE NEWMAN – Running for Director at Large
I am the current ODS North Region Representative, ODS Show Committee Chair, show manager for USEF/USDF recognized shows as well as ODS League shows and USDF Region 6 Representative for the Competitions Management Committee.

FRANCY HAUPT – Running for Director at Large
I have been involved with ODS for a long time.  It all started back in the late 1970’s when I was part of a family membership, with my mother, in the CCTA Chapter.  High school, college and working out of state took me away from ODS but when I moved back to Oregon in 1997, I settled in Grants Pass and rejoined ODS.  I became a member of what is now State of Jefferson Chapter and was quickly put to work.  I was the show secretary of the chapters’ first recognized dressage show.   Throughout my years in the Grants Pass I competed on my SWB/TB Gelding, ‘Self Expression’ (a.k.a. ‘Sam’) from First to Fourth Level.  I was ODS State Champion in 1998 at Second Level, placed in the top 15 USDF HOY standings at both Second Level (‘98) and Third Level (’99) and have earned my USDF Bronze Medal on this wonderful horse.  In December of 2002 I moved to Newberg and became a member of Chehalem Mountain Chapter.  Within a year I was elected chapter president.  A position I held for two years.  I have managed two dressage shows for CMC and have taken on the organizational tasks of the USDF Instructors Certification Program and USDF ‘L’ Judges Program.  For the past 2 years I have been the USDF Adult Education Representative.  In June, I was appoint to the position of Education Coordinator for ODS.