Casey graduated from St. Andrews University in Laurinburg, North Carolina, in 2012 with a BA in business administration, after which she interned at a small equine practice and took a greater interest in veterinary medicine. In 2014, she graduated from Sanford-Brown College, in Tysons Corner, Virginia, with an AAS in veterinary technology as well as becoming a licensed veterinary technician.

She then spent time at a local university equine hospital administering emergency and elective anesthesia as well as performing specialized diagnostic imaging before becoming a small animal radiation anesthetist and ER technician. Casey joined Piedmont Equine in the spring of 2019 and was reintroduced to equine anesthesia and nursing.

Casey lives with her husband on a farm in Northern Virginia and enjoys spending her spare time with her three horses and showing in dressage and combined training competitions.

Gretchen grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, where she hunted and obtained a coveted “A” rating from Ochlockonee River Pony Club. Gretchen moved to Virginia in 1980 and whipped-in for Glenmore Hunt while attending Mary Baldwin College for a year, and then received her veterinary technology degree from Blue Ridge Community College.

Gretchen spent her preceptorship at New Bolton Center, working part time for an upper-level event rider as well as doing tack and blanket repairs. At New Bolton, she developed a strong interest in equine anesthesia, and upon graduation, she was hired at a private equine practice near Charlottesville, Virginia. In August of 1985, she joined the staff at the Marion DuPont Scott Equine Medical Center where Gretchen first worked the night shift, then moved into the anesthesia department in April of 1988 until August 2010. Having done some anesthesia for elective surgeries at PEP over the years, Gretchen was happy to join the nursing staff part-time in 2012, helping with emergency anesthesia coverage.

Gretchen is married and has two horses which she pleasure rides. She and her husband live in Star Tannery and enjoy riding the Blue Ridge Parkway and other scenic roads on their “steel horses” — a Suzuki Intruder for Gretchen and a Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad for her husband.

Jill was born in South Carolina and moved multiple times since her dad was in the U.S. Marine Corps. When she was 12, her parents bought her a horse, and she has been riding ever since. She was active in 4-H and worked on a ranch for several years. In 2014 she graduated from NOVA and obtained her veterinary technician license. In July of 2014, she started working at Piedmont Equine. She lives in Front Royal, Virginia, on a farm with a menagerie of animals. She enjoys team roping, trail riding and four-wheeling.