Vice President

Chip was born and raised on the Jersey Shore and enjoyed spending his free time fishing and boating. He ran a landscape company for several years in NJ. Chip spent 5 years in Northern California and worked in the building materials industry. Chip eventually moved to Manchester, VT and worked in construction building homes. In 2009, he had the opportunity to build his own home in Dorset, VT which is the main location of The Dorset Equine Rescue. He is a certified home inspector, and has also been a volunteer firefighter. Chip currently works in the Renewable Energy field. He has been serving on the Board of Directors of The Dorset Equine Rescue since its founding in 2012. In his free time, he enjoys helping out at The Dorset Equine Rescue, spending time with his wife, Jen and their two children, and 2 dogs, 2 cats and 3 horses.

Secretary

Denise was lucky enough to ride horses with a friend while growing up in
Manchester, VT. Her friend moved away, life got busy with school, work and having a family. Spending time taking silversmithing classes for a couple of years with Jen, founder of DER, and watching the horses outside the windows reminded her of her childhood love of horses. Denise soon began volunteering behind the scenes, shipping packages, and doing administrative work for DER. Denise is a Paralegal at McCann Morgan and Getty and lives with her husband, Buck, in Dorset, VT. She has two wonderful adult sons, Gunner and Kyle. Over the years she has spent time volunteering and/or serving on boards for Northshire Day School, Northshire Hockey Association, Equinox Lacrosse Association, The American Red Cross, Manchester Rotary Club, Burr and Burton Alumni Association and was the Clerk/Treasurer for the Dorset Fire District/Dorset Water District.  Denise enjoys camping, boating, family time, furniture restyling, silversmithing, reading, hiking in the woods and spending time with her black lab Bear. She has a love for all animals and is grateful to be able to help out DER’s rescue horses who so greatly deserve it.

Treasurer

Karen has had a love for horses her entire life.  She loves to be out in nature and enjoys it the most when on a good long trail ride.   She has been a licensed CPA for over 20 years and has worked a majority of her career in public accounting.  Currently, she works for a Venture Capitalist providing accounting & management services for their companies.  In the past, she has served as a school board member for Sunderland Elementary, as an advisory council member for Merck Forest & Farmland Center and was a founding board member/treasurer for Wings to Fly, a therapeutic riding center.  She lives on a small farm in Rupert, where she enjoys spending time with her 3 horses, 2 dogs, a cat, and assisting her husband with raising a small herd of registered Hereford beef cattle.

Board Member

Born and raised on the water in Savannah, Ga.,  Janet’s love of the water and boating led to a career in Sailing. For 15 years, Janet sailed throughout the Caribbean, eastern seaboard, Bahamas, Central and South America, the pacific earning her 100-ton Captain’s license and was support vessel for the 1980 and 1983 America’s Cup in Newport, RI.

Wanting to settle in one place, Janet landed in Manchester, VT where she worked in the hospitality industry starting out as an Inn keeper, then moving on to the Equinox Resort as Food and Beverage Manager and eventually as the Conference Manager where she found her love of planning corporate events.

Janet opened her own event planning company and planned events throughout New England for the next 25 years until her retirement in 2017. She spends her free time donating her time as the Event Chair and board member for The Dorset Equine Rescue.

Janet’s other free time is as an advocate for Wild Horses and Burros and spending time with her husband, two cats and a horse.

Board Member

Heather grew up in central Connecticut and has a love of all animals. Dogs, cats, fish, rabbits, hamsters, gerbils, chickens and an iguana have all had loving homes with Heather. Although she has never owned a horse, the horse farm at the end of the road was a place of many fond memories growing up. Heather has spent over 20 years as a business/data analyst for two major health insurance companies and still resides in Connecticut. In her spare time Heather enjoys spending time with her son and loved ones, walking, hiking, kayaking and finding new adventures. After many years of being inspired by the mission of The Dorset Equine Rescue, Heather is proud and excited to serve on the board.