MEET OUR STAFF

Crossing Bridges is staffed by individuals who are knowledgeable about horses, and passionate about the work that we do. In addition to the full & part-time riding instructors, we have an amazing team of volunteers who show up for our students everyday.

Volunteer Application

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JENNIFER CLARK
Executive Director & Head Instructor

Jennifer received her Therapeutic Riding Certification through PATH Intl. during the fall of 2013. She has been providing riding camps through the YMCA and private lessons to student’s ages three and up for 10 years. She fell in love with horses at the age of 10 and grew up competing on the Morgan show circuit and on the North Valley HS Equestrian Team. Jennifer earned her Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Development in 2009. Horses and children are her two passions in life; she feels very blessed to have a job where she gets to work with both every day.​

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ELIZABETH POOLE
Riding Instructor

Elizabeth has been a Riding Instructor with Crossing Bridges the past two years. Elizabeth started her journey with horses at the age of 11. After taking lessons for a year she got her horse, Toby. She competed in seven years of 4H, and three years on the Grants Pass High School Equestrian team. Combing her love of young riders and horses, she helps the GPHS team as the Assistant Coach. As she continues her work at Crossing Bridges, she is excited to see what the future holds.

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RIDING INSTRUCTORS

Crossing Bridges has four part-time instructors who assist with lessons each week. They include Taylor Tippin, Charisse Hart, Lena Robinson, and Amy Jo Thompson-McMorrow. All of our part-time instructors are very dedicated to our students and go above and beyond to make sure all of their needs are met during their lessons.

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