American Horse Council's Board of Trustees

Nick Nicholson, Chairman
President, Keeneland Association; Board of Directors, National Thoroughbred Racing Association; Past Executive Vice President of The Jockey Club; Past Vice President of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association/Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders, Lexington, KY

Russell C. Williams, Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman of United States Trotting Association’s Board of Directors; Vice President of Hanover Shoe Farms; Trustee of the Harness Racing Museum, Hanover, PA

James F. Barton
Past-Chairman, AHC Board of Trustees; Past-President, American Quarter Horse Association, Greene, NY

G. Marvin Beeman, DVM
Past-President, American Association of Equine Practitioners; Past-Chairman, AHC Health & Regulatory Committee, Littleton, CO

Jerry Black, DVM
AHC Secretary; Past-President, American Association of Equine Practitioners; Chairman, AHC Animal Welfare Committee, Oakdale, CA

Jane Clark
Past Vice-Chairman and Trustee of the United States Equestrian Team; Chairman of the Board, The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; President, The Clark Foundation

Paul Fontaine
District Director of the United States Trotting Association; Past-President, Standardbred Owners Association of New England; Director and Member of the Executive Committee, Harness Tracks of America; Rhode Island State Senator from 1966-1976, Woonsocket, RI

G. Watts Humphrey, Jr.
Member, The Jockey Club; Board of Directors, National Thoroughbred Racing Association and Breeders’ Cup Ltd., Pittsburgh, PA

F. Philip Langley
President, United States Trotting Association; Director of Racing, Balmoral Park and Maywood Park, Frankford, IL

Ken Mumy
Director, American Quarter Horse Association; First Vice President, AQHA Executive Committee; Past Chairman AQHA Membership Committee; Member, Michigan Quarter Horse Association, Metamora, MI

David O'Connor
President, United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), Olympic gold medalist, Pam American Games and World Equestrian Games medalist, Coach, Canadian Eventing Team, The Plains, VA

Charles J. Ruma
President and CEO, Heartland Jockey Club, Beulah Park; Board of Directors, Thoroughbred Racing Association of North America, Columbus, OH

Jim Shoemake
AHC Treasurer; Past-President, American Quarter Horse Association; Past President, Vice President and Director, Missouri Quarter Horse Association, St. Louis, MO

Eric Straus
Director, United States Equestrian Federation; Trustee, United States Equestrian Team Foundation; Vice President, The Clark Estates, New York, NY

Alex Waldrop
President and CEO, National Thoroughbred Racing Association; Past President, Churchill Downs Racetrack; Past Senior Vice President, Churchill Downs Inc., Lexington, KY