Jamie Sich
President
I have been the President of the Nebraska Horse Council for the past three and a half years. I am married. My wife’s name is Vickie. We have two grown children with spouses and four grandchildren and live in Chapman, NE. We have five head of Quarter horses and one gaited mule named Ruth. We have enjoyed horses for the past 16 years and enjoy trail riding.
A list of my affiliations goes like this: Past president, board of directors and current member of the Hall County Sheriffs Posse; past chairman and current member of the NHC Trails committee; past two years and current co-chairman of the NHC Expo committee; member of the Recreational Trails Planning Grant committee with the Nebraska Game and Parks; member of the State Trails Planning group; past equine 4-H leader; and parts manager of a Case IH dealership in Grand Island for the past twenty years.
Cindy Vossler
Vice President
My name is Cindy Vossler and I am from rural Saunders County (Ashland/Yutan). I am the Vice President of the Nebraska Horse Council and the Co-chair of the Nebraska Horse Expo. I have been involved with horses all my life and LOVE IT!! I have a BS degree from UNL in Animal Science with an emphasis in Livestock Nutrition and Production. I am married, husband Greg, and have 3 boys; Josh – 20, Ethan – 16 and Colton – 16. Our family owns/operates 3V Stables…a family oriented, multi discipline, relaxed environment boarding facility located on 80 acres just north of Ashland, NE. Having 3 boys and the farm our lives are never quiet; chores, hay fields, planning events at the barn, attending rugby games, HS football games, rodeos, marathon races, etc. I enjoy our “herd” of Australian sheps, my 2 corgis, rodeo (watching my son and husband compete), teaching riding lessons, gardening, swimming, hanging out with my family and just watching the animals. Our youngest son (Colton) competes in the Nebraska High School Rodeo Association so I get to spend many of my weekends in the fall and spring traveling across our great state of Nebraska; I enjoy the scenery more and more each trip. Thank you for letting me be a part of the Nebraska Horse Council.
Sandy Reiber
Secretary
sreiber@windstream.net
Hello! I’m Sandy Reiber and I was one of six people who started the Nebraska Horse Council back in 1992 and have helped nurse it along until it is what it is today. My husband Dave and I have 20 acres outside of Lincoln where we’ve lived for 41 years. I grew up in Southern California and only I agreed to move to Nebraska when I was 19 because here I could at last have a horse! What I longed for always. But first came marriage and two daughters, Katherine and Patty – both excellent horsewomen. I enjoyed horses thru them ~ hunting, dressage, jumping, western ~ and then on the wrong side of 50 got my very own first horse, a stocky Polish Arabian. After the girls went off to college Dave got a handsome Shire for himself and the two of us rode the trails around our home. The horses have changed over the years. We now have a retired Mo. Fox Trotter, a Norwegian Fjord I found at our first NHC Expo, an 18.2 hand Shire, and Toad (G-Tudor, my sister-in-laws’ now retired FEI dressage horse who represented America at the 2002 World Cup [WEG] in Germany, I went as her groom!). We lost our barn 5 years ago to a fire and while re-outfitting the necessities at the NHC Expo, I found Diego, a short-legged Jack Russell. Dave calls him my “old ladies dog” because Diego goes where I go! Our herd includes Sue, a Chesapeake Bay Retriever very-spoiled-hunting dog, cats, birds, and a few chickens to round out our family. Dave’s Dad, Curt (now 96) also lives with us. I’ve been involved in Pony Club, the Nebr. Dressage Ass’n and North Hills Hunt. I’m now happily retired, enjoying three awesome grandsons, our horses and traveling. I have a wonderful family and husband, a home I love, we’re close to our girls and I’m truly blessed. I am Secretary of the Nebraska Horse Council and now have time to do the newsletter. I have always enjoyed working/talking and being part of this wonderful group.
Kristie Biodrowski
Treasurer
My name is Kristie Biodrowski and I am very excited to have been chosen as a NHC board member. I have worked for the Nebraska Humane Society (NHS) for the past 13 years and am currently the Field Supervisor. I am a certified animal control officer and equine cruelty investigator.
I also volunteer for the Friends of the Jeannette Hunt Animal Shelter in Blair, NE. Several co-workers and I have started a Friends of Equus group thru NHS to address the growing needs of unwanted equines that have come into the care of the shelter. Equine welfare is a great concern of mine. **
I grew up with a love of horses and have always wanted one. I was a city girl though and spent a few summers on my cousin’s farm riding horses. I also would horse sit for people when they would go on vacation to get my horse fix. I started taking English riding lessons in my twenties and got by riding other peoples horses. I finally purchased a horse of my own, Mary Jane, 4 years ago. I ride Western, do trail riding, go to clinics and take lessons to improve my skills and the relationship with my horses. I currently own 3 dogs, 1 macaw, 3 goats, 2 cats and of course my horses. I have a 12 year old Arabian mare and a 3 year old Quarter horse type gelding that was a rescues horse I took in as a yearling.
Be the change you wish to see in the world….Ghandi
At-large Members
John Miller
I was in FFA and was sentinel for a term and on the horse judging and land management teams for four years. In 4-H I was president for three years and treasurer for two. I have owned and raised horses since I was just a little guy. My Dad started me young riding horses – he has been by my side teaching me what his dad taught him as a horseman, picking me up off the ground and dusting me off and now smiling at me in the arena and the look in his face, how proud he is of me for what I have accomplished in my life so far. I truly wouldn’t be the guy I am without my Dad. My Dad and me raise quarter and paint horses and I train as well.
I am a member of the AQHA, APHA and the NHC. I have been with the NHC organization since 2000, and have been on the NHC board since 2008. The Nebraska Horse Council has taught me a lot in the past years. They are like family to me. Our organization does a lot for Nebraska by putting on the Nebraska Horse Expo every year, and we want to guide the young and the old horse people and enthusiasts out there to guide them to better horse training and horse management in general. I just graduated from SCC in Welding technology and am ready to start my future. I am not the first to say that I am proud to be with the Nebraska Horse Council and I hope I am not the last to say it. So, as a Board member I wish you the best in what ever you put your mind to because this cowboy has.
Shelly Rowell
Hi, my name is Shelly Rowell. I live outside of Firth, Nebr. Lived here for almost six years on a forty acre farm. Have loved every moment of it. My husband is Steve and we have two children. Our oldest is Erin 23, and Josh is 21. I have always had a love of horses since I was little but we always lived in town, so we could not have them. It wasn’t until my daughter turned 4-H age that both our dreams came threw. I had a friend in Cortland that had an older quarter horse mare that had been shown in 4-H. Her daughter was too old for 4-H and said we were welcome to the mare. That’s where it all began. No stopping us now, it was on to horses, shows, many practices, miles of traveling….it was great! Erin and I are still into horses very much, even though her 4-H years have passed. We got into draft horses about nine years ago, along with standard size horses also. We travel to different states to show our drafts. It has been an experience in itself. So enjoyable – you meet so many new people and become friends. I wouldn’t change it for the world. I will continue to have horses in my life for as long as I possibly can. They are such a joy. They each have their own personalities. Especially the big boys. They are so gentle and giving. You have to own drafts to understand that. I love to trail ride, do parades, show, and most of all just sit down with anybody and talk horses. I have a few hobbies and that is to restore old John Deere tractors and old carriages. I love being on the farm, it’s quiet, you can hear all the sounds of nature, and the smells are so real.
Kathy Newberg
I’m Kathy Newberg and have been involved with the NHC since 2000. I am founder and chairman of the Nebraska Horse Trails Committee, a committee of the Nebraska Horse Council that is dedicated to preserving and creating Nebraska horse trails and educating trail users. We are a small committee, but mighty and have accomplished a lot in the last 10 years. We have donated corrals to three state parks, cleared and put in 12 miles of trail on the Oak Creek Trail and have d cleared and made improvements along other trails. We move recently worked with Branched Oak Lake in securing an RTP grant to establish a horse camp ground. The NHTC puts on an annual fund raiser and all proceeds goes to Nebraska horse trails. As you have probably guessed my love and passion is trail riding. My husband, Rich, and I own 4 horses: a quarter horse, 2 foxtrotters and an appaloosa. We have traveled to and ridden in 12 different states. Our vacations always include taking our horses. We have met many friends through our horses and enjoy getting together and camping and riding with them. We have seen some absolutely beautiful places from horseback. See you on the trails.
Nicholas Fruh
Tammy Vasa
My name is Tammy Vasa. I first became associated with the Nebraska Horse Council through its Nebraska Horse Trails Committee. Working with a team of volunteers, we cleared the Oak Creek Trail in Saunders and Butler County. As well as being active and holding various officer positions with the NHTC, I have also served on the NHC board in the past and I’m an active committee chairman of the Nebraska Horse Expo. I am excited to once again be elected to the NHC board. Trail riding is my passion and we enjoy multi-state travel, seeing countryside you can only get to on horseback. My “homegrown” quarter horse mare, Windy, and I have dabbled in competitive trail riding and most recently, some casual shows. And just for the fun of it, I created the website www.horsetrailriders.com to spotlight horse trails in our state and enjoy sharing photos and my love of riding through my blog. In my real life, I work in project management and partnering with a major Lincoln insurer. My husband, John, sons, McCain & Case, and I live north of Lincoln in Saunders County with our five horses and a myriad of domestic animals.
