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

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