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The Equihab Foundation is a Maryland Corporation and was granted our 501c3 non-for-profit status by the IRS for our animal cruelty prevention & educational program.

Equihab's decisions and policies are directed by our small but knowledgeable Board of Directors:

May Snyder comes to us with a background in small business administration & management. She has owned other small businesses before and has taken some business classes on the way to her Bachelor's degree (CIS). She has went back to school in 2005, taking classes in Visual Communications and Computer Science to get her training more up to date. She handles much of our bookkeeping. In addition, she's been helping horses in need for years. Her first horses were rescues, and the joy those horses gave her motivated her to get involved with horse rescue.

Pam Butkiewciz has three decades experience in keeping, riding, training, and foaling out horses. She has completed several training programs and now does farrier work, including looking after the rescues' horses. When she isn't doing farrier work, she is employed several days a week at a lay-up farm for injured racing thoroughbreds. In her spare time she trains one of her own horses for endurance riding.

Rachel Gray has owned horses most of her adult life. She brings to the group information on alternative therapies, whole horse healthcare (treating the whole animal, not the symptom), holistic care, and other new ideas. She has a Masters in Biology and works with animals in her daytime job, so she is well educated about animals and their needs.

All Board members share some things in common:

• All are experienced horse owners themselves
• All are in their 30s or older, bringing a mature leadership to the table
• All are college educated
• And all share in the common goals of caring for, training, and enjoying horses using non-violent and non-dominating methods.

Advisors

Our primary vet is Dr. Donna Moore, DVM out of Unionville Equine Associates. She or one of her colleagues see most every horse in our program. She is very involved in the care & welfare of our horses.

We are conveniently located only minutes from the Pennsylvania state line, which means we're able to rush any horse to the world-famous New Bolton Center in only about 30 minutes. For example, when S'mores needed a special gelding procedure, he went to New Bolton.

Core Volunteers

We also have a dedicated core of people who help us on a regular basis. They help us set up our meetings & clinics, act as helpers for trail rides, assist in fundraising, and work with us to solve the problems facing the equines in our region.

Foster Homes

We also function through foster homes who donate their time and board to give a horse a place to stay until he's adopted. At the moment we have four foster homes in Cecil County and two in Harford County, Maryland.