Donna Rothman

Head Trainer - Advanced Riders

Donna Rothman, Certified Instructor, has been manager and Head Trainer at Stonehaven Farms for almost 14 years. She was certified shortly after coming to Stonehaven Farms, finishing with very high scores in teaching through Intermediate Level Hunt Seat, Equitation, and Open Jumpers. She has been riding, and showing the circuit for almost 29 years. Donna has shown in Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. She has ridden in Clinics with Olympic riders Anne Kursinski and Laura Kraut, and attended clinics with George Morris, Steve Weiss, Mark Leone, and Susan Harris. For the last 5 years, Donna has attended all Judging Clinics in Hunters, Equitation, Jumpers, and Conformation offered by the American Horseshow Association, now known as USEF.

Melody Carmichael

Instructor

Beginner - Intermediate Riders

Melody Carmichael began riding at Stonehaven Farms 10 years ago and little did she know that it would set her life on a course full of horses.  After a few years of lessons, Melody began teaching beginner students and instructing during the summer camp program.  A short time later she purchased her own horse and now she and her family live on a 10 acre farm with their own two horses and 3 boarders living in the back yard.  Melody is a life long learner and has acquired a wealth of equestrian knowledge that she finds very rewarding to be able to convey to her students.  She is always looking for fun ways to teach riders to become better horse people.  We are so glad to have her as part of our Stonehaven family.

Betsy Greisiger

Instructor

Beginner - Intermediate Riders

Betsy Greisiger has been a riding instructor at Stonehaven Farms since 1998.  She began by helping with summer camps and soon after started teaching in the lesson program.  Betsy learned to ride at the age of 6 and rode and competed until she was 21.  She is a wife and mother of three children.  She started her daughter, Katie, in lessons at River Hollow where she ran the Hull Prairie Pony Club until she and Katie came to Stonehaven in 1996.  Betsy has a remarkable knowledge of horses and does a wonderful job of conveying that valuable information to her students.  She is very much loved by all of us here at Stonehaven.

Cathy Rohrs

Instructor

Beginner - Intermediate Riders

Cathy Rohrs has been affiliated with Stonehaven Farms since it's inception in 1992 when she started her daughter, Kelly, in lessons. However, she did not learn to ride a horse until a year later when she could not just stand on the ground and watch any longer.  That was also the year that she teamed up with Donna to begin the Summer Camp Program.  Soon after, she began instructing the beginner riders in private lessons and later went on to teach regularly in the lesson program.  Cathy's 28 years as a teacher in the public schools makes her more than qualified to combine her teaching skills with an interest that she dearly loves.  She considers the 13 years that she has worked with horses and riders a privilege and she jumps at the chance to share her enthusiasm for this life-long sport with riders of all ages.