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Mr. Goreé was honorably discharged from the United States Navy in 1993. After 10 years of service he discovered greyhounds. Since then Mr. Goreé has been involved in the Greyhound Racing Industry, with a focus on greyhound adoption. Mr. Goreé has been the speaker at numerous greyhound adoption events as well as university, veterinarian and racing symposiums across the country. Additionally, Mr. Goreé has spoken at both the American Greyhound Track Operators Association and the Association of Racing Commissioners conferences. Mr. Goreé served on the Arizona Department of Racing's committee to review and recommend greyhound racing welfare related rules. When not involved with greyhounds Mr. Goreé works as an Information Security Analyst specializing in SAP.
Chuck Coolidge, Vice President for Corporate Affairs for VieMed Healthcare, has 16 years of corporate and political experience, both internationally and in almost every U.S. state. He leads across the organization by working with product teams and business disciplines (sales, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, operations and PR) to develop, implement, and evaluate VieMed's products and offerings.
Before moving into the health care industry Chuck worked for a national public relations firm heading up their business development division and overseeing the companies public affairs, developing strategic initiatives for corporate clients, operation management, corporate social responsibility campaigns, and brand marketing efforts. He also spent two years as US Senator John McCain’s Press Aide and Southern Arizona Outreach Correspondent.
Chuck currently serves as the Vice President of the Phoenix Art Museum’s Men’s Art Council Board & Copperstate Overland Chairman. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from The University of Arizona, a Leadership Institute Graduate, and an alum of Valley Leadership Class 37.
Jana Propheter is the Assistant Field Research Manager for Metrostudy, a housing data provider. In her role, she recruits and trains surveyors and analyzes data for quarterly reports. She has worked with and owned horses and ponies for 30 years.
Jana's passion for horses has taken many forms over the years. It started when her Mother accidentally bought her first horse at a local auction. She would spend hours riding, and even landed a front page picture in the newspaper when a reporter snapped a picture of her riding backwards down the street.
As an adult, she has ridden in limited distance endurance and competitive trails, worked with a therapeutic riding company, and as a mounted safety officer at a local mall. She also enjoys rehabilitating and training ponies and miniature horses to pull carts and ride so they may have a better life. She has owned her personal horse for 18 years, and together they have introduced many children to the joy and confidence of horse riding and care.
Holly Hover is the manager and trainer of Holly Hover Performance Horses in
Cave Creek Arizona, specializing in the preparation of youth and amateur
competitors. Her program has yielded over 20 World and Reserve World
Championship Titles.
Holly has been in the horse industry for 45 years and is committed to the
betterment of all disciplines. She is a recognized association judge for
the American Quarter Horse Association, National Reining Horse Association
and the National Snaffle Bit Association. Nationally she has officiated
at World Championship events in all three associations. Internationally
she has judged in over 10 countries.
She was named the 2015 Most Valuable Professional for the American Quarter
Horse Association and honored with the title of Professional Horsewoman of
the year in 2017. This dual honor has only been accomplished by three
individuals in the association's long history.
Holly has served on various governing committees on both the state and
national level in the horse industry. Most notably she is given credit for
the implementation of the AQHA Novice Championship Events.
Holly has given back to the community in a number of ways through the
industry. She has coached, youth, middle school and high school
divisions. Most recently she was the 2019 head western coach for the
Arizona State University Equestrian Team. She has just been selected to
serve as a representative on the American Quarter Horse Association 2020
Mentorship program.
