Emily Hanauska is our Horse Therapy Program Coordinator. She was born and raised here in Oregon, working her way through the horse show industry since she was a young teenager. She has worked hard to continue her education in the equine related field, but strives to work with mentors she values to find new and exciting approaches to riding as often as possible, all while trying to open new doors for our children at Jasper Mountain and SAFE center.
 
Emily does not come from a “horsey” family or background, but has built her entire career around horses by going the extra mile. Her first paid job as a child, was a paper route when she was 11 to try and afford herself any horse time she could possibly get. From that paper route on, Emily has had the privilege to ride, show and train multiple national champions and has started her own small scale boutique breeding program. In her free time, Emily also gentiles wild mustangs as a part of a non-profit that helps to maintain appropriate grazing levels of rural BLM land, and find horses new homes which she integrates into teaching our children here at Jasper Mountain.
  Noel Collins has been immersed in the horse world basically from birth. She and her family operate Madrigal Farms, a small breeding farm located in Lebanon Oregon, home to two nationally decorated Arabian stallions. Horses from their breeding program have distinguished themselves with regional and national titles in a wide variety of disciplines. Noel has been fortunate to show homebred horses to multiple regional titles including SilverCliff MGF pictured here. In addition to the Arabian circuit, as a youth rider Noel was very active in the 4H horse program. During her career she earned a 4H medallion, a Benton County Medal, a 4H scholarship, and an annual spot on the State Fair Team.
 

For almost as long as Noel has been involved with horses, she has also been passionate about working with children. She took a particular interest in child development working in a pre-school classroom throughout high school and is currently pursuing a degree (in progress) in early child education. Along the way Noel has worked as a riding instructor for Whispering Winds Girl Scout Camp. In her off-time Noel has served as a volunteer clinician for the Linn County 4H program, and, through Madrigal Farms, mentored many young riders. Noel has repeatedly seen it demonstrated, and strongly believes horses can be an outstanding vehicle for positive change in a young person’s life.

Lane McBride has been immersed in the equestrian world for nearly 2 decades. Beginning their career working for a non-profit organization focusing on rehabilitating abused and neglected horses. There, lane learned the importance of building relationships with animals and people. Assisted with Equine therapy sessions learning the workings of how horses can be a therapeutic tool

Originally from California, Lane began their career at a young age, volunteering at a non-profit program focused to rehabilitate abused and neglected Horses. During that time, Lane was able to assist in their Equine therapy program, working with both adults and children. There, they came to an understanding of the power and relationships between kids and horses. Lane then began to move into the competitive side of the equestrian world, becoming a working student under multiple trainers within the hunter/jumper industry. Transition…competed successfully at rated shows throughout the region. Post school, Lane decided to leave the competitive side of the equestrian world to do something extraordinary and impactful to others, which is how Lane became part of our Jasper Mountain family.