NEW HORIZON RANCH

Brian is a graduate of Mid America Nazarene University with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration and Agribusiness.  He has been in the Therapeutic Riding industry since 2001, and became both a PATH Int’l Certified Riding Instructor, and an EAGALA Certified Equine Specialist in 2006.  Brian also completed the O.K. Corral Series Green Training in 2008.  He and his wife, Joy, answered God’s call to found New Horizon Ranch in 2006.  Brian left his position of 21 years at College Church of Nazarene in Olathe, Kansas to take the Executive Director position with NHR in 2010.

He previously served as the Co-Chair of the PATH Int’l Center Advancement Committee and still enjoys finding ways to assist membership in effectively managing centers that provide quality equine assisted services.

He and Joy have two children, Sara and Stetson.  In his free time he enjoys riding horses, teeing up a round of golf and fishing with his kids.

Joy received an International Agribusiness degree from Mid America Nazarene University in 1999.  She and her husband, Brian, bought their first horses later that year, unaware that one of those horses would soon be serving riders with disabilities.  After seeing a therapeutic vaulting demonstration in 2001 they pursued God’s prompting and began volunteering at a local therapeutic riding center.  Excited to combine her love for horses and passion for people, she and Brian co-founded New Horizon Ranch in 2006.  Joy became a PATH Int’lCertified Riding Instructor and an EAGALA Certified Equine Specialist in 2006 and completed the O.K. Corral Series Green Training in 2008.  She uses her love for details to develop and oversee the programs at NHR.  Joy enjoys the smiles and independence she sees from riders with special needs.

In whatever free time she can find, Joy enjoys serving at her church, riding horses, spending time with her kids, Sara and Stetson, gardening, and using her creativity to scrapbook.