Ann was born in Easton, Maryland, and there her love of riding began at the age of 10. She attended both Southern Seminary College for Women and Salisbury State College and received a B.S. degree in animal husbandry. Ann has managed hunter/jumper show barns and foxhunter barns. Ann started with Piedmont Equine in 2003 as a veterinary technician and is currently the clinical administrator.

She is married to Randy, a farrier. They have two sons, David and Cole, and live near Boyce, Virginia. In her spare time, Ann loves to play tennis.

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Elaine grew up in Ellsworth, Maine, where she actively competed in both English and western disciplines with the local 4-H and Pony Club. Pursuing her love of horses, she attended Post College in Waterbury, Connecticut, where she majored in equine studies. Following graduation, Elaine had several horse farm jobs before she met and married her husband Craig and settled in Culpeper.

She subsequently worked at Child Help teaching underprivileged children horsemanship skills before joining Piedmont Equine in 2005. Elaine schedules and assists Drs. Bowman, Davis, Nolan and Adams.

Elaine loves playing tennis in her spare time.

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Juliet was born in England and raised in Calgary, Alberta. She was sent to Virginia to attend high school at Foxcroft School in Middleburg. She rode on the Canadian eventing team for 10 years, and her highlights included Burghley, Badminton, three World Championships and one Olympic Games. Juliet hunts with MOC Beagles and other local packs and teaches local eventers and foxhunters.

Juliet started working at Piedmont Equine in 2004, first as a technician and now in the front office, organizing seminars, social media and the website. Juliet lives in The Plains with her Jack Russells Peanut Butter and Kaloo and spends her free time hiking and taking photos in our beautiful countryside.

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Sandy grew up horse-crazy in a non-horsey family in South Bend, Indiana. She got her first pony at 13 and competed in local shows and 4-H with that pony and several other horses. She received a Bachelor of Science in equestrian studies at William Woods College (now University) in Fulton, Missouri. After graduation, she worked in Barrington, Illinois, at a Thoroughbred rehab and training facility, then moved near Cincinnati, Ohio, working at Warrenton Farm, preparing Thoroughbred yearlings for the Keeneland and Fasig-Tipton sales.

She co-owned and ran a business importing, competing and selling event horses for over 25 years, and then worked as a bookkeeper for friends Karen and David O’Connor and assisted at Stonehall Farm with various horse care duties for over four years.

The chance to work at the Piedmont Equine Clinic came in 2018, and she works in the office on both the equine and small animal sides of the practice. She lives in the village of Orlean with her corgi mix, Beau and cat, Maggie.

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Sophie was born, raised and educated in Montreal. Following high school and the University of Quebec, where she studied linguistics, Sophie received her Canadian Certification to train riders of the western discipline. She studied reining under some top trainers before moving to Virginia and starting her own training business, which she still does part time. Sophie started at Piedmont Equine in 2006 and assists with scheduling and paperwork.

She and her husband Michael live in Luray on their farm.

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Melissa grew up in Fauquier County, started riding when she was 6, and bought her first horse at the age of 21. She has been a long-time client and fan of the Piedmont Equine Clinic. Melissa attended Virginia Tech for animal and poultry and currently lives in Clarke County with her husband and two young children. She joined Piedmont Equine as a technician in July 2020. In her very rare spare time Melissa loves playing with her kids, trail riding and playing volleyball.

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Wanda is the newest addition to the front office. She grew up in Fauquier County and graduated from Fauquier High, after which she worked at various office jobs. Wanda has a daughter and loves spending her spare time with friends and family, as well as going to Virginia Beach on weekends. She would like to visit every state in the U.S. at least once. She has two dogs named Ruckus (a Mountain Cur) and Bandit (a Chihuahua-Papillon mix.)

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Gail has worked with horses the majority of her life; in addition to her work in equine offices and labs, her breadth of experience includes showing, Pony Club, starting yearlings, galloping racehorses, and schooling steeplechase horses. She has enjoyed living in Upperville, Virginia, for the last 40 years.

She obtained her veterinary technology degree from Northern Virginia Community College in 2010 while employed at the Piedmont Equine Practice as an evening nurse. Since becoming a licensed veterinary technician, she has worked in an equine ambulatory practice, small animal surgery and small animal oncology.

Most recently, she worked as a service technician in an equine medical center and teaching hospital. There she assisted with emergencies, surgery, internal medicine, clinical laboratory and imaging. Many days she could be found performing MRI on both scheduled and emergency patients. On top of this array of skills, she was well known among the staff for her ability to calm anxious horses, helping not only the patient, but also the technician, veterinarian and ultimately the caretaker/owner.

Gail enjoys spending time with her husband, Raymond, their dogs, Otto and Bea, and her family and friends. She also looks forward to her annual trip to Saratoga, New York, for more family time and horse racing!

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Nicknamed Po because as a young child she would repeatedly ask to ride “Po” when referring to her pony, Po was born and raised in Vienna, Illinois. After completing her education Po began her professional career as an instructor/trainer of event horses and riders. During that time, Po evented through the advanced three-day level.

In 1987, Po received the Harry T. Peters award for winning the National Young Riders Championships. During that year she also won the Courtney Reeves Award for best sportsmanship. In 1990, Po was granted the Markham Trophy young riders award. She also successfully completed the Rolex International event.

Currently, Po lives in Middleburg, Virginia, and shares her time between training event horses, running an equine rehabilitation center, and as the pharmacy technician for Piedmont Equine.

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