Distinctions and Awards

The Proclamations were earned during over a decade of community contributions towards saving the equestrian lifestyle in Los Angeles. I was a board member of the Valley Horse Owners VHOA Association from the early '90s and president from 1996-2007.

• Proclamation: State of California, Commendation, September 2013, for completion of Paralegal Studies
• Proclamation: City of Los Angeles Certificate, --- 2006, for the "State of the Horse" Convention and Equine Trade Show, held in Lake View Terrace
• NASA Commendation and Achievement Award for my training and reference documentation work at JPL 2004-2005, that ensured the successful rollout of the paperless manufacturing automatied workflows, with the largest reference Intranet website in the history of JPL
• JPL-CalTech Recognition and Achievement Award for my training and reference documentation work at JPL 2004-2005
• Recognition & Appreciation: State of CA 51st District Agricultural Association, June 2005, for organizing and hostong equine breed show at the LA County Fair
• Proclamation: State of California, Commendation, September 2004, for organizing city and community leaders to construct Stonehurst multi-use trail and equine arena
  
• Proclamation: City of Los Angeles Certificate, --- 2005
• Proclamation: City of Los Angeles Certificate, --- 2004
• Proclamation: City of Los Angeles Certificate, --- 2004
• Proclamation: City of Los Angeles Certificate, ---2003
• Proclamation: County of Los Angeles, Commendation, September 2002, received at the VHOA 30th Anniversary dinner celebration
• Proclamation: City of Los Angeles Certificate, September 2002, received at the VHOA 30th Anniversary dinner celebration
• Proclamation: County of Los Angeles, Commendation, September 2002
• International Historical Society, Who's Who of Information Technology, 1999

 

As President of the VHOA, I could rally hundreds of people to go to Los Angeles City Hall hearings. We were formidable.

Yet the very important lesson learned is that our officials do want to serve their constituents and they are looking for solutions to complex problems.Back then, the City of Los Angels was home to tens of thousands of heads of horses, making Los Angeles home to the densest populations of horses in the country. Equestrian leaders estimated those numbers.

We also also researched and analyzed that the equine industry and all peripheral "horse" amenity businesses were a 40 Billion Dollar business in the US, in the mid 2000s..